The Trump Travel Ban — New Rules For Immigrants, Refugees and US Citizens

Update 1/28/17 9:30pm Eastern: A federal judge has granted an emergency stay requested by the ACLU allowing those who landed in the US with a valid visa to remain in the country. It does not allow those people to enter the US, but rather only prevents them from being returned to their country of origin. Others with valid visas or green cards who have not yet begun their journey will still not be allowed to travel to the US.

Update 1/28/17 7:15pm Eastern:

Hundreds of protesters have gathered at JFK airport…

Some — but not all — airlines have begun to offer change and cancellation fee waivers for those impacted by the new travel restrictions. For a list of airlines and fee waivers, click here.

Update 1/28/17 6:20pm Eastern:

Update 1/28/17 3:00pm Eastern: The Wall Street Journal is reporting that it has obtained an advance copy of a statement from the State Department which indicates “Travelers who have nationality or dual nationality of one of these countries will not be permitted for 90 days to enter the United States or be issued an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa” . This means people from the 7 restricted countries who travel on other passports, such as an Iranian with a British passport, will also not be granted entry to the US.

Also, The New York Times is reporting that protests are forming at JFK airport, where at least 10 people are being detained.

Late yesterday President Donald Trump signed an executive order closing the United States to Syrian refugees indefinitely, closing the border to refugees from all other countries for the next 120 days and severely limiting immigration from seven countries — Libya, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen — for the next 90 days. This is causing ripple effects at airports around the world for people attempting to fly to the United States, and in some cases, for those who have already arrived.

While the full ramifications of the order are still not clear, the following restrictions are now being enforced by US Customs and Border Protection, under a directive issued by the Department of Homeland Security according to the New York Daily News:

Events continue to be in flux as government agencies determine how to enforce the order and immigration advocates and attorneys respond. Two Iraqis being detained at New York JFK have filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump Administration, but one of those men has since been released. The technology giant Google attempted to recall any staff traveling overseas who may be subject to the ban and said more than 100 of its employees were potentially affected by the order.

Meanwhile, an anonymous House Republican source told CNN’s Jake Tapper that passengers in transit were supposed to be exempt:

For the moment, nationals and refugees who are already in the United States are not affected by the order.

Source: thepointsguy.com