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Nakinskie Robinson reports
New concerns are emerging after President Donald Trump expanded the United States travel ban, adding two Caribbean nations to a list that now affects travellers from 39 countries worldwide.
In a proclamation signed on Tuesday, Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica were placed among 15 countries facing partial entry restrictions, marking the first time they have been included in the sweeping US immigration measures.
Mr. Trump said Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica offer citizenship to foreigners without a residency requirement, creating the risk that someone from the countries subjected to the travel ban could seek to gain status in those Caribbean nations to bypass the US entry restrictions.
The expanded travel ban more than doubles the scope of the original proclamation issued in June which affected 19 countries.
That earlier order fully barred entry from nations including Afghanistan, Iran, Libya, Somalia and Haiti, while partially restricting travel from countries such as Cuba and Venezuela, both of which have close regional and diaspora links to the Caribbean.
Under the latest announcement, seven additional countries, five from Africa and one from Asia and the Middle East, now face full entry bans.
Partial restrictions were also imposed on several African nations alongside Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica.
President Trump said the measures are tied to concerns about security screening and information sharing with US authorities.
For Caribbean governments and nationals, the inclusion of Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica underscores a growing uncertainty around access to the United States, a key destination for tourism, education, remittances and trade across the region.
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