Migration

Creates a large-scale humanitarian and logistical constraint on Lebanon’s capacity to shelter, supply, and protect over one million displaced people and restricts movement and transport operations in and around Beirut, including near the international airport.

The suspension closes two official South Africa–Mozambique border crossings, restricting legal cross-border movement through those specific corridors. It also removes access routes through sections of Kruger National Park and the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park that rely on those crossings.

Direct cross-border rail travel is limited to Chinese and North Korean nationals working, studying, or visiting family; tourists are not eligible to buy tickets.

The order applies the Juvenile Justice Act’s seven-year maximum punishment for juveniles to a custody period that exceeded that limit. It also directs state action to return the individual to Bangladesh.

Court-ordered limits on pausing refugee admissions are mostly removed, allowing the admissions halt to stand. Injunctions still block ending services for already-admitted refugees and ending support-center agreements.

A seven-day, cash-linked departure option is being applied to a defined cohort in taxpayer-funded accommodation, with refusal tied to the government’s stated pursuit of forced removal.

Refugees face a one-year condition to avoid detention tied to permanent-residency processing or an in-person check-in with immigration authorities.

DHS cannot condition congressional oversight entry to ICE facilities on a week-advance notice requirement while the suspension is in effect.

Nationals of the named countries are blocked from using the UK study-visa channel, and Afghans are blocked from the work-visa channel, removing those routes for new lawful entry on those bases.

For covered passport holders, entry no longer requires a pre-arranged visa, removing a pre-travel authorization step during the policy period. The arrangement is time-bounded to at least July 1, 2026.

Refugee protection is now time-limited and contingent on periodic reassessment, with continued protection requiring renewal at each review point. People whose countries are deemed safe at review are expected to return home.

The closure blocks a key route for humanitarian aid delivery and for evacuating critically ill patients. It also stops the limited outbound movement that had resumed after the crossing reopened last month.