As US President Donald Trump’s new travel ban goes into effect on Monday, Haiti is one of the 12 countries left reeling from its impact. It is overrun by gangs and relies heavily on international aid organisations amid its humanitarian and security crisis.

Even before President Donald Trump told Haitians this week they will no longer be welcome in the United States, travel from the crisis-wracked Caribbean nation was already difficult. It’s been restricted by deadly gang violence,

U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler, a fellow Republican, urged the Trump administration to reverse its decision. Lawler's 17th District includes Spring Valley, home to the second-largest Haitian diaspora, per capita, in the U.S.