India, June 5 -- President Donald Trump has signed a Proclamation banning the entry of people from 12 countries into the United States to protect the nation from foreign terrorist and other national security and public safety threats.

The Proclamation fully restricts the entry of nationals from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen after finding those countries to be deficient in screening and vetting U.S.-bound travelers who pose a very high risk to the United States.

The Proclamation partially restricts and limits the entry of nationals from 7 countries who also pose a high level of risk to the United States. They are Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone...