Trump’s New Travel Ban Kicks In As Enda Visits

The state of Hawaii will ask the court on Wednesday to put an emergency halt to Trump’s new order, according to a court schedule signed by the judge.

The new travel ban will block entry to the USA for citizens from six of the seven countries named in Trump’s original order, officials at the Department of Homeland Security and state department told reporters on a conference call on Monday.

The 90-day suspension affects travelers from Sudan, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen, notably excluding Iraq, which was on the original list. Notably, this time Iraq has been dropped from the list.

Mr Chin also said the directive included “same sweeping shutdown of refugee admissions (absent one exception) and lawless warren of exceptions and waivers”, despite the changes made. For instance, it lays out exemptions for travelers who are legal permanent USA residents, for those who hold dual citizenship in a country not on the list, and for those who have already been granted refugee status.

“This order is essentially religious discrimination masquerading, once again, in the language of national security”, said Eleanor Acer, a senior director at Human Rights First.

Call it travel ban 2.0. Here are some questions and answers provided by the Justice Department to clarify the order, which revises an order signed January 27.

“It’s still basically a Muslim ban”, Sen.

The problem with the new order is same: it discriminates on the basis of religion and nationality; it is as xenophobic and Islamophobic as the previous order.

The 10-day period is believed to be in place to avert some of the chaotic scenes that were seen at United States airports after the first ban which was to take immediate effect.

The Justice Department said Monday the new executive order is “a lawful and proper exercise of presidential authority”. Hawaii has hired a Washington, D.C., law firm to help. However, Syed says the revised travel ban is better than the first one, but still goes too far in casting a shadow over people from Muslim countries.

The President was nowhere to be seen at a press briefing explaining the changes – he left it to his Homeland Security Secretary, Secretary of State and Attorney General.