President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Jun. 4, 2025, restricting travel to the U.S. from a total of 19 countries. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)
"In the 21st century, we’ve seen one terror attack after another carried out by foreign visa overstayers from dangerous places all over the world," he added. "Thanks to Biden’s open-door policies, today there are millions and millions of these illegals who should not be in our country."
Officials charged terrorist attack suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman Monday with a hate crime, attempted first-degree murder, crimes against at-risk adults/elderly and other charges after he allegedly threw Molotov cocktails at a pro-Israel group, "Run for Their Lives," in Boulder, Colorado, Sunday. The Egyptian national was living in the United States illegally after entering on a work visa two years ago that has since expired, according to federal officials.
Senator Ed Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts, slammed Trump's travel restrictions. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"Make no mistake: Trump’s latest travel ban will NOT make America safer," Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey posted to X. "We cannot continue to allow the Trump administration to write bigotry and hatred into U.S. immigration policy."
"From his first Muslim Ban, Trump’s travel bans have always betrayed of the ideals and values that inspired America’s Founders," Democratic Virginia Rep. Don Beyer posted to X. "Trump’s use of prejudice and bigotry to bar people from entering the U.S. does not make us safer, it just divides us and weakens our global leadership."
The CEO of Oxfam America, which is an international group of nongovernmental organizations that work to end hunger and poverty, also issued a blistering response to Trump's announcement.
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"By once again targeting individuals from Muslim-majority countries, countries with predominantly Black and brown populations, and countries in the midst of conflict and political instability, this executive order deepens inequality and perpetuates harmful stereotypes, racist tropes, and religious intolerance," Oxfam America CEO Abby Maxman said in a statement. "This policy is not about national security — it is about sowing division and vilifying communities that are seeking safety and opportunity in the United States."
President Donald Trump's travel restriction announcement sparked widespread backlash among Democratic lawmakers and critics on social media. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
The White House defended that the new proclamation is "commonsense" and targeted at countries that "lack proper vetting, exhibit high visa overstay rates, or fail to share identity and threat information,' Fox Digital reported Wednesday.
"President Trump is fulfilling his promise to protect Americans from dangerous foreign actors that want to come to our country and cause us harm," White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson told Fox News Digital.
Trump came under fire from liberals and activist groups during his first administration when he signed an executive order banning travel and implementing "extreme vetting" for countries such as Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Libya in January 2017. Critics of the executive order derided it as Trump's "Muslim ban."
"To be clear, this is not a Muslim ban, as the media is falsely reporting. This is not about religion — this is about terror and keeping our country safe," he said in a statement in 2017.
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"There are over 40 different countries worldwide that are majority Muslim that are not affected by this order." Trump added at the time.
Fox News Digital's Jasmine Baehr, Brooke Singman and Patrick Ward contributed to this report.
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