Expands travel ban to six countries, four of them African

On January 31, 2020, Trump issued a proclamation expanding his travel restrictions to six additional countries: Nigeria, Myanmar, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Sudan, and Tanzania. Immigrant visas for permanent residency were suspended for nationals of Nigeria, Myanmar, Eritrea, and Kyrgyzstan, while Sudanese and Tanzanian nationals were barred from the diversity visa lottery. Four of the six are African nations, and Nigeria is the continent's most populous country; several have large Muslim populations. Human Rights Watch said the expansion fit 'a now familiar pattern' of executive actions 'seemingly designed to curtail legal immigration by nonwhite people, Muslims and those with lower incomes,' attributing it in part to Trump's documented 'anti-Muslim animus.'