An immigration watchdog is praising the Trump administration for extending the so-called travel ban to six additional countries.

In an attempt to ensure the safety of the American public, the Trump administration recently expanded the list of countries included in the travel ban to include Burma, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sudan, and Tanzania.

Those countries were added to the current ban -- villified as religious discrimination by the Left -- which includes Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen.

The move is meant to add pressure to nations to provide better and timelier information for the United States to ensure that prospective immigrants receive a thorough background check before they set foot in the U.S.

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Ira Mehlman of the Federation for American Immigration Reform says the U.S. intelligence services and the State Dept. evaluated the countries and consider them a dangerous risk for the United States.

“This is not made flippantly or randomly,” Mehlman insists. “These decisions are based on circumstances that have been evaluated thoroughly, and the administration has come to the conclusion that this is in the best interests of the country.”

Mehlman points out the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2018 that President Trump has the authority under U.S. immigration law to enact a travel ban.