IMMIGRATION/JOE BIDEN/TERRORISM/TRAVEL BAN: “If Joe Biden wants to keep our Country safe from Radical Islamic Terrorism, he should reinstitute the foreign country Travel Ban and all of the vetting requirements on those seeking admission that go with it, along with the refugee restrictions I successfully put in place. Terrorists operate all over the world and […]
Category: Travel Ban
1/18/2021
COVID-19/HHS/TRAVEL BAN: “In the wake of the unprecedented outbreak of COVID–19 in the United States, I took action to suspend and limit the entry of aliens recently present in certain foreign jurisdictions where significant COVID–19 outbreaks had occurred… On January 12, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an order, effective January […]
10/30/2020
2020 ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/JOE BIDEN/REFUGEES/TAXES/TERRORISM/TRAVEL BAN/WAR: “Biden has pledged a staggering 700% increase in refugees from the most dangerous and violent terrorist hot spots on earth. He has also vowed to terminate our national security travel bans, allowing for unlimited migration from war zones, and terrorist havens… …Biden’s deadly migration policies will overwhelm taxpayers and open the […]
9/8/2020
CORONAVIRUS/ECONOMY/TRAVEL BAN: “We created the greatest economy in the history of our country. And then we had to close it up when the China plague [coronavirus] came in. We closed it up. We saved millions of lives. We banned highly-infected China from coming in. It was highly infected. The people were highly infected — Wuhan […]
9/3/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRAVEL BAN: “When I banned travel from China [due to coronavirus], Biden called it hysterical and xenophobic. If we had listened to Sleepy Joe hundreds of thousands of more Americans would have died. You know that. You know he always gets up– today, ‘COVID-19, COVID-19.’ I say, Joe, look. We got a country, and […]
8/20/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/TRAVEL BAN: “I put a ban on people coming in from China who were heavily infected [with coronavirus]… And Dr. Fauci actually said that I saved hundreds of thousands of lives… But we also saved millions of lives by closing up. We had the greatest economy in history of any country. Blowing away China, blowing […]
8/18/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/JOE BIDEN/TRAVEL BAN: “In January after the China virus, after the outbreak, after the outbreak, the China virus outbreak, it came from Wuhan, right? I swiftly implemented a travel ban on China and I was criticized. Biden, opposed the ban. He said, ‘I oppose the ban.’ He had no idea what the hell he was […]
8/17/2020
CORONAVIRUS/JOE BIDEN/TRAVEL BAN: “Unlike Sleepy Joe Biden our approach to the pandemic is based on science, not left-wing ideology. Slow Joe opposed the travel ban on China that I instituted. Remember he came out, ‘Oh it’s xenophobic.’ I said, ‘What does that mean Joe? Tell me Joe. Can you describe?’ Remember he came out and […]
8/8/2020
EXECUTIVE ORDERS: [Reporter: Are you concerned that — about the legality of these executive orders?”] “No, not at all.” [Reporter: “Because there are questions they may be found illegal.”] “No. If somebody — well, you always get sued. I mean, everything you do you get sued. I was sued on the travel ban, and we […]
7/14/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/EDUCATION/TRAVEL BAN: “We saved millions of lives by doing what we did. By banning China when nobody else wanted me to. We saved hundreds of thousands of lives. We’ve done it right. But now we have to keep open but we have to open up schools, a big part of it. And one thing we’ve […]
7/14/2020
DEMS/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN: “So now we have travel bans — a lot of you said I didn’t get the travel ban, and you were wrong. We got the travel ban. We lost in the Ninth Circuit, we lost again in the Ninth Circuit, and then we won in the Supreme Court. We have a very […]
7/13/2020
ANTHONY FAUCI/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRAVEL BAN: “Well, I have a very good relationship with Dr. Fauci; I’ve had for a long time, right from the beginning. I find him to be a very nice person. I don’t always agree with him. I closed the border, as you know, to China. I closed — I did the ban on […]
7/9/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRAVEL BAN: “A policy of never-ending lockdowns month after month would ultimately do more harm than good to public health, and so bad for our children. As a result, it really is more loss of life. We can’t do that. We have to get back now. We did it right. We saved millions of lives […]
7/9/2020
ANTHONY FAUCI/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRAVEL BAN: “Dr. Fauci is a nice man, but he’s made a lot of mistakes, like, you don’t have to ban them coming in from very infected China. I did it anyway, and we saved hundreds of thousands of lives. I banned Europe from coming in, when Italy and when France and Spain were […]
7/7/2020
ANTHONY FAUCI/CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRAVEL BAN: [Greta Van Susteren: “And even Dr. Fauci is saying that we’re knee-deep, and he’s saying that we’re not in a very good place or something to that effect.”] “Well, I think we are in a good place. I disagree with him. Dr. Fauci said don’t wear masks and now he says wear […]
