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Undated: The "Trump travel ban(s)"
(sometimes called the "Trump Muslim ban(s)") is the colloquial name for
executive actions taken by
Donald
Trump as
President of the United States in 2017.[1][2]
The actions include two
executive orders for restrictions on citizens of seven (first executive
order) or six (second executive order)
Muslim-majority countries. A third action, done by a
presidential proclamation, restricts entry to the U.S. by citizens of eight
countries; six of these countries are predominantly Muslim.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_travel_ban
The use of [restrictions on travel by Americans] dates back to the Civil War but
more recently were imposed for Iran (1980-1981), Lebanon (1987-1997), Iraq
(1991-2003), Libya (1981-2004) and Cuba (1963-1977). It has been rare that
individuals violating such a restriction have been prosecuted. [July 21, 2017]
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s-expected-announce-ban-tourist-travel-north-korea-n785281
-- 2015 --
December 8: "Donald J. Trump is calling for
a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our
country's representatives can figure out what is going on," a campaign press
release said.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/07/politics/donald-trump-muslim-ban-immigration/
-- 2017 --
January 27: Donald Trump issues executive order barring citizens of Iraq,
Syria, Iran, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan and Libya
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/feb/03/kellyanne-conway/fact-checking-kellyanne-conways-bowling-green-mass/
January 27: President Trump Says He Will
Prioritize Persecuted Christians in Refugee Policy
http://time.com/4652367/donald-trump-refugee-policy-christians/
January 31:
“I am very, very sad,” Iye said. “I have been waiting for five years.”
http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-residents-caught-in-confusion-around-trump-s-immigration-order/412232243/
March 6: President Donald Trump has signed a revised travel ban that
temporarily halts entry to the U.S. for people from six Muslim-majority nations
who are seeking new visas and suspends the country's refugee program.
http://fox40.com/2017/03/06/trump-privately-signs-revised-travel-ban/
March 6: "We cannot compromise our nation's security by allowing visitors entry when
their own governments are unable or unwilling to provide the information we
need to vet them responsibly, or when those governments actively support
terrorism,"
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said March 6.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/06/politics/trump-travel-ban-iraq/
March 7: Trump Drops Safeguards for
Christian Refugees in Revised Travel Ban Order
The botched rollout of the first executive order may doom future attempts to
help Christian refugees and displaced people.
http://www.ncregister.com/blog/joan-desmond/trump-drops-safeguards-for-christian-refugees-in-revised-travel-ban-order
March 10: Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) on
Friday blasted President Trump's revised travel ban, questioning the
justification for the executive order.
"Well it ... starts out with bad intentions," the deputy chair of the Democratic
National Committee said in an interview with CNN. "It has changed, but it has
not changed to the point where it's no longer intended to harm and block people
based on their religion."
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/323345-ellison-trumps-immigration-ban-starts-out-with-bad-intentions
March 10: Ellison said the list of banned
countries -- Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen -- does not include
any nations that have had immigrants commit acts of terror in the US.
Ellison's district includes a
sizable amount of immigrants and refugees from east Africa. He said keeping them
from immigrating to the US is a matter of life and death.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/10/politics/keith-ellison-donald-trump-travel-ban/?iid=ob_lockedrail_bottomlist
March 15: Trump Travel Ban Blocked Nationwide By Federal Judges In
Hawaii, Maryland
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/15/520171478/trump-travel-ban-faces-court-hearings-by-challengers-today
March 24: A federal judge in Virginia ruled in favor of the Trump administration
Friday, declining to join other federal courts that halted the President's
revised travel ban
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/24/politics/virginia-federal-judge-revised-travel-ban/?iid=ob_lockedrail_bottomlist
March 30:
The U.S. travel industry is worried that a slew of travel
restrictions proposed by the Trump administration will damage foreign tourism
and deal a blow to the economy.
http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/326413-us-travel-industry-fears-trump-slump
May 25: A 13-judge panel [of the 4th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals]
heard arguments over the [travel] ban earlier this month [and has ruled that
President Trump's controversial travel ban should be kept on hold. In
Thursday's decision, the chief judge writes that the travel ban "drips with
religious intolerance, animus, and discrimination." ... "Judges also noted the
presence on the Trump campaign website of the 'Muslim ban' promise, which was
only taken down Monday afternoon after it was brought up in the daily White
House briefing."
