Michelle Kellerman

Rubio defended the strikes on alleged drug boats, saying they've been effective.

The Trump administration is also imposing sanctions on seven family members of individuals tied to what it calls the illegitimate Maduro regime.

Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, Washington.

Trump administration officials are fuming over a recent raid by South Africa on a processing center for Afrikaners applying to come to the U.S.

The South Africans say they were enforcing their immigration laws and plan to deport some of the Kenyans who were working at the center in Johannesburg with the U.S.

without proper South African work visas.

During the raid, two U.S.

government officials were briefly detained and the passport of one of them was posted on social media.

The U.S.

calls that an unacceptable form of harassment and called on the South African government to hold those responsible accountable.

or face, quote, severe consequences.

Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.

Earlier this year, Trump named 12 high-risk countries banning or restricting their nationals from coming to the U.S.

Now five more countries are being added to the list.

Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, and Syria.

According to a White House proclamation, the administration is also banning anyone holding documents issued by the Palestinian Authority.

It's also imposing partial restrictions on 15 other countries—

including Senegal and Cote d'Ivoire, whose teams will be playing in the World Cup next year.

The White House says there are carve-outs for athletes and diplomats or individuals whose entry, quote, serves U.S.

national interests.