When President Donald Trump’s issued a proclamation on Wednesday evening that citizens from Afghanistan, along with 11 other nations, would be blocked from coming to the United States, it added even more fear,

Here is a closer look at why the administration says it is instituting full bans on foreign nationals traveling to the U.S. from 12 nations.

President Donald Trump signed a proclamation that bans individuals from 12 countries from entering the US, reinstating one of the most controversial measures from his first term after an attack in Colorado that targeted an event supporting Israeli hostages.