Trump backflips on re-entry bans for permanent residents

The policy also included re-vetting 58,000 Iraqi refugees already settled in the US, as then-Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano explained to Congress in September 2011.

“The Department of Homeland Security will continue to enforce all of President Trump’s Executive Orders in a manner that ensures the safety and security of the American people”, a statement from the agency begins. Reports of refugees being detained upon their arrival at USA airports prompted a lawsuit against the Trump administration by several legal groups, and Democratic lawmakers scrambled to call for the president to rescind the measure.

We have joined with hundreds of other higher education leaders to call for continued protections and access for our students affected by the DACA program, and the university is working broadly to examine how we can support our community members affected by this new executive order.

“President Trump and the White House must work with State and (Department of Homeland Security) to ensure that green card holders and valid visa recipients who have already gone through vetting don’t get swept up by this order because it is interpreted too broadly”, Yoder said.

The official said Homeland Security’s legal team was reviewing the NY federal judge’s Saturday ruling and that the department would adjust its practices in line with the order.

Monday night, Trump relieved acting Attorney General Sally Yates of her duties after she directed the Justice Department attorneys not to defend Trump’s controversial executive refugee and immigration ban.

The backlash has been intense with protests breaking out in major airports across the country. “Look what is happening all over Europe and, indeed, the world a disgusting mess!”

Sen. Johnson has not released a public statement on the executive order.

“They’re distracting from their own goals”, Cohen said of the Trump administration’s aims to improve national security. Is it a ban on Muslims, as many have reported? It’s one thing to see that an individual is properly vetted. That’s because, she says, the system wasn’t broken in the first place. Protests also were planned for New York, Boston, Miami, Houston, Los Angeles, Dallas and Atlanta either at airports or elsewhere.

I know many physicians from these countries who provide vital healthcare services to fellow Americans.

We also have grave concerns about the President’s assertion on a television interview that our country would give preference to Christians seeking to obtain visas or admission to the U.S. This nation is founded on the bedrock principles of liberty and religious freedom, and a religious test for those seeking to enter this country abandons and abuses these principles.

But the department also said it was complying with the court orders. “We can secure the safety of our country without separating families, hurting our businesses, and turning away good people who need our help”.

“If you’re an American citizen traveling back and forth to Libya, you are likely to be subjected to further questioning when you come into an airport”, he explained.