Travel Ban

Who Is Exempt From Donald Trump's Revised Travel Ban

... order temporarily banning travel to the United States from Muslim-majority countries, Donald Trump has made some basic revisions. Unlike the original travel ban, issued in January, the new ban does not apply to permanent US residents or to citizens of Iraq – although “additional scrutiny” is called for in the latter case. Revised travel ban: Trump signs order targeting six Muslim-majority countries. Read more. The new ban, which you can read here , makes subtler exceptions, too. Here is a list of groups not covered by the ban issued Monday, according to the fine print. Note: if you are planning travel to the United States and are concerned about your status, consult with a legal professional. Lawful permanent US residents – ie green-card holders. People inside the United States. The ban only applies to people who are abroad at the time of the order. Valid visa holders. The ban does not apply to people who currently have a valid visa for travel to the United States or who had a valid visa before the date of the original ban (27 January 2017). People with other valid ...

New Travel Ban Brings Little Relief, Chicago Activists Say

... after meeting with clients and explaining the revised travel ban March 6, 2017. Al Ani's 34-year-old brother Abdullah Al Ani is waiting in Egypt to obtain refugee status and join his family in the United States. (Michael Tercha / Chicago Tribune). Manya Brachear Pashman Contact Reporter Chicago Tribune. While President Donald Trump 's revised executive order banning travel from six majority-Muslim countries and barring refugees from entering the U. S. is a small improvement over his earlier order, it remains an unacceptable ban on Muslims, Chicago immigration activists said Monday. About a month after federal judges blocked Trump's temporary ban on citizens of seven Middle Eastern and African countries, a move that Chicago advocates called "a backdoor ban on Muslims," the president on Monday signed a revised version of the executive order, barring immigrants from six of those ...

Read The Full Executive Order

... of the effective date of this order. Sec. 6. Realignment of the U. S. Refugee Admissions Program for Fiscal Year 2017. (a) The Secretary of State shall suspend travel of refugees into the United States under the USRAP, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall suspend decisions on applications for refugee status, for 120 days after the effective date of this order, subject to waivers pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. During the 120-day period, the Secretary of State, in conjunction with the Secretary of Homeland Security and in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall review the USRAP application and adjudication processes to determine what additional procedures should be used to ensure that individuals seeking admission as refugees do not pose a threat to the security and welfare of the United States, and shall implement such additional procedures. The suspension described in this subsection shall not apply to refugee applicants who, before the effective date of this order, have ...

Trump Signs New Revised Travel Ban

... protect the American people. And with this order, President Trump is exercising his rightful authority to keep our people safe. MARTIN: President Trump's original directive has been on hold for more than a month after a spate of legal challenges. To talk about what's changed in this new order, we're joined by NPR's White House correspondent Scott Horsley. Hi, Scott. SCOTT HORSLEY, BYLINE: Good to be with you, Rachel. MARTIN: So is this new executive order substantively different than the first one, which we all remember caused so much chaos the first time around. HORSLEY: Well, the administration has taken a number of steps to address that chaos. They've made it clear, for example, that the order does not apply to green card holders or people who already hold valid travel visas. In addition, the new ...

Donald Trump's Memorandum Accompanying Executive Order In Full

... Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall, as permitted by law, implement protocols and procedures as soon as practicable that in their judgment will enhance the screening and vetting of applications for visas and all other immigration benefits, so as to increase the safety and security of the American people.  These additional protocols and procedures should focus on. (a)  preventing the entry into the United States of foreign nationals who may aid, support, or commit violent, criminal, or terrorist acts; and. (b)  ensuring the proper collection of all information necessary to rigorously evaluate all grounds of inadmissibility or deportability, or grounds for the denial of other immigration benefits. Sec. 3.  Enforcement of All Laws for Entry into the United States.  I direct the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the heads of all other relevant executive departments and agencies (as identified by the Secretary of Homeland Security) to rigorously enforce all existing grounds of inadmissibility and to ...

