Photo: APWashington: A draft of President Donald Trump’s revised immigration ban targets the same seven countries listed in his original executive order and exempts travelers who already have a visa to travel to the US, even if they haven’t used it yet. The Wall Street Journal also reported that the current draft of the revised order focused on the seven countries but excluded those with green cards. Trump’s original executive order triggered chaos at airports around the world, as travelers were detained when the order rapidly went into effect, US permanent residents known as green-card holders among them. In its original form, the order temporarily suspended all travel to the US for citizens of those seven Muslim-majority countries for 90 days. That’s because even when the courts put Trump’s original ban on hold, they left untouched Trump’s 50,000-per-year refugee cap, a cut of more than half from the cap under the Obama administration.

Source: Mint February 20, 2017 05:46 UTC