travel ban
The former president claimed, without evidence, that the Biden administration had "allowed tens of thousands of probable terrorists into this country.”
The White House says the U.S. will lift the restrictions, imposed after the discovery of the omicron coronavirus variant, on New Year's Eve.
The new rules allow air travel from previously restricted countries as long as the traveler has proof of vaccination and a negative COVID-19 test.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has "painted himself into a corner," said Dr. Jonathan Reiner. "People are dying in Florida. It's going to get much worse."
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The study found lingering health effects on Muslim, refugee and immigrant communities residing in the U.S.
Visitors from Europe and other countries have been barred from entry to the U.S. for more than a year, a reality that press secretary Jen Psaki said will continue.
Rep. Judy Chu said the Trump-era ban was “always wrong, needless and cruel" and that Congress should make sure it doesn't happen again.
The Biden administration has unraveled much of Trump's travel ban. But many past diversity visa winners still have no way to actually enter the country.
Restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, however, are likely to slow down the process.
The new president signed the executive order ending the bar on travel from several Muslim-majority countries on his first day in office.