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/25/530051807/4th-circuit-court-ruling-keeps-trumps-travel-ban-on-hold?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20170525&utm_campaign=breakingnews&utm_term=nprnews
June 12: Another federal court has ruled against President Donald Trump's
revised executive order limiting travel from six predominately Muslim countries
-- and like other courts, used his tweets against him.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/12/politics/9th-circuit-travel-ban/index.html
June 12: “Immigration, even for the
President, is not a one-person show,” the court wrote in a
per curiam opinion. “The President’s authority is subject to certain
statutory and constitutional restraints.
We conclude that the President, in issuing the Executive Order, exceeded the
scope of the authority delegated to him by Congress.”
https://www.vox.com/2017/6/12/15783448/trump-muslim-ban-ninth-circuit
June 26: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday
handed a victory to President Donald Trump by reviving parts of a travel ban on
people from six Muslim-majority countries that he said is needed for national
security but that opponents decry as discriminatory ... allowing his temporary
ban to go into effect for people with no strong ties to the United States.
The court issued its order on the last day of its current term and agreed to
hear oral arguments during its next term starting in October
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-immigration/supreme-court-breathes-new-life-into-trumps-travel-ban-idUSKBN19H1OR
July 14: A federal judge in Hawaii on
Thursday expanded the list of family relationships needed by people seeking new
visas from six mostly Muslim countries to avoid
President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson ordered the government not to enforce the ban
on grandparents, grandchildren, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles,
nieces, nephews and cousins of people in the United States.
http://nypost.com/2017/07/14/judge-expands-list-of-relatives-exempted-from-trump-travel-ban/
September 22: The Trump administration will
unveil more tailored restrictions on travelers from certain countries as a
replacement to the controversial travel ban, according to a senior
administration official.
The new restrictions will vary by country. They could include a ban on travel to
the United States, or new restrictions on obtaining a visa for citizens of
particular countries.
http://www.abc15.com/news/national/trump-administration-to-replace-travel-ban-with-country-specific-restrictions
September 22: Civil rights and immigrant
advocacy groups are girding for the imminent implementation of the Trump
administration's new travel restrictions, an announcement about which could come
as early as Friday.
The current restrictions, affecting travelers from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan,
Syria and Yemen, faced furious legal opposition and repeated injunctions by
federal courts. They were allowed to be instituted by the Supreme Court in June,
but only after certain exemptions for family members were implemented, and they
were set to expire after a 90-day period that ends Sunday.
The expected new measures are based on the results of a 50-day review conducted
by the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department of countries'
standards for screening and vetting potential travelers to the U.S.
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-09-22/trump-travel-ban-opponents-gird-for-fresh-legal-fight-over-new-restrictions
October 10:
Legal challengers have already gone to court to ask for a ruling on those new
restrictions, which were announced last month.
October 17: Federal judge blocks
Trump’s third travel ban
The decision from U.S. District Judge Derrick K. Watson in Hawaii is sure to be
appealed, but for now, it means that the administration cannot restrict the
entry of travelers ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/federal-judge-blocks-trumps-third-travel-ban/2017/10/17/e73293fc-ae90-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html?utm_term=.dd1475b4f04b
October 18: Trump travel ban faces second
setback as judge in Maryland blocks restrictions
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/18/trump-travel-ban-second-setback-judge-maryland-blocks-restrictions
December 4: The US Supreme Court on Monday
allowed the newest version of President Donald Trump's travel ban to take effect
pending appeal.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/04/politics/supreme-court-travel-ban/index.html
-- 2018 --
January 25: Will
the Supreme Court Back Trump’s Third Attempt at a Travel Ban?
Just days after his inauguration last year, Donald Trump took action to fulfill
his
campaign promise of “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the
United States.”
As word spread of the chaotic implementation of the cruel order, resistance
galvanized. Cabdrivers in New York City—many of them foreign nationals
themselves—boycotted international arrivals in solidarity with the detained
travelers.
Volunteer lawyers, both under the auspices of nonprofit organizations and acting
on their own, sped to the airports to lend assistance. Clients were signed up
and lawsuits filed. Court victories followed quickly.
http://www.newsweek.com/will-supreme-court-back-trumps-third-attempt-travel-ban-790740
June 7: Trump’s Travel Ban Has Torn Apart
Hundreds of Families
Yemeni Americans and other US citizens separated from their relatives await a
Supreme Court decision that will determine their families’ futures.
https://www.thenation.com/article/trumps-travel-ban-torn-apart-hundreds-families/
June 26: Supreme Court rules in favor of
Trump’s travel ban
The court says the ban is a typical government policy — not an expression of
Trump’s feelings about Muslims.
