President Donald Trump’s new ban on travel to the US by citizens from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries took effect Monday amid rising tension over the president’s escalating campaign of immigration enforcement.

As new travel restrictions quietly go into effect, passengers at JFK Airport seemed largely unaware of the policy change.

Church World Service Greensboro says Trump's latest travel ban scares immigrant communities and does not reflect the American value of embracing strangers.

The White House says the 12 countries on the list are "deficient with regards to screening and vetting" and are being targeted to protect U.S. national security.

The president’s travel restrictions on 12 countries — almost all in Africa and Asia — have not been met with the same outcry as his so-called Muslim ban.

Passenger aircraft could fly from New York to Los Angeles in around two hours, but there are still challenges that stand in the way.

Mohammad Sharafoddin, his wife and young son managed to make it out of Afghanistan as refugees nine years ago, at one point walking 36 hours over mountain passes.