When asked about the travel ban, a State Department spokesperson said the agency “does not comment on internal deliberations or communications.”

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.