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When
details leaked earlier this week about a spate of immigration-related executive
orders from President Donald Trump, much public discussion focused on a 30-day
ban on new visas for citizens from seven "terror-prone" countries. The Total Investment & Insurance
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But
the order signed this afternoon by Trump is actually more severe, increasing
the ban to 90 days. And its effects could extend well beyond preventing
newcomers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, from entering the
U.S., lawyers consulted by ProPublica said.
Are
you from Iraq, Iran, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya or Somalia and live in the
United States either on a visa or a green card? We want to hear from you if
President Trump's travel ban is impacting your life.
It's
also expected to have substantial effects on hundreds of thousands of people
from these countries who already live in the U.S. under green cards or on
temporary student or employee visas.
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Since
the order's travel ban applies to all "aliens" — a term that
encompasses anyone who isn't an American citizen — it could bar those with
current visas or even green cards from returning to the U.S. from trips abroad,
said Stephen Legomsky, a former chief counsel to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services under President Obama.
"It's
extraordinarily cruel," he said.
The
order bans the "entry" of foreigners from those countries and
specifically exempts from the ban those who hold certain diplomatic visas.
Not
included in the exemption, however, are those who hold long-term temporary
visas — such as students or employees — who have the right to live in the
United States for years at a time, as well as to travel abroad and back as they
please.
"If
applied literally, this provision would bar even those visitors who had made
temporary trips abroad, for example a student who went home on winter break and
is now returning," Legomsky said on Friday evening executive order.
Trump
made "extreme vetting" of foreigners a cornerstone of his campaign,
particularly those from countries that are predominantly Muslim and that he
considers hostile to the U.S.
"I'm
establishing new vetting measures to keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the
United States of America. We don't want them here," Trump said this afternoon,
describing the intention of the executive order. "We want to ensure that
we are not admitting to our country the very threats our soldiers are fighting
overseas."
Trump
signed the directive just before 5 p.m. but it took the White House almost three
hours to release the actual text.
About
25,000 citizens from the seven countries specified in Trump's ban have been
issued student or employment visas in the past three years, according to
Department of Homeland Security reports.
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On
top of that, almost 500,000 people from the seven countries have received green
cards in the past decade, allowing them to live and work in the United States
indefinitely. Legally speaking, green card holders are considered aliens. While
lawyers are unsure if they would actually be barred from reentering the U.S. if
they have traveled abroad, they conceded it's a possibility.
The
White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment asking for
clarification on the meaning of the executive order. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
Citizens
of Iran and Iraq far outnumber those from the other five countries among green
card and visa holders. In the past 10 years, Iranian and Iraqi citizens have
received over 250,000 green cards. The
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Iran
also has the 11th most students in the U.S. among foreign nations, according to
the Institute of International Education's Open Doors report, which tracks the
demographics of international students.
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"We
are inundated with calls and questions of how this is going to affect
people," said Jamal Abdi, policy director for the National Iranian
American Council, an organization that advocates for better relations between
Iranian and American people. The Total
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Abdi
is concerned the temporary ban will become permanent. The order says the 90-day
ban is meant to allow the U.S. and the seven targeted countries to discuss what
information would need to be shared in order to start granting visas once
again. But if no agreement is reached, citizens would remain blocked from
entry. The Total Investment &
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"My
interpretation is that the Iranian government is not going to comply regarding
sharing information," Abdi said, "which would render this a permanent
ban."The Total Investment &
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