Indonesian officials claim that they bar foreigners for their own security.

Foreign businessmen in the Philippines have been pressing for changes in land ownership laws, which bar foreigners from owning property except in apartment buildings.

He is charged, bizarrely, under a law that bars foreigners from interfering in Brazil's affairs.

Permits are also required for travel to Tibet, an area of China that the authorities can suddenly bar foreigners from entering.

Mr. Frank's measure evolved with each writing but philosophically the concept was the same: The Government should bar foreigners only for their deeds, not for their words.

President Reagan has signed legislation that will prevent immigration officials from barring foreigners because of their political beliefs for at least the next 14 months.

Saying he would bar foreigners from giving to American political campaigns, Mr. Dole declared here: "America is for Americans."

One is a clause in the country's Constitution, adopted in 1988, which bars foreigners from owning majorities of voting shares in mining companies in Brazil.

The Bush Administration today formally announced its proposal to lift a requirement that bars foreigners with AIDS or any of six other communicable diseases from entering the country.

Reaction to the court's ruling - that local governments can bar "foreigners" from holding official positions where they exercise "government power" - was split along political lines.