"Travel is fatal to prejudice,ย bigotry,ย and narrow-mindedness." - Mark Twain "Not all those who wander are lost." - J.R.R. Tolkien "The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page." - Saintย Augustine "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didnRead more
- โTravel is fatal to prejudice,ย bigotry,ย and narrow-mindedness.โ โ Mark Twain
- โNot all those who wander are lost.โ โ J.R.R. Tolkien
- โThe world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.โ โ Saintย Augustine
- โTwenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didnโt do than by the ones youย did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away fromย safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.โ โ Mark Twain
- โTo travel is to exist.โ โ Loรฏe Fuller
- โTravel makes one modest.ย You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.โ โ Gustave Flaubert
- โThere are no foreign lands.ย You are an explorer,ย and the whole earth is yours.โ โ John Muir
- โWherever you go,ย go with all your heart.โ โ Confucius
- โWherever you go,ย become the air,ย absorb the essence,ย become the sky,ย melt into the landscape.โ โ Anita Desai
- โThe journey,ย not the arrival,ย matters.โ โ T.S.ย Eliot
- โOneโs destination is never a place,ย but a new way of seeing things.โ โ Henry Miller
- โTravel is the discovery that everyone is wrong about other countries.โ โ Aldous Huxley
- โThe more I travel,ย the less I have an idea of what I am.โ โ Gustave Flaubert
- โCome,ย my friends,ย โTis not too late to seek a newer world.โ โ Alfred Lord Tennyson
- โTravel should leave you speechless,ย then turn you into a storyteller.โ โ Ibn Battuta
- โTravel opens your heart,ย broadens your mind,ย and fills your life with stories.โ โ Paula Coelho
- โThe greatest adventure is what lies ahead.โ โ J.R.R.ย Tolkien
- โThe world is big,ย and I want to have part of it.โ โ Barbara Kingsolver
- โTravel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.โ โ Seneca
- โTwo roads diverged in a wood, and Iโ I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.โ โ Robert Frost
Donald Trump recently announced a travel ban affecting citizens of 12 countries, including Afghanistan and Iran. The other ten countries on this list are: * Myanmar * Chad * Republic of the Congo * Equatorial Guinea * Eritrea * Haiti * Libya * Somalia * Sudan * Yemen The primary stated reason for thRead more
Donald Trump recently announced a travel ban affecting citizens of 12 countries, including Afghanistan and Iran. The other ten countries on this list are:
See less* Myanmar
* Chad
* Republic of the Congo
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Haiti
* Libya
* Somalia
* Sudan
* Yemen
The primary stated reason for these travel bans is national security concerns. Trump and his administration cited factors such as:
* Inadequate screening and vetting processes in these countries, hindering the U.S.โs ability to identify potential security threats.
* Ties to terrorism or state-sponsored terrorism in some nations (e.g., Iran and Cuba, though Cuba is under heightened restrictions, not a full ban).
* Lack of cooperation with U.S. immigration enforcement, including a refusal by some countries to take back their citizens who have overstayed their visas.
* High rates of visa overstays by nationals from these countries.
* Ongoing civil strife and instability, leading to concerns about governance and the ability to provide reliable travel documents.
Trump also explicitly linked the new ban to a recent attack in Boulder, Colorado, stating it โunderscored the extreme dangers posed to our country by the entry of foreign nationals who are not properly vetted, as well as those who come here as temporary visitors and overstay their visas.โ
Critics, however, have argued that the ban is discriminatory and politically motivated, with some pointing to Trumpโs past calls for a โtotal and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.โ