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Donald Trump Signs New Travel Ban

Donald Trump has signed a new executive order banning people from six countries from getting visas for 90 days. (Iraq was omitted.) You can read the order here. Trump also issued a Memorandum for the Secretary of State on how it is to be implemented, which you can read here.

Also, according to the Washington Post article linked above:

the nation’s refu­gee program will be suspended for 120 days, and it will not accept more than 50,000 refugees in a year, down from the 110,000 cap set by the Obama administration.

A few other exceptions were included: [More...]

for travelers from those countries who are legal permanent residents of the United States, dual nationals who use a passport from another country and those who have been granted asylum or refu­gee status. Anyone who holds a visa now should be able to get into the country without any problems, though those whose visas expire will have to reapply, officials said.

Is it still a Muslim ban? Yes, says AILA, (American Immigration Lawyers Association) in the WAPO article:

“In its oral argument before the 9th Circuit, the government was unable to provide any evidence to the 9th Circuit that acts of terrorism had been committed by the nationals of seven countries initially designated. That was an embarrassment, but now weeks later, in these preliminary fact sheets, they still have not explained why people from these countries pose risk to America’s national security.”

AILA has an excellent resource page here. Here's their "Fact Sheet" on today's ban.

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    Given how the new order is worded, in contrast (5.00 / 2) (#1)
    by Peter G on Mon Mar 06, 2017 at 12:09:51 PM EST
    with the January order, implementation will mostly occur overseas, in the denial of visas, rather than at U.S. airports and other ports of entry. Also, it has an effective date on 3/16/17, ten days hence. As a result, travelers will not be stranded or turned around in mid-itinerary. These changes (and perhaps others I didn't notice on a first skim-through) will make both legal challenges and popular U.S. resistance much more difficult to mount.

    Effective date, March 16. (5.00 / 1) (#2)
    by KeysDan on Mon Mar 06, 2017 at 01:22:05 PM EST
    But, Trump said in the last go around, if announced in advance, "the bad dudes would rush in."  New and improved plan: to phase in the bad dudes.

    If the U S starts with visa bans (5.00 / 3) (#3)
    by fishcamp on Mon Mar 06, 2017 at 02:11:05 PM EST
    for countries like France, who has many brown skinned citizens from Maghreb, France will make US citizens obtain visas to visit their country's around. The world.  This event will make a simple visit to Paris a time consuming nightmare.  We did it to Brazil so they did it to us.  Going to the Brazilian embassy is no fun.  It wasn't bad in Chile, it was horrible in L A and Miami.

    Getting an entry visa for Brazil is a ... (none / 0) (#4)
    by Donald from Hawaii on Mon Mar 06, 2017 at 09:22:20 PM EST
    ... pain in the a$$. The L.A. consulate is the worst. And on top of it, they charge you $160 apiece.

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