03/18/2025
🚨 BREAKING: NO Travel Ban for Afghan Allies! ✈️🇺🇸
🔹 Afghans with valid visas CAN still travel to the U.S. – NO BAN EXISTS (for now)!
📢 Amid rising concerns and media speculation, the U.S. State Department has officially confirmed that there is NO travel ban on Afghans who worked with American forces and institutions.
🗣️ State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce addressed these fears in a press briefing on March 17, 2025, making it clear that Afghans who stood by the U.S. are NOT abandoned and they can still apply for visas and travel to the United States.
🚫 NO TRAVEL BAN EXISTS! Bruce dismissed media rumors, confirming that there is no official restriction on Afghan allies. The so-called "ban" was merely part of a routine security review, NOT a policy change.
🤝 The U.S. government has reaffirmed its commitment to helping Afghan partners.
Those eligible for Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) and other eligible programs CAN continue their applications and travel to the U.S..
What You Need to Know:
⚠️ There is still a possibility that the U.S. government may impose a travel ban on all Afghans and officially announce it, so stay informed!
✅ Afghans with valid visas CAN still travel to the U.S.
✅ SIV and other visa programs REMAIN ACTIVE.
✅ 👨👩👧👦 Family reunification is still possible for Afghan refugees.
✅ 🔍 Security checks will be conducted before and after visa issuance, as part of standard U.S. regulations.
🔗 📄 FULL Press Briefing Transcript: https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-march-17-2025/ -619868-Afghanistan
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2:10 p.m. EDT MS BRUCE: How are you doing, Matt Lee? QUESTION: I’m well. How are you? MS BRUCE: Nice to see Andrea Mitchell here again. Thank you, ma’am. I’m here – (laughter) – after a rather big trip. All right, so are we – we’re set? Everybody good? Great. So, I’m going to start [...
