President Donald Trump is considering extending his extraordinary travel bans to include another 36 countries.
Trump imposed a full ban on nationals from 12 countries, and partial restrictions for visitors from another seven countries earlier this month as part of an ongoing effort to rid the United States of foreign threats and secure the borders.
Now it can be revealed the State Department also identified another 36 nations in an internal memo which are on the cusp of being added to the list.
These nations included Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominica, Ethiopia, Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Senegal, South Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
They were given 60 days to improve on a series of benchmarks to be considered safe under the Trump administration.
Each of the affected nations has been ordered to provide remediation plans by Wednesday 8pm or risk being added to the dreaded exclusion list.
According to documents viewed by The New York Times, they must each 'take immediate action to mitigate ongoing vetting and screening concerns, develop corrective action plans to remediate deficiencies and evaluate progress.'
