President Trump issued a new executive order on March 6, 2017 blocking citizens of six predominantly Muslim nations from entering the United States. Nine days later on March 15, 2017, a federal court in Hawaii issued an order enjoining the new travel ban followed by a Maryland federal court ruling against a core provision of the executive order, which was modified from a January 27, 2017 executive order previously blocked by the courts.<\/p>\n
The new executive order is narrower in scope. It still imposes a 90-day travel ban, but Iraq is no longer included. The order affects travelers from Syria, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Iran and Yemen, who face a suspension of visa processing. Current visa holders and permanent residents are excluded from the ban. The modified executive order replaced an indefinite ban on Syrian refugees with a 120-day freeze, and did away with language giving religious minorities preferential status. The new order (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" President Trump issued a new executive order on March 6, 2017 blocking citizens of six predominantly Muslim nations from entering the United States. Nine days later on March 15, 2017, a federal court in Hawaii issued an order enjoining the…<\/span><\/p>\n