CLOSE Skip in Skip x Embed x Share Many will have you believe that President Obama's 2011 immigration order is the same as President Trump's travel ban. Buzz60A woman yells as she protests President Trump's executive immigration ban at O'Hare International Airport on Jan. 29, 2017 in Chicago. (Photo: Joshua Lott, AFP/Getty Images)In defending his executive order banning immigration and travel from certain countries, which has touched off widespread anger and confusion, President Trump compared the order to action taken by the Obama administration in 2011. Trump’s order banned visitors from seven Middle Eastern countries — Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Yemen, Sudan and Syria — from coming to the United States for 90 days. "President Obama is heartened by the level of engagement taking place in communities around the country.

Source: Libya Today January 30, 2017 19:48 UTC