At the wake of the controversial United States’ court judgement, Donald Trump, has on Monday, signed a new travel ban that no longer targets Iraq, and exempts green card holder.
Recall, that the first African Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, had threatened to destroy his green card, if Donald Trump was sworn-in as the U.S President.
The intended destruction of his U.S. green card, was based on the premise that Trump may stop green card holders from entering the U.S. if sworn-in as President.
Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, told Reporters that the revised order ‘is part of efforts to eliminate vulnerabilities that radical Islamist terrorists can and will exploit for destructive ends.’
The President quietly signed the papers on Monday morning, out of the view of cameras and Journalists. His action also revokes the first version signed in late January.
Recall also, that the Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, had defended Trump’s immigration policies, saying the U.S. Constitution gives him the power “to make national security judgments, and to enforce our immigration policies in order to safeguard the American public.”
Sessions said: “this Executive order is a proper exercise of that power.”
The Trump administration outlines the terms of the revised travel ban order.
The new Executive order will keep a 90-day ban on travels to the United States, by citizens of six Muslim-majority nations – Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.
Iraq was also taken off the list of countries in the original order, issued on Jan. 27, because, Tillerson explained: “Iraq is an important ally in the fight to defeat ISIS.”
The new Executive order also ensures that tens of thousands of legal permanent residents in the United States, or green card holders from the listed countries, would not now be affected by the travel ban.
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