7/4/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRAVEL BAN: “To ensure that our democratic values are able to rise to new heights, I will take decisive steps to strengthen our foundation. That means immediately reversing Trump’s cruel and counterproductive asylum, travel ban, and family separation policies — and reaffirming our innate identity, reflected in our Constitution and emblazoned in the Statue […]
5/21/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I was so early. I was earlier than anybody thought. I put a ban on people coming in from China. Everybody fought me on that. They didn’t want it. Nancy Pelosi, a month later, was dancing in the streets of San Francisco in Chinatown so that people wouldn’t believe what’s happening. […]
4/26/2020
DEMS/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “American citizens! We were long ahead of Dems, who were all against the BAN. https://t.co/SQOLi46tEf” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 26, 2020 8:06 pm […]
4/12/2020
CHINA/MEDIA/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The @nytimes story is a Fake, just like the ‘paper’ itself. I was criticized for moving too fast when I issued the China Ban, long before most others wanted to do so. @SecAzar told me nothing until later, and Peter Navarro memo was same as Ban (see his statements). Fake News!” […]
4/12/2020
CHINA/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The @nytimes story is a Fake, just like the ‘paper’ itself. I was criticized for moving too fast when I issued the China Ban, long before most others wanted to do so. @SecAzar told me nothing until later, and @PeterNavarroUSA memo was same as Ban (see his statements). Fake News!” –Donald […]
4/12/2020
CHINA/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sorry Fake News, it’s all on tape. I banned China long before people spoke up. Thank you @OANN https://t.co/d40JQkUZg5“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2020 5:51 pm […]
4/12/2020
CHINA/DEMS/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If the Fake News Opposition Party is pushing, with all their might, the fact that President Trump ‘ignored early warnings about the threat,’ then why did Media & Dems viciously criticize me when I instituted a Travel Ban on China? They said ‘early & not necessary.’ Corrupt Media!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
2/12/2020
HOUSE OF REPS/LEGISLATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday [2-12-20] voted, 22-10, to terminate President Donald Trump’s expanded travel ban and rein in presidential authority to issue such travel restrictions. Now headed to the House floor, the bill is not expected to clear the Republican-controlled Senate. The legislation would void all of […]
4/10/2019
DEMS/SENATE/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional Democrats are making a fresh push to repeal President Donald Trump’s travel ban that predominantly targets Muslim-majority countries. The No Ban Act, introduced by Sen. Chris Coons in the Senate and Rep. Judy Chu in the House, aims to repeal all three versions of the travel ban enacted by the […]
3/27/2019
COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the months since June 2018, when the Supreme Court upheld the third version of President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban, the matter has largely slipped from the headlines as the president’s political adversaries have turned their attention to other issues. But the ban—which, even in its revised form almost completely […]
6/26/2018
ABORTION/GOP/OBAMA/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The consequences of President Trump’s nomination of Neil M. Gorsuch to the Supreme Court — and the Republican blockade of President Obama’s nomination of Merrick B. Garland in 2016 for that seat — reverberated powerfully on Tuesday as the court’s conservative majority handed down major decisions on Mr. Trump’s travel […]
6/26/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court on Tuesday [6-26-18] upheld President Trump’s ban on travel from mostly-Muslim nations, delivering a robust endorsement of Mr. Trump’s power to control the flow of immigration into America at a time of political upheaval about the treatment of migrants at the Mexican border. In a 5-to-4 vote, […]
6/26/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took a victory lap on Tuesday [6-26–18], celebrating his background role in the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold President Donald Trump’s travel ban. But the ruling could complicate the race for Republicans in swing House districts. Minutes after the Court upheld Mr. Trump’s ban […]
6/26/2018
MUSLIMS/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A divided Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s latest ban on travel to the U.S. by people from several Muslim-majority countries, a sweeping reaffirmation of presidential authority and a victory for the White House on one of its most central—and controversial—initiatives. The court, in a 5-4 opinion by Chief Justice […]
6/26/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump called Tuesday’s [6-26-18] Supreme Court ruling on the travel ban ‘a tremendous success, a tremendous victory for the American people and our Constitution…’ Speaking in the Cabinet Room during a luncheon with Republican members of Congress, Trump said that the ruling shows that attacks from the media […]
