US President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order on Monday March 06,2017 banning citizens from six Muslim-majority nations from traveling to the United States but removing Iraq from the list, after his controversial first attempt was blocked in the courts.
The new order, which the White House said Trump had
signed, keeps a 90-day ban on travel to the United States by citizens
of Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen
US President Donald Trump, who first proposed a temporary travel ban on Muslims during
his presidential campaign last year, had said his original executive
order was a national security measure meant to head off attacks by
Islamist militants. It came only a week after Trump was inaugurated, and
it sparked chaos and protests at airports, as well as a wave of
criticism from targeted countries, Western allies and some of America's
leading corporations.
"It is the president's solemn duty to
protect the American people," Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told
reporters after Trump signed the new order. "As threats to our security
continue to evolve and change, common sense dictates that we continually
re-evaluate and reassess the systems we rely upon to protect our
country."
The new guidelines mark a dramatic departure from Trump's original ban. They lay out a far more specific national security basis for the order, block the issuance of only new visas, and name just six of the seven countries included in the first executive order, omitting Iraq.
The order also details specific sets of people who would be able to apply for case-by-case waivers to the order, including those previously admitted to the United States for "a continuous period of work, study, or other long-term activity," those with "significant business or professional obligations" and those seeking to visit or live with family.
"This executive order responsibly provides a needed pause, so we can carefully review how we scrutinize people coming here from these countries of concern," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in announcing that the order had been signed.
The order also details specific sets of people who would be able to apply for case-by-case waivers to the order, including those previously admitted to the United States for "a continuous period of work, study, or other long-term activity," those with "significant business or professional obligations" and those seeking to visit or live with family.
"This executive order responsibly provides a needed pause, so we can carefully review how we scrutinize people coming here from these countries of concern," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in announcing that the order had been signed.
The leader of the minority Democrats in the Senate,
Chuck Schumer, said he expected the revised order to have the same
uphill battle in the courts as the original version
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