The Trump administration is finalizing a new travel ban that would be broader than the ones issued during Trump’s first term. The ban, enacted under an executive order titled "Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other," aims to prevent individuals deemed as national security risks from entering the U.S.

A nonprofit that helps Afghans who worked for the U.S. government issued an urgent alert advising Afghan citizens holding valid visas to travel "as soon as possible" to the U.S.

The Trump administration is reportedly finalizing a new travel ban that would be broader than the previous bans from his first term.

The NYT also reports that other nations being considered for the red list were countries that previous Trump travel bans have covered. Among the countries that ended up on a travel ban from Trump were Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela.

Following Trump's issuing an executive order in January directing Cabinet members to create a list of countries that should face full or partial travel restrictions, a draft recommendation is now circulating,

President Trump’s first-term policy grew out of his 2015 campaign call to bar Muslims from entering the country and evolved amid court battles.

The US State Department is “undertaking a full review of all visa programs,” a department spokesperson confirmed amid reports of an impending new travel ban, and a US official familiar with the situation told CNN that Afghanistan could be among the countries included.

As a young man, Muhammad Ilyas stood side-by-side with US soldiers as they took on the Taliban in his native Afghanistan, working as an interpreter and driven by a need for "revenge" for attacks on his family.

Several news agencies report that the White House is preparing a new travel ban, preventing citizens from certain countries from coming into the United States. The ban would revive one of the more controversial policies of the previous Trump administration.