FOX NEWS: One House Republican is moving forward with efforts to codify President Donald Trump’s sweeping travel ban on “third-world” countries.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., will introduce legislation Wednesday that would bar people from 39 countries across the Caribbean, Middle East and Africa from entering the United States, Fox News Digital has learned.
Mace’s bill, titled the Third World Immigration Moratorium Act, would also block entry for individuals traveling on Palestinian Authority-issued documents.
The South Carolina lawmaker argued her legislation, which mirrors the list of countries facing full or partial bans under the Trump administration, is necessary because many immigrants from the affected countries have failed to assimilate into American life.
Travelers from Latin America and the Caribbean arrive at Miami International Airport in Miami on Monday as President Donald Trump’s new travel ban takes effect. (Carl Juste/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
“For too long, Washington has looked the other way while bad actors exploited every gap in our system and American families paid the price. Those days are over,” Mace said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital on her upcoming legislation. “If you import the third world, you will become the third world.”
“This bill makes crystal clear: entry into the United States is a privilege, not a right,” she continued. “We make absolutely no apologies for defending it.”
Countries that would face travel restrictions are Afghanistan, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon, Gambia, Haiti, Iran, Laos, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The proposal comes after the Trump administration resurrected a travel ban on 12 countries in June 2025 after an Egyptian national was charged with carrying out a deadly firebombing attack in Boulder, Colo., on demonstrators calling for the release of hostages in Gaza.
Trump later moved to expand the list by more than double after an Afghan national fatally shot 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, a member of the West Virginia National Guard, and severely injured U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 25, in Washington, D.C., in November.
The president argued the move was necessary to protect national security and guard against visa overstays after both perpetrators were in the country illegally after overstaying their visas.
National Guard Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe receives a Purple Heart as President Donald Trump recognizes him during the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 24, 2026. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
Many of the countries on the travel ban list are among the poorest in the world and have struggled with instability and terrorism.
Iran and Cuba — both longtime U.S. adversaries — are also among the countries targeted by the proposal.
Mace’s legislation would exempt several categories of travelers, including lawful permanent residents, dual nationals using passports from countries not subject to the restrictions, diplomats, NATO personnel, athletes participating in major international competitions, special immigrant visa recipients who assisted U.S. forces, and some people fleeing ethnic or religious persecution in Iran.
Under Mace’s bill, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary would possess the authority to grant case-by-case waivers if admitting an individual is determined to be in the nation’s “critical interest.”
But the legislation is likely to face an uphill battle in the House amid expected opposition from Democrats and some Republicans who support legal immigration from several of the countries on her list.
Earlier this year, a handful of Republicans joined Democrats in voting to extend Temporary Protected Status for Haitians despite the Trump administration’s opposition. Some Republicans have also defended legal immigration for people from Cuba, Venezuela and other countries subject to the travel ban and often used as proxies of other foreign powers.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., departs the U.S. Capitol after a series of House votes on March 5, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Mace previously introduced legislation that would bar naturalized citizens from serving in most of the federal government, including in Congress and as federal judges.
Wednesday’s legislation comes as Mace weighs her political future.
The Republican firebrand is serving the final months of her House term after losing her bid for South Carolina governor earlier this year.
She has floated running in a fast-approaching primary election to succeed the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, who died unexpectedly late Saturday evening.
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Ok, I decided not to be lazy and do my own research. So CIP is the methodology by which a person can obtain CBI.
CIP – Citizen by Investment Program
CBI – Citizenship By Investment.
If these bans continue, how efficient would the CIP continue to be? I assume that one of the reasons the people that buy our passport want it, is for the supposed travel privileges to the US, UK and EU. However, if there are going to be restrictions, it may not appeal to them as much.
Also, I’m not sure if 30days residency is enough of a requirement. Why should the tax burden be on the locals while they live frivolously with minimum requirements. Are we only worth US200k? What about our self-esteem? What is to become of Antigua? Why are we accepting this?
Why are we going to beg the USA to be able to enter their country. We have a far more beautiful country and if they don’t want us there, well so be it. There are other countries that want us. Lets go to Canada instead. Or Mexico. Soon Europe will do the same to us. And we won’t play tit for tad. Because we are not that stupid and we need their US Dollar. But this again brings me to the question I ask the Central Bank Governor. Is our money in the US Banks not at risk if the USA decides to sanction us like they did Cub, Venezuela, Russia and all others that they want to squeeze into submission.
We cannot put all our eggs into one basket. The USA under Trump is very unreliable. Even NATO is experiencing this. Canada has already begun to untangle their dependency on the Americans. People who knows what comes after Trump. Because not even the democrats seem to oppose his foreign policies. Which makes one believes that they don’t mind the dirty job he is doing for them.
