White House considers total ban on travel to members and families of the Chinese Communist Party: report

The Trump administration is considering a radical ban on travel to the United States by members of the Chinese Communist Party and their families, the New York Times reported Wednesday.

The presidential proclamation is still in draft form, and President TrumpDonald John TrumpIvanka Trump launches Goya Foods products on Twitter Sessions defends the challenge: “I leave the elected office with my integrity intact” Former White House doctor Ronny Jackson wins the second round of Texas MORE Ultimately, he could reject it, The Times noted, citing unidentified sources.

The reported draft ban may also authorize the United States to revoke visas for party members and their families already in the country, the Times reported.

The order would cite the same statute in the Immigration and Nationality Act that the Trump administration used in 2017 as part of a travel ban in several predominantly Muslim countries, according to the Times. The statute gives the president the power to temporarily block travel to the United States by foreign citizens who are considered “detrimental to the interest” of the country.

A White House official was not immediately available for comment when contacted by The Hill.

The draft proposal submitted would pose practical problems, as the Chinese Communist Party has 92 million members and the US government is unaware of party status for the vast majority of the millions of Chinese citizens visiting the US. USA, notes the Times.

Trump has occasionally criticized China, including the Chinese government’s trade and management of the coronavirus pandemic, which originated in Wuhan.

Former White House National Security Advisor John BoltonJohn Bolton Judge lifts restraining order on Mary Trump on eve of book launch The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Argentum – All eyes on Florida as daily COVID-19 cases hit 15K Juan Williams: Trump’s silence on the Russian rewards betrays America MOREHowever, he states in his new report “The Room Where It Happened” that Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping for help in winning reelection.

Bolton also claims that he heard Trump acknowledge the massive crowds at the protests in Hong Kong in the summer of 2019, but voiced his objection that he did not want to get involved, saying that the president also downplayed the need to issue a White House statement in the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.