WASHINGTON — US civil rights groups are warning that an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Monday (Jan 20) lays the groundwork for reinstatement of a ban on travellers from predominantly Muslim or Arab countries.
Immigration activists rally against the Trump administration's new ban against travellers from six Muslim-majority nations, in Washington, US, March 7, 2017.WASHINGTON — US civil rights groups are warning that an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Monday lays the groundwork for reinstatement of a ban on travellers from predominantly Muslim or Arab countries.
The National Iranian-Americans Council said Trump's order on "Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and other National Security and Public Safety Threats" would separate US families from loved ones and lower enrolment at US universities. It set up a new website on the issue: . It goes beyond Trump's 2017 ban on travellers from seven predominantly Muslim countries, adding language that deny people visas or entry to the US if they "bear hostile attitudes toward its citizens, culture, government, institutions, or founding principles," and sets up a process that could lead to removal of those granted visas since January 2021.
"This order will allow for the removal of individuals in the US based on what they say or what they've expressed, and what positions they hold," he said. "If they attend a protest that the administration may deem hostile, they're going to have their visas revoked and they're going to face removal proceedings."
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