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WITH THE FIRST TRAVEL BAN UPHELD BY THE US SUPREME COURT, THERE ARE FEW RECOURSES LEFT TO CHALLENGE THE POLICY. ADVOCATES ARE HOPING A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT WILL IMMEDIATELY REPEAL THE BAN AND HAVE ALSO RECENTLY RENEWED THE PUSH FOR CONGRESS TO PASS THE NO BAN ACT, WHICH WOULD END THE BAN AND PREVENT DISCRIMINATORY IMMIGRATION POLICIES.
THE CHINESE CONSULATE IN NEW ZEALAND HAS EXPRESSED ITS DISAPPROVAL OF THE TRAVEL BAN AND SAID IT SHOULD BE LIFTED FOR ALL CHINESE NATIONALS, WHO COULD SELF-QUARANTINE ONCE THEY ARRIVED IN THE COUNTRY INSTEAD. THE BAN WAS NOT IN LINE WITH WHO RECOMMENDATIONS, THE CONSULATE SAID.
IT IS A DRAMATIC EXPANSION OF TRUMP』S PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS TO BAR MUSLIMS AND OTHER FOREIGNERS. YET THIS TIME, THE MAIN VICTIMS ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS. UNLIKE THE PREVIOUS TRAVEL BANS, THIS NEW RESTRICTION DOES NOT APPLY TO REFUGEES, STUDENTS, TOURISTS, OR VISITORS COMING UNDER TEMPORARY VISAS. BUT IT WILL PREVENT NEARLY ALL PARENTS, CHILDREN, WIVES, HUSBANDS, AND OTHER ELIGIBLE RELATIVES OF US CITIZENS FROM APPLYING FOR A GREEN CARD. THE NEW TRAVEL BAN WILL HURT MORE THAN 336,000 NATURALIZED US CITIZENS, WHO WON』T BE ABLE TO REUNITE WITH RELATIVES LIVING ABROAD.
LAST WEEK, DINA ANDALES COLLECTED HER STIPEND. SHE’D BEEN TRAVELING TO A NEW POSITION, AND SHE WASN’T SURE HER EMPLOYER WOULD BE WILLING TO HOLD HER JOB. ANDALES DECIDED TO STAY IN MANILA — IT WOULD COST HALF THE 10,000 PESO ALLOWANCE JUST TO GET BACK TO HER PROVINCE, AND THE REMAINDER WOULDN’T COVER THE MONTH’S EXPENSES FOR HER AND HER PARENTS. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THE TRAVEL BAN IS A PROTECTIVE MEASURE, BUT ANDALES, AT LEAST, DIDN’T APPRECIATE IT. 
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PANEL VOTED ALONG PARTY LINES IN FAVOUR OF ADVANCING THE "NO BAN ACT", WHICH WAS INTRODUCED AMID WIDESPREAD OUTRAGE OVER TRUMP"S TRAVEL BAN. THE MEASURE NOW MOVES TO THE FULL HOUSE.
BUT CLAIMS THAT ONE SHIP TRIED TO CIRCUMVENT AUSTRALIA"S 14-DAY TRAVEL BAN TURNED OUT TO BE INCORRECT, TRADEWINDS HAS LEARNED
THE US CORONAVIRUS TRAVEL BAN COULD BACKFIRE. HERE"S HOW
ON FEB. 13, IT DELAYED ITS LAUNCH OF THE TAOYUAN-CEBU ROUTE ON MARCH 29 UNTIL JUNE 12, BECAUSE OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT"S BAN ON TAIWANESE TRAVELERS ENTERING THE COUNTRY AND FILIPINOS TRAVELING TO TAIWAN, DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC.
CALIFORNIA BANNED TAXPAYER-FUNDED TRAVEL TO ALL BUT TWO TARGETED STATES FOR THEIR ACTIONS TO PROTECT RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. CALIFORNIA ADDED IOWA AND NORTH CAROLINA TO THE TRAVEL BAN FOR BUCKING THE LGBT POLITICAL AGENDA ON SEX-REASSIGNMENT SURGERY AND PUBLIC RESTROOM USE, RESPECTIVELY.
