The Immigration Ban Explained
March 16, 2017
By now, most people have heard about the immigration ban that President Trump has set in place. News organizations around the world have discussed it. Though Let’s go over it once again. The Immigration ban Executive order was set in place January 29th 2017. In the executive order he states “The United States cannot, and should not, admit those who do not support the constitution.” Referring to terrorist or those who pose a threat to the U.S.
In the Executive order he gives the The Secretary of Homeland Security, Secretary of State, and the Director of National Intelligence. The authority to review and adjudicate any visa admission, or other benefit under the INA and adjust it in order to secure the public safety of the U.S.
He continues on stating that “To temporarily reduce investigative burdens on relevant agencies during the review period described in subsections (a)” Which subsection (a) is; Proper review and maximum utilization of resources for screening of foreign nationals and to prevent infiltration by foreign terrorists or criminals. Then continues “I hereby suspend entry into the United States as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants, of such person for 90 days.” During this time, he wants the Three people mentioned earlier in the article, too Suspend the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) For 120 days. During this time period he wants them to review it, so it can become more secure and doesn’t allow threats in the U.S. Trump will look over it, and review it over until he believes it’s adequate enough to keep the United States safe.
In Section 5, subsection (c) He states that “entry of nationals of Syria as refugees is detrimental to the interest of the Unites states and thus suspend any such entry until such time as I have determined that sufficient changes have been made to the USRAP to ensure that admission of Syrian refugees is consistent with the national interest.” In inclusion in Section 5 Subsection (d) he explains that the U.S. will not take more than 50,000 refugees in the Fiscal year 2017 from that initial 110,000 previously set. On March 6, 2017, he updated the ban and Iraq is no longer on the ban list.
So as it stands now, the countries of Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Syria, and Libya will have the 90 day ban.