Amnesty send message to Trump over travel ban

According to Trump’s latest order, new travel visas will not be issued for 90 days to people from Syria, Yemen, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Iran, though it wholly exempts immigrants who now hold valid us visas.

The US will also halt its refugee admissions programme for the next four months as the government reviews security procedures. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, said in a tweet, “Trump’s Muslim Ban is still a Muslim Ban”.

Simon Henshaw, State Department official in charge of the refugee program: I have no evidence that there were any honor killings among the refugee population resettled in the US, sir.

What’s different: existing visa holders, green card holders and people already who have been admitted to the US and are now allowed to travel here can still enter under the new order. “No visas will be revoked exclusively based on this executive order”, a statement from the White House said.

But Amnesty International is asking people to oppose the new ban.

While talking to The News, an official of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim Advocacy group in the country termed the revised order “a Muslim ban”.

Kelly did explain that “nothing” in the order affects existing lawful permanent residents or persons with current authorization to enter the U.S.

The Iraqi government welcomed the move, saying it represented a “positive message” about future relations between the two countries.

He said the U.S. will not allow “malevolent actors using our immigration system to take American lives”. The new travel order no longer targets travelers who already have valid visas, people with US green cards, or those who have been granted asylum or refugee status. The White House says this won’t be the case with the new order.

The order said each of the six countries was a “state sponsor of terrorism, has been significantly compromised by terrorist organisations or contains active conflict zones”.

Initial ban on seven countries had received widespread condemnations from within and outside the country. Waivers are granted if the traveler can document that his or her arrival is in the national interest, will not pose a threat to national security, and that denying entry during the suspension period will cause undue hardship.

The new ban does not ban Syrian refugees indefinitely.