NAFSA: Association of International Educators gives details on the travel bans on their page:

Updates on Travel Bans Under the Trump-Vance Administration

INA 212(f) – “Detrimental to the Interest of the U.S.”

Travel Ban on 19 Countries

Presidential Proclamation 10949 of June 4, 2025: Restricting The Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats establishes a “full” travel ban on 12 countries and a “partial” travel ban on 7 countries, effective 12:01 am eastern daylight time on June 9, 2025. Proclamation published on whitehouse.gov | Proclamation published in the Federal Register at 90 FR 24497 (June 10, 2025). See NAFSA’s page.

Possible Expansion of Travel Bans

On June 14, 2025 news outlets began reporting that an internal Department of State memo indicates that 36 more countries will be given 60 days to meet the Trump administration’s benchmarks and requirements or face either a partial or full entry ban. See NAFSA’s page.

INA 243(d) – Discontinuance of Visa Issuance for “Recalcitrant” Countries

We are not aware of any INA 243(d) visa issuance discontinuances so far under the Trump-Vance administration. For additional background on INA 243(d) see NAFSA’s page Discontinuance of Visa Issuance Under INA 243(d).

INA 212(a)(3)(C) – “Potentially Serious Adverse Foreign Policy Consequences”

INA 212(a)(3)(C)/8 USC 1182(a)(3)(C) authorizes the Secretary of State to exclude an individual “whose entry or proposed activities in the United States the Secretary… has reasonable ground to believe would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States.”

DOS Policy Targets Current and Former Thai Government Responsible Forced Return of Uyghurs from Thailand to China

On March 14, 2025 Secretary Marco Rubio announced visa restrictions to be imposed “on current and former officials from the Government of Thailand responsible for, or complicit in, the forced return of 40 Uyghurs from Thailand on February 27.” Rubio cites INA 212(a)(3)(C) as the legal authority to take this action. See Announcement of a Visa Restriction Policy to Address the Forced Return of Uyghurs and Members of Other Ethnic or Religious Groups with Protection Concerns to China, Press Statement Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, March 14, 2025.

DOS Policy Targets Foreign Officials and Others Facilitating Illegal Migration into the United States

On March 5, 2025, citing INA 212(a)(3)(C)/8 USC 1182(a)(3)(C), Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced “a new visa restriction policy that will apply to foreign government officials, including immigration and customs officials, airport and port authority officials, and others believed to be responsible for knowingly facilitating illegal immigration to the United States, including through failure to enforce immigration laws or establishing and implementing policies and practices that knowingly facilitate the transit of aliens intending to illegally immigrate into the United States via the U.S. southwest border.” Rubio cites INA 212(a)(3)(C) as the legal authority to take this action. See Announcement of a Visa Restriction Policy Targeting Foreign Officials and Others Facilitating Illegal Migration into the United States, press statement, March 5, 2025.

Colombian Visa Issuance Incident

January, 2025. A January 26, 2025 Department of State Media Note announced a brief suspension of visa issuance at the U.S. Embassy in Bogota, Colombia “[f]ollowing President Petro’s refusal to accept two repatriation flights he previously authorized.” See Secretary Rubio Authorizes Visa Restrictions on Colombian Government Officials and their Immediate Family Members, Media Note, January 26, 2025. NAFSA’s liaison partners at DOS have informed NAFSA that nonimmigrant visa issuance in Colombia has now resumed. Press reports confirm.

In addition, the media note cited INA 212 (a)(3)(C) when announcing that Secretary Rubio also authorized “travel sanctions on individuals and their families, who were responsible for the interference of U.S. repatriation flight operations,” stating: “Under the authority of INA 212 (a)(3)(C), Secretary Rubio can render inadmissible to the United States any alien whose entry “would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States… Visa restrictions would apply to Colombian officials and their immediate family members who meet the criteria.”

Although this incident involved a form of “recalcitrance,” the Department of State did not publicly reference INA 243(d)/8 USC 1253(d).

The following organizations are providing regular updates summarizing executive orders, Presidential proclamations, and other emerging developments under the second Trump administration:

• NAFSA: Association of International Educators — Executive and Regulatory Actions Under the Second Trump Administration
• American Council on Education — Trump’s Executive Orders Shift Higher Education Landscape

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Las siguientes organizaciones están proporcionando actualizaciones periódicas que resumen órdenes ejecutivas, proclamaciones presidenciales y otros desarrollos emergentes bajo la segunda administración de Trump:

• NAFSA: Asociación de Educadores Internacionales – Acciones Ejecutivas y Regulatorias Bajo la Segunda Administración de Trump
• Consejo Americano de Educación – Las Órdenes Ejecutivas de Trump Cambian el Panorama de la Educación Superior

According to USCIS’s DACA page, “On Jan. 17, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a decision regarding the DACA Final Rule. Pursuant to the court’s order, USCIS will continue to accept and process DACA renewal requests and accompanying applications for employment authorization under the DACA regulations at 8 CFR 236.22 and 236.23. USCIS will continue to accept initial requests but will not process initial DACA requests at this time. Current grants of DACA and related Employment Authorization Documents remain valid until they expire, unless individually terminated.”

Here is the most recent information on DACA rulemaking and litigation:

“On Sept. 13, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued a decision finding the DACA Final Rule unlawful and expanding the original July 16, 2021 injunction and order of vacatur to cover the Final Rule. However, the court maintained a partial stay of the order for “all DACA recipients who received their initial DACA status prior to July 16, 2021.” See the Memorandum and Order (PDF, 1.35 MB) and Supplemental Order of Injunction (PDF, 72.53 KB).

Accordingly, current grants of DACA and related Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) remain valid until they expire, unless individually terminated.  In accordance with this decision, USCIS will continue to accept and process DACA renewal requests and accompanying applications for employment authorization under the DACA regulations at 8 CFR 236.22 and 236.23, as it has since October 31, 2022. We will also continue to accept initial DACA requests, but in accordance with the District Court’s order, we will not process initial DACA requests.

Current valid grants of DACA and related EADs will continue to be recognized as valid under the Final Rule. This means that individuals with DACA and related EADs do not have to submit a request for DACA or employment authorization until the appropriate time to seek renewal.

Please see the DACA Litigation Information Page for important updates and information related to court rulings on the DACA policy.”