Trump's Trials - Trump administration's travel ban goes into effect Monday

Episode Date: June 9, 2025

The Trump administration's travel ban goes into effect on Monday, which puts a full ban on 12 countries and a partial ban on seven others.Support NPR and hear every episode of Trump's Terms sponsor-free with NPR+. Sign up at plus.npr.org.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

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And yesterday he deployed national guard troops, despite the objections of governor Gavin Newsom. And yesterday, he deployed National Guard troops despite the objections of Governor Gavin Newsom. L.A.'s police chief said last night that many early protests had been peaceful but were marred by some violence later on. For more on how Washington is handling the protests and the latest Trump immigration policy with us now is NPR White House correspondent Deepa Sivaram. So Deepa, what has the president said about the protests and this decision to call in

the National Guard? Yeah, the president spoke to reporters yesterday and he called the protests in LA a riot. And he said that he called California's governor Gavin Newsom and said that if he didn't take care of the violence in response to the ICE raids, that he was going to send in troops. And that is of course what happened. Trump suggested that there were instances of protesters spitting on police officers and throwing things. Trump said he has a statement of quote, they spit we hit, referring to how troops will respond.

And he said that he was watching to see what happens in other cities in regards to other protests against police or military members. And Trump seemed to allude to the possibility that he could send in troops to other cities. Now, this is within the president's power to call in the National Guard, but it is a rare thing. Right, exactly.

So definitely rare because it happened without Newsom's consent. And the last time a president stepped in to call the National Guard without consent from a governor was the 1960s. So it is a far stretch of federal power here, but I will say the president does have the authority to do this. A White House official told me that Trump used a US code to call in these National Guard troops. And it isn't the first time that Trump

has called the National Guard. In the summer of 2020, during the protests against the police killing of George Floyd, Trump asked governors to send troops to DC. But that was a situation in which governors had a choice to send in National Guard members or not. In this case, you know, over the weekend, Trump called in those Guard members over Newsom's head.

And how did Gavin Newsom respond? Yeah, so he's, of course, pushing back. Newsom released a letter last night addressed to the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. He's formally requesting that Trump rescind his deployment of troops. Newsom called it a, quote, serious breach of state sovereignty and said that it was increasing tensions. And he said that he'll also file a lawsuit. Trump, though, appears to be doubling down on his actions in a post to Truth Social.

Yesterday, he called the protesters a, quote, violent insurrectionist mob and said that he was directing his administration to, quote, liber insurrectionist mob and said that he was directing his administration to, quote, liberate Los Angeles from the migrant invasion. All right. So what's happening in Los Angeles is related to immigration policy. Now, another immigration policy took effect today, and that's the new travel ban. So Deepa, what can you tell us about this new travel ban?

Yeah. So the ban is divided into two parts. There's some countries that have a full ban, some that have a partial ban. There are 12 countries under the full ban and those include countries such as Afghanistan, Haiti, Iran, Sudan, and Yemen. The White House has said the countries named lack screening and vetting capabilities. And I'll tell you, this ban was something Trump had promised to do on the campaign trail as a continuation of the Muslim travel ban from his first term. So day one at the White House in January of this year, Trump signed an executive order that tasked federal agencies looking into

which countries had what they see as deficiencies in vetting and screening that would merit this kind of a ban. So what's going into effect today has really been something that Trump started from the beginning of his second term. All right. That's NPR White House correspondent, Deepa Sivaram. Thanks a lot. Thank you. Before we wrap up, a reminder, you can find more coverage of the Trump administration

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