The Trump administration on Monday rolled out
the second edition of a controversial immigration executive order, which
temporarily suspends immigration into the United States from now only
six predominantly-Muslim countries.
Citizens from the affected countries — Iran,
Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Syria, and Libya — will be subjected to a 90-day
ban on travel to the United States. Iraq was previously listed among
those nations, but was removed from this latest iteration of the travel
ban after assurances from the Iraqi government of increased information
sharing with the United States, a senior Department of Homeland Security
official told reporters on Monday.
The order will go into effect on March 16, does
not revoke existing visas approved before that date and does not
explicitly apply to current lawful permanent residents and green card
holders.
Visas revoked because of the original travel ban have been been fully restored, according to the State Department.
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