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| Trump defends ‘extreme vetting’ order, says visa restrictions to be lifted after 90 days | Trump defends ‘extreme vetting’ order, says visa restrictions to be lifted after 90 days |
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| US President Donald Trump has defended his executive order on immigration which restricts access to citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations to the US. Rejecting the ‘Muslim ban’ label, he said it will only be in place until new security policies are implemented. | US President Donald Trump has defended his executive order on immigration which restricts access to citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations to the US. Rejecting the ‘Muslim ban’ label, he said it will only be in place until new security policies are implemented. |
| FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES: Trump’s 'Muslim ban' fallout | FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES: Trump’s 'Muslim ban' fallout |
| “To be clear, this is not a Muslim ban, as the media is falsely reporting. This is not about religion – this is about terror and keeping our country safe,” Trump said in a statement, adding that there are more than “40 different countries worldwide that are majority Muslim that are not affected by this order.” | “To be clear, this is not a Muslim ban, as the media is falsely reporting. This is not about religion – this is about terror and keeping our country safe,” Trump said in a statement, adding that there are more than “40 different countries worldwide that are majority Muslim that are not affected by this order.” |
| “We will again be issuing visas to all countries once we are sure we have reviewed and implemented the most secure policies over the next 90 days,” he clarified. | “We will again be issuing visas to all countries once we are sure we have reviewed and implemented the most secure policies over the next 90 days,” he clarified. |
| Trump then explained his executive order, which bars entry of foreign citizens from Syria, Iraq, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, Yemen and Iran, motivated by the urge to be “protecting our own citizens and border.” | Trump then explained his executive order, which bars entry of foreign citizens from Syria, Iraq, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, Yemen and Iran, motivated by the urge to be “protecting our own citizens and border.” |
| He then questioned the reaction of the media, saying that former president Barack Obama actually issued a related order, adding it was during Obama’s term that the seven countries picked for Trump’s ban were pinned. | He then questioned the reaction of the media, saying that former president Barack Obama actually issued a related order, adding it was during Obama’s term that the seven countries picked for Trump’s ban were pinned. |
| “My policy is similar to what President Obama did in 2011 when he banned visas for refugees from Iraq for six months. The seven countries named in the Executive Order are the same countries previously identified by the Obama administration as sources of terror,” Trump said. | “My policy is similar to what President Obama did in 2011 when he banned visas for refugees from Iraq for six months. The seven countries named in the Executive Order are the same countries previously identified by the Obama administration as sources of terror,” Trump said. |
| Earlier, Trump responded to the joint statement of Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham, in which they criticized the decision-making process behind Trump’s executive order on immigration and argued it “may do more to help terrorist recruitment than improve our security.”“The joint statement of former presidential candidates John McCain & Lindsey Graham is wrong – they are sadly weak on immigration. Senators should focus their energies on ISIS, illegal immigration and border security instead of always looking to start World War III,” Trump tweeted. | Earlier, Trump responded to the joint statement of Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham, in which they criticized the decision-making process behind Trump’s executive order on immigration and argued it “may do more to help terrorist recruitment than improve our security.”“The joint statement of former presidential candidates John McCain & Lindsey Graham is wrong – they are sadly weak on immigration. Senators should focus their energies on ISIS, illegal immigration and border security instead of always looking to start World War III,” Trump tweeted. |
| On Saturday evening, Judge Ann Donnelly from New York’s Eastern district issued a temporary emergency stay on the order in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of two Iraqi immigrants, Hameed Khalid Darweesh and Haider Sameer Abdulkhaleq Alshawi. The ruling prohibits authorities from deporting immigrants who had already arrived or were on their way to the US. | |
| Judge Donnelly’s ruling was promptly followed by similar pronouncements by other US judges in Massachusetts, Virginia and Washington. | |
| In Boston, Judge Allison Burroughs and Magistrate Judge Judith Dein imposed a seven-day restraining order on the ban’s implementation. A temporary restraining halting the deportation of affected migrants was also issued by Judge Leonie Brinkema, in the Eastern District of Virginia, who also ruled that detained immigrants be granted access to lawyers. | |
| However, senior US administration officials cited by Reuters, say all of Trump’s executive orders remain in effect and are being enforced. The travel ban order has been a “massive success story,” an unnamed official told Reuters. | |
| Dozens of migrants have been stranded at US airports since Trump signed the order, with several hundred either detained in transit or refused boarding on US-bound flights. | |
| Starting Saturday, hundreds of Americans flocked to airports calling for the ban to be lifted while expressing outrage at Trump’s order. Protesters are also demanding the immediate release of detained immigrants. At JFK airport in New York City - where at least 12 immigrants were detained in accordance with the ban - the protest was backed by taxi drivers who joined the action, with the New York Taxi Alliance announcing a one-hour work stoppage. |