President Trump's new ban on travel to the U.S. by citizens from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries has taken effect amid rising tension over the president's escalating campaign of immigration enforcement.

The travel ban forms part of Trump's policy to restrict immigration into the United States and is reminiscent of a similar move in his first term

Immigrant advocates do not anticipate the same level of mass protests that greeted Trump’s announcement of an immediate ban in January 2017 on travelers from some Muslim-majority nations.