We are literally up $hit street now. Is keeping our CIP really worth it? Navigating the loss of approximately USD $100 million in Citizenship by Investment (CIP) revenue requires urgent fiscal prudence and structural reform. While maintaining the CIP remains a critical pillar of current government policy, the threat of losing vital Schengen visa-free access and access to the US for all our citizens, with or without Visa, is gonna force Antigua and Barbuda to pivot toward stricter oversight and sustainable domestic revenue management from now on. The hard truth is, we do not have a choice. The CIP must go. Antigua and Barbuda is facing immense pressure from both the US and EU, with the US now tabling legislation that would completely block all citizens from entering the US once our country continues with its CIP and this includes citizens with Visas too . We have no further wiggle room. CIP MUST GO NOW!
People, worry not, Gaston and Ron Sanders are master negotiators the Visa situation will soon be restored and we will be able to travel to the US unimpeded
There are only 4 Caribbean countries on that list: Cuba, Dominica, Haiti and Us. It’s really a sad day when we’re grouped with terrorism hotspots like Afghanistan, Sudan and Syria.
Who the hell cares about America. Gaston is going to make Antigua an Economic Powerhouse and Americans will be just dying to come here and we will be able to call America the world’s largest Shithouse County
Reacting now in stopping the CIP is far too late now. The damage is done. It is many years now I have been saying that the US and Europe will shut us out, it is crazy how those in charge were so blind to it. Now we have no CIP, and all prospective CIP buyers will just go and buy into another country’s CIP, but we poor are left not wanted and can go no where. To put the cherry on the cake, Antigua cannot even attract embassies to setup here to make the process easier. The idea of selling a visa free privilege is ludicrous and it should never be exploited. We are now facing the consequences for committing the unethical act!!!
You sold our passports to line you and your friends pockets ! No idea who these people are or what their intentions are. Explain the missing persons. Only person who would be a millionaire and want citizenship is a crook or tax dodger. One with a taste for fresh blood.
These people are just outright racist. America is the land of immigrants and just matter of time before these people are voted out.
@ Joan,
Did you discover in your research that the monies go into several buckets and some of those buckets are considered money laundering by the US and am the EU?
What are we talking about here?
Did you folks forget that the US is sling to take criminal deportees?
Donald Trump is using Nancy Mace to push this Trojan horse piece of legislation to scare the daylights out of Gaston Browne annd pressure him to agrees to take the criminal deportees.
Do you guys know why slavery lasted so many decades even centuries? Its because we black people can never unite against the oppressor. There are always those that have to snitch one another. Remember King Court. He was betrayed by his own people for whom he was fighting for to set them free. They sold him out. He was subjected to a brutal, slow form of torture called breaking on the wheel, where his bones were methodically shattered with iron rods before he was left tied to the cartwheel to die of shock and exposure.
And today we see the children of those that sold him out at work, showing their dirty head and siding with the USA against their own government. Wicked set of people. Offspring of those very same betrayers. They commit treason against their own country for political reasons. Because if they cannot be the one in power they might as well burn down the house. King of the ashes. Oh how I wish we didn’t have Free Speech when it comes to this. A house divided can not stand. Any group, organization, or nation torn by internal conflict will inevitably collapse. And the USA knows how to play the game of divide and rule. Sometimes I am angry being born a black man. For it is the only race that is so easily divided. I have traveled to many countries and whenever I see another black person I make sure I’m the first to make contact and find out where my black brother or sister is from. But sometimes you feel the resentment. Like they are not sure if my friendliness is genuine. Just look here in Antigua and see if the white people here are putting each other down? Or the Syrians and the Lebanese. or even the Chinese. They are work together and support each other in whatever business they have. I envy that character in them. Bob Marley had a famous song African United. That is a dream that I don’t know when or if that ever will come through. But the day that comes through all Black Men all over the world will take their rightful place in the league of Nation and rule the world like they did centuries ago. A Peter Tosh sang, “Don’t Care Were you Come From as long as you are a Blackman You are an AFRICAN”. I’m a shame to be a black man surrounded by their traitors, who would sell their brother for a piece of bread. Or for a VISA. Like Trevor Walker claims, WE HAVE NO CARD. Surrender to the USA. Bend over and take it in your behind. I’d rather be like Gassy Dread and led them shoot me then for me to drink the poison. WHAT THE HELL IS SO SPECIAL FOR US TO GO THE UNITED STATES. For what? I wish I had never set foot there on that God forsaken land, that they stole from the indigenous people, killing millions of them. And now claim it as their own. The devil is a murderer and a thief. He was a liar from the beginning. And these people resemble the devil in everything they do. Judge them by their works. They have know wars and killing more then any other Nation on this Planet. The only one that have used the Atomic Bomb on another nation. And not to mention the many phosphorus bombs they used in the Vietnam War. People seem to forget these things very quickly. But I tell you, never forget, who you are and where you come from. What they did to your ancestors. They refuse to pay reparation for all of that. We should just forget it all and let bygones be bygones. I say to you, forgive but don’t forget or you will find yourself in the same situation once again. Cause you need to always learn from your past. Four hundred years of slavery cannot be erased or forgotten. The generational, cultural, and economic impacts of the transatlantic slave trade run deep, leaving lasting scars that resonate in societies across the globe, including the Caribbean and the Americas. No other race on this planet have such a burden to carry. And yet we are still here. Blackman/woman be conscious of your black brother or sister besides you, that is a traitor who smile in your face, but stab you in the back. Be ware of the hypocrites amongst you who will call you brother. be aware of the pestilences that crawled by night. I Curse all those Black Antiguans and Barbudans that take side with the USA when it comes to defending our very own small country’s INTEGRETY and SOUVERINITY. If we do not have that little respect what then are we? SLAVES!!!. Means Slavery never really ended for us. We are still living in MENTAL SLAVERY.
