Trump to sign new travel ban executive order 'excluding Iraq'
March 06, 2017 21:30
US President Donald Trump is poised to sign a new executive order banning travel from certain Muslim-majority countries, a senior White House source was quoted as saying.
The new order, replacing an earlier version that was blocked by federal judges, will exclude Iraq from the black-listed countries, but continue to block entry to the US for citizens of Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Iran, Libya and Yemen.
It will also clarify the status of people from these countries who have already received US green cards, specifying that they are not affected. Tens of thousands of legal permanent residents were left in limbo by Mr Trump's previous order.
The official said the new order will maintain the 90-day duration of the original ban.
The first travel ban, which included Iraq, was widely condemned in part because it appeared to target thousands of Iraqis who risked their lives working as translators alongside US troops after the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
But many contentious elements of the ban - not least the fact that it still appears to discriminate against Muslims - will remain in force.
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