WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department instructed U.S. embassies and consulates on Friday not to revoke visas previously issued to people from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries now under President Donald Trump’s new travel ban, which goes into effect next week.

New travel bans by the Trump administration impact families in South Florida, with Haiti, Cuba, and Venezuela affected.

More than 24,000 international students from the affected countries studied in the U.S. as recently as the 2023-2024 academic year.

Venezuelan community college student Ivanna De Gregorio was enjoying the summer in her home country when the travel ban was announced, prompting her to switch her return to the U.S. from Aug. 11 to Friday.

Rahmat Mokhtar, a former interpreter for U.S. service members in Afghanistan, said the ban has put his siblings' paperwork to immigrate to the United States on hold.

Iran's foreign ministry said a U.S. travel ban that includes Iran showed "deep hostility of American decision-makers towards the Iranian people and Muslims", the ministry posted on the X platform on Saturday.

Immigration order restricting travel from 19 nations could prove difficult to challenge legally, with one attorney noting its broader scope compared to the 2017 Muslim ban.

This week’s topics include mistakenly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return to the US to face criminal charges, President Donald Trump's travel ban, and his public fallout with former advisor Elon Musk,