BREAKING; Donald Trump Signs Another Executive Order To Stop Migrants From Entering US

Donald Trump has today signed ANOTHER travel ban – but this time Iraq has avoided being black-listed. The US President signed a second executive order stopping migrants from six Muslim-majority nations entering America. The controversial policy was originally shot down by judges after Trump signed his first order at the end of January. His second attempt at the ban will see residents of Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Iran, Libya and Yemen stopped from entering the US – but Iraq has been removed from the list. It also clarifies that those with current visas from the black-listed countries will be allowed to travel freely. This is expected to stop green card holders – or legal US residents – from being affected. The order places a 120 day freeze on all refugee arrivals and comes into effect on March 16. Trump was scheduled to sign the order last Wednesday but pushed it back to give it “its own moment”, according to officials. Trump’s original January 27 order was widely criticised. The order, which temporarily barred people from seven Muslim-majority countries from travelling to the US for 90 days, as well as all refugees for 120 days and Syrian refugees permanently, triggered worldwide outrage. It also caused chaos in the first days of its implementation as people arriving at US airports from targeted countries were detained and sometimes sent back to where they came from.

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