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News • Wednesday, March 8-Thursday, March 9, 2017
Trump rolls out revised travel restrictions After a contentious and problematic policy implementation barring entry into America from certain countries, Trump takes another shot at limiting immigration BY SHAQ DAVIS @ShaqDavis1
President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order that eliminated Iraq from the list of banned countries and Syria from an indefinite ban. The new executive order will be placed into effect on March 16. Previously, the original executive order was enacted the day of the signing by Trump. Some citizens were immediately detained and questioned when trying to enter the U.S., which sparked protest at major airports. The six countries the order targets are: Syria, Libya, Sudan, Iran, Yemen and Somalia. Each country will still be under 90-day suspensions for its immigrants. Refugees from these countries will be restricted from the U.S. until a period of 120 days has passed. The executive order states the ban will help agencies focus on reviewing vetting policy “to ensure the proper review and maximum utilization of available resources for PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SIGNING executive orders in the Oval Office on Jan. 24. Trump’s revised executive order barring entry from several Muslim countries will go into effect the screening and vetting of March 16. foreign nationals” and “to ensure that adequate standards significant presence of United States former Obama plan for 110,000 that we do not understand why affected countries much like we are established to prevent forces in Iraq and Iraq’s commitment refugees. The order states that we need this, given that we’ve did before.” infiltration by foreign terrorists.” to combat ISIS justify different during this time refugees will not had any problems in our visa Panferov said the office is The previous executive order treatment for Iraq,” be admitted into the U.S. on a process,” Ghosn said. taking the necessary actions to placed a ban on the order states. case-by-case basis only if it’s She said that there may have inform those on official business Syrian refugees The new travel determined to be in the national been other problems, but the leaving or tying to enter the U.S. If you talk to for an indefinite ban does not interest to do so. vetting system hasn’t brought “There’s also ... faculty or staff amount of time. individuals in take a preference Faten Ghosn, associate forth any evidence of wrongdoing. that go out on official business Now, Syria will the government to religious professor in the School of “We do not talk about what for the UA who might travel be given the and individuals minorities. Government and Public we currently have before we outside of the United States,” same amount Policy, said there is important start talking about ‘let’s fix it,” Panferov said. “Depending on who know what it Mainly those of time before facing religious information being left out of the Ghosn said. “I’m not saying their own country of origin [and] takes to get a visa, immigrants and persecution whole process of the travel ban. that we might not need new the passports that they carry, refugees will be we already have would have been “The first important thing that vetting procedures, but it will be they need to be aware of the allowed to enter a strong vetting given special we’ve lost sight of is what are the interesting to see where are the travel ban and its affects around the U.S. process.” consideration to current vetting systems,” Ghosn holes that need to be fixed.” the globe.” The only country said. “If you talk to individuals in Suzanne Panferov, associate The Global Initiatives office is —Faten Ghosn, enter the U.S., taken off the list Trump said in an the government and individuals vice president of Global now ready to rapidly respond if School of of temporarily interview with who know what it takes to get a Initiatives at the UA, said the additional measures are put in place. Government and banned countries the Christian visa, we already have a strong time before the ban is in effect “We already have systems in was Iraq, which the Public Policy Broadcasting vetting process.” could help. place for how to rapidly respond order deemed a associate professor Network. She said the executive order “What’s kind of helpful with to communications like this,” special case which The amount would make sense if there had this travel ban is that it’s not an Panferov said. “There may be deserved different of refugees been a study describing what immediate flurry of activity to future executive orders that affect treatment. permitted into the U.S. will specifically needed to be worked get notifications out,” she said. our students, faculty or scholars, “Nevertheless, the close stay the same. The Trump on during the length of the ban. “We are direct messaging to and so we’re ready now to have cooperative relationship between the “Right now, I think what’s faculty, students and staff who responses and hope we never United States and the democratically administration will set the cap at 50,000 people, a drop from the creating all of this confusion is have citizenship from the six have to do it again.” elected Iraqi government … the
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