President Donald Trump waves as he arrives on Air Force One at Miami International Airport. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
The president said on X the travel ban was being introduced after a terror attack against a pro-Israel group advocating for Hamas to release Israeli hostages in Boulder, Colorado, last weekend, allegedly by an Egyptian man who had overstayed his visa.
In a White House fact sheet, Trump said, "We will restore the travel ban, some people call it the Trump travel ban, and keep the radical Islamic terrorists out of our country."
President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it at the White House.
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"That is why today I am signing a new executive order placing travel restrictions on countries including Yemen, Somalia, Haiti, Libya and numerous others," he concluded. "We will not allow people to enter our country who wish to do us harm, and nothing will stop us from keeping America safe."
Fox News' Paul Tilsley and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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