Trump Issues New Travel Ban

President Trump has issued a new travel ban from countries with links to terrorism. A federal court blocked his previous ban. The new directive differs from the previous one in the following ways: It removes Iraq from the list of countries and removes the indefinite ban on travel from Syria. It does not affect green card holders, and does not offer preference to persecuted religious minorities such as Christians when the travel ban expires after four months. His directive still retains the 50,000 cap on refugee admissions, as opposed to the 110,000 proposed by the Obama Administration.

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