New York Predicts First Foreign Visitor Drop Since 2008

... reissued the 90-day ban , this time against visitors from six nations, no longer including Iraq. New York's predicted tourism dip comes amid reports of a drop-off in flight searches and bookings to the U. S.  A report released Monday by travel analytics firm Forward Keys found that international bookings fell 6.5% in the eight days after President Trump's initial travel ban was announced on Jan. 27. When the courts intervened to stay enforcement of the ban at the start of February, reservations rebounded. They increased 2.2% in the next 12 days as compared to the same period in 2016. Justice Department explains Trump's latest travel ban. Then, when word came on Feb. 17 that new restrictions would be coming, reservations dropped 4% over roughly the next week. The biggest drop-off occurred among potential travelers from the Middle East, ...

50% Of Americans Think Trump Should Move On From Travel Ban

... When it came to Russia, Americans are also divided on whether the president has been too friendly toward the country, with 48% saying they were concerned and 49% saying they were not concerned. Numbers were similar when it came to the Trump administration; 49% said they were concerned that members of the administration had been too friendly toward Russia, and 48% said they were not concerned. Following revelations that Attorney General Jeff Sessions had met twice with the Russian ambassador to the United States during the 2016 campaign, 34% of those surveyed said he should resign, while 36% said he should not resign. In a separate poll released Monday by USA TODAY and Suffolk University , a majority of Americans believe an independent investigation is needed into alleged contacts between Russia and Trump's associates during last year's presidential campaign. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. President Trump salutes as he disembarks Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on March 5, 2017. Erik S. ...

Uber, Airbnb Slam New Travel Ban

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Trump's New Travel Ban Raises Bar For Legal Challenges

... American citizens take the Oath of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony in Newark, New Jersey, U. S., March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Segar. A new American citizen holds his certificate of citizenship during a naturalization ceremony in Newark, New Jersey, U. S., March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Segar. New American citizens take the Oath of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony in Newark, New Jersey, U. S., March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Segar. By Mica Rosenberg and Dan Levine | NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO. NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO The new, more narrowly tailored temporary travel ban President Donald Trump signed on Monday will be more difficult to challenge successfully in court, legal experts said. They said that since his order no longer covers legal residents or existing visa holders, and makes waivers possible for some business, diplomatic and other travelers, challengers are likely to have a harder time finding people in the United States who can ...

Trump's Travel Ban Will Prove Critics Always Valued Partisanship Over Law

... order, namely, that it does not apply to citizens and lawful permanent residents. That misinterpretation of the prior order, quickly corrected by the White House Counsel’s office, appears to have originated from within the bowels of the Department of Homeland Security bureaucracy when an enforcement guideline was shipped out late in the day on Jan. 27 (the date of the initial executive order) directing line officers in the Customs and Border Protection Service to deny admission even to lawful permanent residents from the seven listed, terrorist-supporting countries. Senior Fellow @jeastman 714 on 9 th Circuit Court's upholding of the TRO on POTUS immigration order in @thehill __link__/rsa Sgb 0 xds. — Claremont Institute (@Claremont Inst) February 10, 2017. The resulting chaos at the nation’s international airports over the weekend played nicely into a false narrative that the original order was rushed, ill-considered, and unconstitutional (lawful permanent residents have Due Process rights, after all, that simply do not apply to aliens seeking entry to the United States, and the lack of Due Process for lawful permanent residents was one of ...

President Facing New Legal Threat As Fbi Investigate 300 Refugees For Links To Isil

... plan for unravelling former President Barack Obama's health care law, a package that would scale back the government's role in health care and likely leave more Americans uninsured. House committees planned to begin voting on the 123-page legislation on Wednesday, launching what could be the year's defining battle in Congress and capping a seven-year Republican effort to repeal the 2010 law. Though GOP leaders expect their measure to win the backing of the Trump administration, divisions remain and GOP success is by no means ensured. The plan would repeal the statute's unpopular fines on people who don't carry health insurance. It would replace income-based subsidies the law provides to help millions of Americans pay premiums with age-based tax credits that may be less generous to people with low incomes. Those payments would phase out for higher-earning people. Trump tweets support for Exxon Mobil. Remarkably, the three tweets relating to the oil giant are President Trump's only tweets today. His ...