Some nations affected by U.S. immigration order may stay on list

“That’s what the president did yesterday is to ensure that the people that we’re letting into our country are coming here with peaceful purposes and not to do us harm”, Spicer said.

Administration officials, led by newly sworn-in Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, moved to allay the havoc that marked the rollout of the ban and another on refugees.

Trump is set to unveil his pick on Tuesday night for a lifetime job on the Supreme Court, likely choosing a conservative judge to try to shape the court for years to come on issues like abortion and gun and religious rights.

Trump and his aides insisted over the weekend that the order was “not a Muslim ban” and was created to deter potential attacks on United States soil.

The US Homeland Security Secretary said President Donald Trump’s executive orders banning immigrants and refugees from seven Middle Eastern and African countries is “not a ban on Muslims”. “The only chaos they saw was what was taking place in other parts of the airport”.

“We are also making supplies available to travellers affected by this Executive Order, as well as to the members of the public who have so bravely taken a stand against this action by speaking publicly in our facilities”.

“That will be hard”, the government said.

“It’s working out very nicely”, Trump told reporters. You see it all over.

U.S. Rep. Keith Rothfus, R-12, Sewickley, rejected the “Muslim ban” label that critics placed on the executive order, pointing out that it did not apply to several other Muslim countries in a statement he tweeted out on Monday. He said the waivers were allowed for under the executive order in instances where refugees were ready for travel and stopping them would cause “undue hardship”.

The White House overruled that guidance overnight, according to officials familiar with the rollout.

A green card is a document issued by the Department of Homeland Security allowing a person born outside the U.S. to reside and work in the country and serves as proof that its holder is a permanent resident.

There had been some debate whether green card holders should be even allowed to board global flights.

In a statement Sunday, Kelly said he deemed letting permanent lawful residents into the country to be in the national interest.

Anger over the executive order emboldened Democrats to rebel on at least two Trump Cabinet nominations Tuesday.

He said he supports the United States refugee programme, but “we can be generous and protect national security at the same time“. The officials were caught off guard by some of the specifics and raised questions about how to handle the new banned passengers on US-bound planes.

A court order from a federal judge in the Eastern District of NY granted a temporary stay preventing any permanent residents from being deported, which officials said they complied with in full.

“Travelers will be assessed at our borders based on the passport that they present, not any dual national status”, he said. The department has also processed 1,060 waivers for legal permanent residents, such as green card holders.