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The Trump travel ban was a series of executive actions taken by U.S. President Donald Trump that restricted entry into the United States by certain foreign nationals, beginning with Executive Order 13769, issued on January 27, 2017.
Following the expiration of President Trump’s ban on refugees on October 24, the Supreme Court vacated the preliminary injunction and remanded the case to the Ninth Circuit with instructions to dismiss the case as moot. [91] The Supreme Court allowed the travel ban to go into full effect on December 4, 2017, pending legal challenges.
Fewer than 60,000 visas have been revoked under the travel ban. [22] Section 5 applies to all countries. Over a hundred travelers were detained and held for hours without access to family [23] or legal assistance. [24] In addition, up to 60,000 visas were "provisionally revoked", according to the State Department. [25]
Trump has repeatedly said he would implement travel bans on people from certain countries or with certain ideologies, expanding on a policy upheld by the Supreme Court in 2018.
Spicer said the seven countries included in Trump’s executive order on travel ban were originally flagged by the Obama administration.
Ten former senior U.S. diplomats and security officials have planned to file an affidavit in a federal appeals court on President Trump's travel ban.
Executive Order 13769, titled Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States, labeled the "Muslim ban" by Donald Trump and his supporters [1] [2] and critics alike, [3] [4] and commonly known as such, [5] or commonly referred to as the Muslim travel ban, Trump travel ban, the Trump Muslim travel ban, or the Trump Muslim Immigration Ban, was an executive order by ...
As part of his immigration policy, United States President Donald Trump had sought to limit foreigners from certain countries from traveling into the U.S.On January 27, 2017, he signed Executive Order 13769 (EO 13769), which banned entry to citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen for 90 days regardless of their visa status, and suspended the United States Refugee ...