What the Trump Administration Is Expected to Change Under the New Immigration Laws Eric Lutz - Policy.Mic | |
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President Donald Trump is expected to sign a new executive order on immigration in the coming days to alter his now-infamous travel ban, which is currently being blocked by federal courts.
Officials said Tuesday that the Trump administration will drop Iraq from the list of seven majority-Muslim countries targeted by the 90-day travel ban and will no longer include explicit exemptions for religious minorities in targeted countries. Opponents of the executive order had said the measure prioritized Christian refugees over Muslim refugees while Trump actually admitted as much, saying in January "we are going to give preference to Christians."
The order will also apparently include Syrian refugees in a broader four-month ban on refugee admissions, but will not single them out specifically.
Iraq will be removed from the list at the urging of the Pentagon and State Department, officials told the Associated Press, because of Iraq's strategic role in combating the Islamic State.
Permanent residents will also likely be excluded from the new executive order, which the Trump administration hopes will make it more difficult to challenge in court.
The announcement of the impending executive order comes amid some puzzling — and seemingly contradictory — Trump statements about immigration.
On Tuesday, Trump appeared to be open to softening his hardline stance on undocumented immigrants, telling reporters at the White House that "the time is right for an immigration bill as long as there is compromise on both sides."
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