US President Donald Trump Ends Refugee Ban With Order To Review Program For 11 Countries
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order ending his temporary ban on refugee admissions to the US, while calling for a 90-day review of the program for 11 countries his administration has deemed “high risk”
The president had previously suspended the processing of all refugees to the US for a period of 120 days as part of a previous executive order, issued in tandem with the his travel ban on several Muslim-majority countries. The 120-day window came to a close on Tuesday, prompting an announcement from the White House that essentially resumed the US refugee program but with enhanced security measures mirroring the “extreme vetting” Trump has called for since taking office.
The White House declined, however, to name the 11 countries that would be subject to a new 90-day review, saying only that applicants from those countries would be considered on a case-by-case basis
The executive order issued on Tuesday will also place on hold a program that allows for family reunification for some refugees resettled in the US. The resettling of so-called following-to-join refugees will resume once screening “enhancements have been implemented”.
As of the end of 2016, higher-security screening was required for most adult male nationals of Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Mali, North Korea, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, as well as Palestinians who lived in those countries. It was not immediately clear if the 11 countries referred to in Trump’s executive order were the same ones.
The Trump administration separately issued a revised travel ban last month barring entry to immigrants from Cgad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen. That executive order was temporarily halted by a US district judge last week, hours before its implementation
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