The travel ban forms part of Trump's policy to restrict immigration into the United States and is reminiscent of a similar move in his first term

U.S. President Donald Trump's new ban on travel to the United States by citizens from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries is set to take effect Monday amid escalating tension over the president's unprecedented anti-immigration campaign.

T HE EXECUTIVE order banning travel from 12 countries, which comes into effect on June 9th, is more methodical than previous iterations. In his first batch of executive orders, issued on January 20th,