THE EFFORTS TO TAMP DOWN ON VISITORS FROM THOSE COUNTRIES WITH A TRAVEL BAN COINCIDED WITH EFFORTS WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION TO LOWER THE NUMBER OF REFUGEES ADMITTED TO THE UNITED STATES. MUSLIM REFUGEE ADMISSIONS HAVE FALLEN MORE THAN ANY OTHER GROUP. VISITORS AND IMMIGRANTS FROM COUNTRIES TARGETED BY INITIAL VERSIONS OF THE BAN HAVE ALSO DROPPED, ACCORDING TO DATA.
TAIPEI, FEB. 14 (CNA) THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT ON FRIDAY DECIDED TO LIFT ITS TRAVEL BAN AGAINST TAIWAN FOLLOWING AN INTERNAL DEBATE, CAPPING OFF A WEEK OF UNCERTAINTY OVER THE FATE OF TRAVEL TIES BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES AMID THE CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC.
FURTHERMORE, A TRAVEL BAN NOW WOULD PROBABLY INCUR LIMITED REPERCUSSIONS FROM CHINA. THE PRESIDENT COULD ARGUE THAT SOUTH KOREA KEPT BORDERS OPEN LONGER THAN MANY OTHER NATIONS AND THAT THE TRAVEL BAN WOULD BE ONLY TEMPORARY. GREATER ASSISTANCE TO CHINA COULD BE OFFERED WITH FEWER MEDICAL WORKERS NEEDED TO COMBAT THE VIRUS AT HOME. AND WITH ITS MANY QUARANTINES AND BANS ON TRAVEL WITHIN ITS BORDERS, CHINA MUST CERTAINLY BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND A KOREAN TRAVEL BAN.
THE RACISM AT THE HEART OF TRUMP』S 『TRAVEL BAN』
THE BANK ALSO SAID IT IS MAINTAINING AN OUTRIGHT BAN ON ALL TRAVEL TO MAINLAND CHINA.
AND WHILE TRAVEL BANS ARE FREQUENTLY USED TO STOP THE SPREAD OF AN EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE, A NEW UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY STUDY OF PUBLISHED RESEARCH FOUND THAT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TRAVEL BANS IS MOSTLY UNKNOWN.
THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT HAS EXTENDED ITS TRAVEL BAN ON PEOPLE WHO HAVE TRAVELLED THROUGH CHINA BY ANOTHER WEEK, SCOTT MORRISON HAS ANNOUNCED.
THE OUTBREAK HAS SICKENED NEARLY 10,000 PEOPLE, MOSTLY IN CHINA, AND KILLED MORE THAN 200. A FEW COUNTRIES HAVE RESPONDED BY IMPOSING FULL OR LIMITED TRAVEL BANS. THE PHILIPPINES, FOR INSTANCE, HAS BANNED TRAVEL FROM THE CITY OF WUHAN, THE EPICENTER OF THE OUTBREAK. COUNTRIES INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS, MONGOLIA, AND SINGAPORE HAVE BANNED ALL TRAVEL FROM CHINA.
TRUMP TRAVEL BAN, PART II
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PROVOKED ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL OUTCRY WHEN IT ANNOUNCED LATE LAST MONTH THAT IT WAS ADDING SIX NEW COUNTRIES TO ITS LIST OF NATIONS THAT FACE BROAD TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS TO THE UNITED STATES: ERITREA, KYRGYZSTAN, MYANMAR, NIGERIA, SUDAN AND TANZANIA. THE EXPANSION OF THE TRAVEL BAN, WHICH PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP FIRST ISSUED AS AN EXECUTIVE ORDER JUST DAYS AFTER HIS INAUGURATION IN JANUARY 2017, WILL TAKE EFFECT ON FEB. 22.
LAST FRIDAY, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION EXPANDED ITS 2017 TRAVEL BAN — WHICH RESTRICTED IMMIGRATION FROM SEVEN MUSLIM-MAJORITY COUNTRIES — TO INCLUDE SIX MORE COUNTRIES, INCLUDING NIGERIA, AFRICA』S MOST POPULOUS NATION. WHILE THIS NEW POLICY HAS SUSPENDED NIGERIAN PATHWAYS TO PERMANENT IMMIGRATION TO THIS COUNTRY, INCREASED SCRUTINY WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON TEMPORARY VISITORS TO THIS COUNTRY TOO.

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