The president says the nation has insufficient vetting measures and lacks a reliable central authority for issuing passports. The ban takes impact June 9.
President Donald Trump has suspended entry into america for Venezuelans with vacationer, enterprise, pupil, and cultural alternate visas, along with suspending or proscribing entry for residents of 11 different nations.
“The entry into america of nationals of Venezuela as immigrants and as nonimmigrants on B-1, B-2, B-1/B-2, F, M, and J visas is hereby suspended,” the president wrote in a June 4 proclamation.