Antiguans please recognise this is the time to STOP this dependency on White/European countries like the USA and work to become truly independent.
Stop the bullsh..t of racism card. This is more serious than appear. ANTIGUA goverment isn’t disclosing to the public all the reasons USA provide to Antigua that support this move.
Guys, open your dam eyes… US intelligences agencies and European ones are tracking a lot of high profiles criminals around the world, many of them have Antigua passport. Open your eyes, those criminals from middle east and Africa countries purchase Antigua passport. This isn’t a today problem, this is the result of years of selling passport to criminals.
Did you guys forgot the Indian national Choski? Come on..He purchase Antigua pastport very easy and move the millions he stole to here. This is serious. Antigua don’t have a good reputation in this matters.. Did you guys forgot Stanford and his Scheme? We are suffering now a problem that we create from the last 30 years of wrong doing.
Now that the shit has hit the fan we the ordinary folks will have to endure the suffering while the politicians who messed up can travel all over the world free as birds. Tek dat you idiots that put those incompetents back in office. Now the rest of us who had the foresight to want them gone have to suffer too. The majority is not always right
The Democrats are not saying much of a damn thing, because they are at the same intelligent briefing, and have access to the same Intel, duh!
This is not about race you jokers who are crying foul, it’s intelligence gathering by very smart people. Trump is trust the mouth piece, but no American wants 9/11 to repeat itself, and by the hate speeches that have been targeted against the US for years, how can you blame them.
Enemy of my enemy is not always your friend, in many cases, he is simply your enemy.
There are many crooks and enemies of the US who have used the CIP to hide out or get to the US, so think of that for a minute. You cannot blame someone for securing their house..if you don’t secure yours from your clear and blatant enemies, then that’s on you.
I’ve said, and it’s a fact..the CIP has been a sham and a fraud for years..the Likes of Choski has proven that.
And hey.. don’t forget that big arse embassy the Chinese have in Antigua..and no matter what MOU’s the Chinese bring before GB, he signs them lickspittle, but when the US came to him with terms, he try to place hard ball and ignore the US..so how does that look to the US? Of course you will look like and enemy to them.
The Donald might be a mad man to many, but the intelligence teams the US have setup around the world are no fools. They have their very own intelligence island set up right here in the Caribbean that listens to everything.
Again, there is no perfect nation, but dominance and power has always been the call of every nation, even Antigua..so let us not fool ourself here. Even GB has said he wants to make Antigua an economic powerhouse (rightfully so) and that’s why he use those terms, because that’s what all nation seeks ultimately, power.
This is where are, and in spite of all what I’ve said and many have said, decisions have to be made, and this GB lead administration was put back in place for the forth time to make those decisions, and those decisions must be made for the betterment of the Antiguan people at some point, not just his supporters, but for the better future of Antigua.
That’s where we are for the first time in our history.. Pressure has reached our shores from the big nations for the first time.Canada, EU, and the US, and that’s because of our CIP and what it brings to these nations. Dominica has accepted some very suspicious characters over the pass few years, from Iran, China, and the Russia. It’s all over the intelligence briefing from the white house and has been written by many major news syndicates in the US. This is not some new thing.
Skeritt is not talking about it, but it’s well known..that’s why Domina is full on this list.
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