BREAKING: U.S says no travel ban lists exists

(WINN)—US Department of State Spokesperson Tammy Bruce, during the Department Press Briefing on March 17, 2025, denounced the existence of an alleged draft list published on several news sites promoting that some 43 countries would face new visa restrictions.

“Well, first of all, there is no list. What people are looking at over these last several days is not a list that exists here that is being acted on. There is a review, as we know, through the President’s executive order, for us to look at the nature of what’s going to help keep America safer in dealing with the issue of visas and who’s allowed into the country. But what has been touted as something that is an item through the State Department just simply isn’t the case. So, the premise, I have to say, I certainly can’t speak to because it’s not accurate.”

The alleged list named six countries from the Caribbean region: St. Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, St. Lucia, Haiti, Venezuela, and Cuba.

According to international reports, there were three lists: red, orange and yellow. The red list allegedly bared 11 countries’ entry to the US outright and included Cuba and Venezuela.

The Orange list included Haiti and required an in-person interview to be granted a visa for entry into the US.

St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and Dominica were included in the yellow list of 22 countries that had 60 days to address perceived discrepancies. These included “failing to share with the United States information about incoming travellers, purportedly inadequate security practices for issuing passports, or the selling of citizenship to people from banned countries, which could serve as a loophole around the restrictions.”

Following the report on the alleged draft list, The Government of St. Kitss and Nevis issued a statement explaining that “the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis and its Embassy in Washington, D.C. have engaged with U.S. officials. Prime Minister the Hon. Dr. Terrance Drew confirmed today that no formal or informal communication has been received from the U.S. Government regarding the alleged inclusion of St. Kitts and Nevis on a so-called ‘Yellow’ list.”

Although Bruce denounced the list as actionable, she did say that there is an ongoing review of visa allowances into the US and how that might affect the country’s safety as the Trump administration continues to clamp down on immigration issues.

“So, that’s not something that is – certainly I can talk about regarding something that doesn’t exist, but certainly when that review is done, we’ll have something that we can discuss.” – US Department of State Spokesperson Tammy Bruce.

The Citizenship By Investment programs in the region have continuously been an issue related to people/bad actors who may try to gain access to the US, UK, and Europe through these programs.

Such concerns have prompted continued changes made to the programs in the region.

St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister, Hon. Dr Terrance Drew, has also admitted that the CBI program’s revenues have taken a hit since its implementation of changes to meet the standards of international partners.

The outcome of the review and its effect on regional access to the US and the region’s CBI programs remain to be seen.

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