Haitians mark latest U.S. travel ban on top of Independence Day

Haiti (MNN) — A new U.S. travel ban takes effect today. The update to an earlier June ban list (Proclamation 10949) now includes 19 countries, such as Afghanistan, Burma, Iran, Syria, and Haiti, whose citizens have full restrictions and limits on entry to the U.S. Haiti has been on the ban list since June, but the new rules remove several exceptions that had provided some breathing room. “In general, this new ban makes it very complicated for Haitian families who have family members already in t