Following US President Donald Trump's announcement to suspend travel from Europe to the United States for 30 days, the White House clarified that "the people transporting goods will not be admitted into the country, but the goods will be".

Trump had said the travel ban would go into effect from "midnight Friday". He then added that "these prohibitions will not only apply to the tremendous amount of trade and cargo, but various other things".

Acting deputy secretary at the Homeland Security Department Ken Cuccinelli then went on Twitter to reassure Americans that the ban on travel from Europe wouldn't apply to "citizens or legal permanent residents or their families".

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