New Order Bars Almost All Travel From Seven Countries.
'President Trump on Sunday issued a new order banning almost all travel to the United States from seven countries, including most of the nations covered by his original travel ban, citing threats to national security posed by letting their citizens into the country.
Starting next month, most citizens of Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Chad and North Korea will be indefinitely banned from entering the United States, Mr. Trump said in a proclamation released Sunday night. Citizens of Iraq and some groups of people in Venezuela who seek to visit the United States will face restrictions or heightened scrutiny.
Mr. Trumps original travel ban, which caused chaos at airports earlier this year and set off a furious legal challenge to the presidents authority, expired on Sunday even as the Supreme Court is set to hear arguments about its constitutionality on Oct. 10. The new bans will take effect Oct. 18.
As president, I must act to protect the security and interests of the United States and its people, Mr. Trump said in the proclamation, which White House officials said had the same force as an executive order. He added that the restrictions will remain in effect until the governments of the affected nations satisfactorily address the identified inadequacies.'>>>
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/24/us/politics/new-order-bars-almost-all-travel-from-seven-countries.html?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,576 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)elleng
(130,712 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)My PCP is Iranian. She and her family - husband and 2 kids - are home in Ispahan visiting her parents.. WTF?
And my zarb teacher is Iranian. So he can not go 'home' to visit? He lives in the US but plays in Iran often.
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)It doesn't affect people who are US Citizens or resident aliens.
The reason for Iran ban is the Iranian government won't do basic things like tell if an Iranian who wants to come to the USA has a criminal history.
Same with most of these, actually.
If Trump wasn't a big mouth, spouting off anti-Islam stuff, no one would have blinked at these.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,562 posts)I HATE HIM!!!!!! I wish Russia or the Mafia would take care of this BS somehow! I can't (NO, the country can't) wait for Mueller. He is a danger to us and the world every day he is in office!