In theory, the legal fight over the travel ban isn’t over, since the Supreme
Court is still instructing the 9th Circuit to rule on the merits of the ban. But
by decreeing that the legal challenges to the ban aren’t “likely to succeed” on
the merits, the court has just made it extremely difficult for the ban to get
struck down in future.
https://www.vox.com/2018/6/26/17492410/travel-muslim-ban-supreme-court-ruling
June 26: Trump hails 'tremendous victory'
after supreme court upholds travel ban
White House says court ‘upheld authority’ after justices rule 5-4 ban was within
president’s power to craft national security policy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/26/trump-supreme-court-upholds-travel-ban
June 26: In Upholding Trump’s Travel Ban,
Supreme Court Ratifies Worldview That Worries Colleges
https://www.chronicle.com/article/In-Upholding-Trump-s-Travel/243765
June 27: Muslim Americans on Trump's travel
ban: 'We live as second-class citizens'
After the supreme court upheld the president’s executive order, Muslim Americans
voice fears for their relatives
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/26/muslim-americans-trump-travel-ban
June 27: India-American rights bodies
resists Donald Trump's travel ban
Top Indian-American lawmaker and right bodies have described as "troubling" the
US Supreme Court's decision to uphold President Donald Trump's controversial
travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries and vowed to resist the
"hatred".
"This decision calls into question all Americans' basic rights. It sets a
standard that the president of the United States can target and discriminate
against anyone, without consequences," Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila
Jayapal said.
"We demand liberty and justice for all - no caveats. Today's misguided decision
strips that justice away and threatens religious liberty as we know it. We will
continue to resist this ban and this hatred with everything we've got," she said
on the Supreme Court's order.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/nris-in-news/india-american-rights-bodies-resists-donald-trumps-travel-ban/articleshow/64758986.cms
June 27: Trump’s Travel Ban Puts America’s
Brain Drain in Hyperdrive
Academics and science advocates fear that research will be upended and
industries disrupted now that the policy is here to stay.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-travel-ban-puts-americas-brain-drain-in-hyperdrive
June 29: Canada: Syrian children's choir
turns down US festival trip over border fears
Toronto’s Nai Kids choir makes decision to stay home in wake of Trump’s travel
ban and says it’s ‘not something we wanted to risk’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/29/canada-syria-childrens-choir-border-visa
June 29: Special Report: As sanctions bit,
Iranian executives bought African passports
In January, the Comoros Islands quietly canceled a batch of its passports that
foreigners had bought in recent years. The tiny nation off the east coast of
Africa published no details of its reasons, saying only that the documents had
been improperly issued.
But a confidential list of the passport recipients, reviewed by Reuters,
indicates the move meant more than the government let on. Reuters found that
more than 100 of 155 people who had their Comoros passports canceled in January
were Iranians. They included senior executives of companies working in shipping,
oil and gas, and foreign currency and precious metals – all sectors that have
been targeted by international sanctions on Iran. Some had bought more than one
Comoros passport.
Comoros passports offer visa-free travel in parts of the
Middle and Far East and could be used by Iranians to open accounts in foreign
banks and register companies abroad.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-passports-comoros-specialreport/special-report-as-sanctions-bit-iranian-executives-bought-african-passports-idUSKBN1JP14Y
July 1: Trump's Travel Ban and How It Works
and Who is Affected
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/01/world/americas/travel-ban-trump-how-it-works.html
August 29: More Iranians 'buying' passports
in other countries to evade US travel ban, sanctions
One longtime Iraq-based, Western security expert stressed the Iranian influence
inside Iraq has become “significantly heightened” since the ISIS onslaught,
along with the establishment of a “Shia corridor” that enables unprecedented
access – from Tehran through Baghdad, onto Damascus and then Beirut, posing a
direct threat to Israel’s security.
