An executive order that President Trump is expected to
sign shortly restricts visits and immigration from seven
Muslim-majority countries: Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen,
and Iran.
The draft text of the order was leaked to the Huffington
Post and Los Angeles Times. Titled “Protecting the Nation from
Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals,” it would suspend the
issuance of visas for an indefinite period of time to most people in
the seven countries while the administration revamps its vetting
procedures. Most citizens of foreign countries must first obtain a
visa before being allowed to enter the United States.
“In order to protect Americans, we must ensure that
those admitted to this country do not bear hostile attitudes toward
our country and its founding principles,” the draft reads,
justifying this blanket prohibition.
The draft relies on Division O, Title II, Section 203 of
the 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act, which lays out
security-related exemptions to the visa waiver program, to derive
that list of seven countries. In the 2016 law, Iraq and Syria are
explicitly listed, Iran and Sudan are included as state sponsors of
terrorism, and Libya, Somalia, and Yemen are in the “area of
concern” as designated by the Department of Homeland Security.
What all seven countries also have in common is that
the United States government has violently intervened in them. The
U.S. is currently bombing — or has bombed in the recent past —
six of them. The U.S. has not bombed Iran, but has a long history of
intervention including a recent cyberattack.
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