NEARLY a month after promising the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that he would “SEE YOU IN COURT”, Donald Trump has staged a lawyerly retreat from his executive order of January 27th. On March 6th the president revealed a fresh attempt at “protecting the nation from foreign terrorist entry”. The new order retains the original one’s core, limiting access to America’s shores for people from several Muslim-majority countries, and putting the refugee programme on hold—but has been softened in four ways.
First, the order exempts lawful permanent residents—those with a “green card”—from any travel restrictions. Second, whereas the first travel ban was implemented at the stroke of the presidential pen—causing chaos and confusion for people on flights to America when Mr Trump signed the order—the revision will not take effect until March 16th. Third, the revised order applies only to future visa applications, not to people already holding valid visas, or who manage to secure one before the deadline. Fourth, the list of seven banned countries has been whittled down to six: Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Iraq was...Continue reading
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