Iraq taken off U.S. travel ban list

That court’s stay was upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. The new executive order reinstates a 120-day ban on refugee admissions.

After the earlier order, some 60,000 visas were revoked.

The new order is created to replace one signed in January which resulted in protests, chaos at airports and an eventual freezing of the order by a federal court.

Yet, some of the first order’s core tenets are still in place.

Citizens of Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, the other six countries on the original list, would once more be subject to a 90-day travel ban.

When the suspension is lifted, the number of refugees allowed into the USA will be capped at 50,000 for fiscal year 2017.

February 28: After the joint address to Congress, a senior official said the signing would be delayed in order let the president’s joint address breathe. There are a number of things that are different in this version, compared to the one that was signed on January 27, according to White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway.

If you’re the holder of a valid USA passport, your fear factor has been reduced substantially.

Thousands of Iraqis have fought alongside USA troops for years or worked as translators since the US -led invasion in 2003.

Many Iraqis and Afghans entering the US on SIVs after the first order was signed faced detention at airports across the country. It doesn’t apply to those who already have valid visas, and Iraq, the seventh country previously on the list, was removed under political pressure after lots of people pointed out that Iraqis risked their lives aiding the American military in the fight against ISIS.

However, he soon announced that his next step would be to issue a revised executive order meant to get around the courts’ objections to his first.

While the first order imposed restrictions immediately, the new directive would have an as-yet undefined implementation delay to limit the disruptions that created havoc for some travellers, the official said. Refugees from Syria were barred indefinitely.

The new executive order will not affect greencard holders – or anyone else who already has a visa, either in the USA or overseas. “I’ve lost three friends fighting terrorists and Trump calls me a terrorist”.

Judges struck down the ban after a wave of protests across the world. The Justice Department refused to defend it.

During his Japan visit recently Trump said, “We need speed for reasons of security, so it very well could be”.

Legal advocacy organizations are now gearing up to file a fresh round of lawsuits in response to the new order.