Trump signs revised temporary travel ban

“The Department of Justice believes that this executive order, just as the first, is a lawful and proper exercise of presidential authority”, he added. Here’s what you need to know about how it is different.

“Iraq presents a special case”, the new order reads.

The first order came into effect immediately causing chaos and confusion in the U.S. and across the world. The order does not ban travel from Iraq, as the original order had, and exempts green card holders from the named countries, a provision that was not explicitly included in the original bill.

Perhaps the biggest difference is restrictions that affect travelers from six Muslim-majority countries now, not the original seven.

The United States issued a second ban for citizens from majority Muslim countries on Monday. The decision to remove the country was made “based on their enhanced screening and reporting measures”, Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway said this morning.

After the earlier order, some 60,000 visas were revoked. Syrian nationals are also no longer subjected to an indefinite ban, despite Trump’s instance as a candidate that Syrian refugees in particular posed a serious security threat to the United States. Finally, after weeks of rumored drafts and delays, Trump signed a new order on Monday. There is still one great, unanswered question: is this executive order constitutional?

The new ban also doesn’t allow waivers to members of a minority religion in the region, like Christianity, which had spawned allegations that the travel ban was a “Muslim ban”.

It will allow those with current visas to travel freely.

US President Donald Trump returns to Washington after a weekend in Florida.

“During the 2015-16 school year, more than 15,450 students and over 2100 scholars from the six countries targeted in this ban studied and conducted research at US universities”, said Peter McPherson, president of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities in Washington, D.C., in a statement. This latest order has not been tested in the courts. The new order has been in the works since shortly after a federal court blocked Trump’s initial effort. We’ll update when we find out more.

“This executive order’s rollout seems smoother and more controlled than the first rollout”, he said. The only way to actually fix the Muslim ban is not to have a Muslim ban. Officials who briefed reporters on background said there should be no chaos or confusion at the airports in implementing this order and the administration expected it to pass legal muster. “It must be repealed”.

The ban suspends all kinds of immigration, including studying, business, tourism, and, naturally, settlement.

American civil rights groups, and a number of states, have indicated that they will continue to fight the travel ban in courts.