Several counter-terrorism specialists in the U.S. also affirmed that security
concerns over the passport issue have been heightened in recent months.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/more-iranians-buying-passports-in-other-countries-to-evade-us-travel-ban-sanctions
September 13: Michigan groups renew fight
over Trump travel ban
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/09/13/michigan-lawsuit-trump-travel-ban-families-aclu/1296841002/
September 20: Google Workers Discussed
Tweaking Search Function to Counter Travel Ban
Company says none of proposed changes to search results were ever implemented
Days after the Trump administration instituted a controversial travel ban in
January 2017, Google employees discussed ways they might be able to tweak the
company’s search-related functions to show users how to contribute to
pro-immigration organizations and contact lawmakers and government agencies,
according to internal company emails.
The email traffic, reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, shows that employees
proposed ways to “leverage” search functions and take steps to counter what they
considered to be “islamophobic, algorithmically biased results from search terms
‘Islam’, ‘Muslim’, ‘Iran’, etc.” and “prejudiced, algorithmically biased search
results from search terms ‘Mexico’, ‘Hispanic’, ‘Latino’, etc.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-workers-discussed-tweaking-search-function-to-counter-travel-ban-1537488472
September 21: Exclusive: internal documents
show how hard it is for some immigrants to get a travel ban waiver
State Department guidance sets a higher bar for some people — and it’s
especially high for those hoping to immigrate to the US to live with family.
https://www.vox.com/2018/9/20/17622622/travel-ban-waiver-muslim-how
September 23: Trump travel ban: Waiver
process remains long, unclear
US grants some waivers for spouses, others on case-by-case basis. But those
applying say process is long and uncertain.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/trump-travel-ban-waiver-process-remains-long-unclear-180923161416653.html
October 8: A Broken Bridge: How the travel
ban is affecting international students
https://www.dailyemerald.com/2018/10/08/a-broken-bridge-how-the-travel-ban-is-affecting-international-students/
October 26: Trump administration considers
travel-ban-like order for Mexican border
The Trump administration is considering an executive action that could use
travel-ban-like authority to block certain asylum seekers at the Mexican border,
sources familiar with the discussions said Thursday.
The proposal is not yet final and could be cast aside, said the sources, who
spoke on condition of anonymity because the plan is in the formative stages. If
President Trump approved such a plan, it would represent a dramatic escalation
in border enforcement as
a migrant caravan works its way north through Mexico.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Trump-administration-considers-travel-ban-like-13337662.php
October 31: CNN anchor Don Lemon declared
that "the biggest terror threat in this country is white men," adding that
"there is no travel ban on them" in an exchange that has prompted rebuke from
conservatives on social media.
"I keep trying to point out to people and not to demonize any one group or any
one ethnicity," Lemon said to fellow CNN anchor Chris Cuomo during a handoff of
their respective programs late Monday. "But we keep thinking that the biggest
terror threat is something else, someone people who are marching, you know,
towards the border, like it's imminent."
"So, we have to stop demonizing people and realize the
biggest terror threat in this country is white men, most of them radicalized to
the right, and we have to start doing something about them," Lemon concluded.
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/414002-don-lemon-white-men-are-biggest-terror-threat-to-us-and-there-is-no-travel-ban
-- 2019 --
January 3:
Trump administration refuses to retract ‘highly misleading’ report used to
justify Muslim ban
President Donald Trump’s Department of
Justice is refusing to retract or correct a report that the DOJ itself admits is
misleading, The Washington Post
reported Thursday.
“Critics immediately expressed alarm at what they considered highly misleading
data presented without context,” The Post explained. “They called it an
attempt to misuse law enforcement agencies to advance a political agenda in
opposition to immigration, and former senior counterterrorism officials warned
it could play into terrorists’ hands by fueling misperceptions about
radicalization and stoking societal divides.”
For instance, the report claimed immigrants were convicted of 69,9292 sex
offenses from 2003 to 2009. That was not correct, data represented a 55 year
range from 1955 to 2010 — not six years as the administration stated.
The report also claimed that 402 of 549 individuals charged with international
terrorism following 9/11 were foreign born.
However, at least 189 of those 549 individuals were never charged with a
terrorism-related offense. And 100 were brought to America via the extradition
process to stand trial for terrorism committed overseas.
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/trump-administration-refuses-retract-highly-misleading-report-used-justify-muslim-ban/
January 3: For American Colleges, China
Could Be the New Travel Ban — but Worse
The “Trump effect” has fueled worry that international students might be scared
off. But amid worsening economic trends and feuding governments, Chinese
students might simply go elsewhere.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/For-American-Colleges-China/245407
-- 2020 --
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