6/26/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS TRUMP TRAVEL BAN. Wow!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 26, 2018 9:40 am […]
6/26/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday [6-26-18] handed Donald Trump one of the biggest victories of his presidency, upholding his travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries and rejecting the argument that it represented unconstitutional religious discrimination. The 5-4 ruling, with the conservative justices in the majority and the liberal justices […]
5/2/2018
MUSLIMS/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has called courts unfair and political and repeatedly assailed the 9th Circuit, the U.S. court system’s westernmost division, where some of his key immigration policies have stalled. Other observers describe America’s judges as conservative or liberal, implying they bring an ideology to their decision-making that goes beyond […]
4/26/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A 15-month legal battle over President Trump’s efforts to impose a ban on travel to the United States from several predominantly Muslim countries reached a final stage on Wednesday [4-25-18] at the Supreme Court, with its five-member conservative majority signaling it was ready to approve a revised version of the […]
4/25/2018
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two back-to-back court developments this week indicate a possible road map for President Trump through the minefield of legal resistance he has faced as judges across the country have blocked much of his hard-line immigration agenda. On Tuesday [4-24-18], a federal judge ruled in favor of an Obama-era immigration program but […]
4/25/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Supreme Court justices asked tough questions of both sides on Wednesday [4-25-18] in weighing President Trump’s authority to impose a travel ban, which restricts entry into the United States from several predominantly Muslims nations, after the president promised during his campaign to impose a ‘Muslim ban.’ By the end of […]
4/25/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Conservative justices and swing vote Justice Anthony Kennedy appeared to side with the Trump administration Wednesday [4-25-18] as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on President Donald Trump’s travel ban. More than a year after Trump caused chaos in the airports by following through on a campaign promise and restricting […]
4/25/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday [4-25-18] signaled they are likely to uphold President Donald Trump’s travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries, one of the most contentious policies of his presidency. Both Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy, a frequent swing vote on the conservative-majority, nine-member court, […]
4/25/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After more than a year of intense litigation, Wednesday’s [4-15-18] oral argument wasn’t quite the powerfully charged session that some court watchers anticipated. In some ways it felt oddly anti-climactic, 15 months after the initial travel ban created chaos at airports and sparked protests around the country. The justices, while […]
4/24/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As the Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments on President Trump’s latest travel ban on Wednesday [4-25-18], families wonder whether this may be a turning point in their effort to reunite with loved ones overseas. In December, the Supreme Court temporarily allowed the current version of the ban to […]
4/23/2018
EDUCATION/IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “American universities are losing out to colleges in other countries in the race to enroll international students, and they’re blaming President Donald Trump. Foreign competitors are taking advantage of Trump’s anti-immigration rhetoric, aggressively recruiting the types of foreign students and faculty who would have typically come to the United States for […]
4/22/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court on Wednesday [4-25-18] will consider whether President Donald Trump can legally restrict entry to the U.S. for travelers from several Muslim-majority countries, tackling a central issue of his presidency. The case traces back to a defining moment in Mr. Trump’s campaign, when he called for ‘a total […]
4/10/2018
AFRICA/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump lifted a U.S. travel ban on citizens from Chad on Tuesday [4-10-18] after a six-month U.S. government review found improvements in the African country’s security standards, the White House said. The Trump administration added Chad to a revamped travel ban list in September after it said the Chadian […]
2/15/2018
IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal appeals court on Thursday [2-15-18] ruled that President Donald Trump’s third attempt at a travel ban is likely unconstitutional, writing that it ‘continues to exhibit a primarily religious anti-Muslim objective.’ The US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit upheld a lower court injunction that blocked the Trump […]
1/29/2018
IMMIGRATION/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration said Monday [1-29-18] it was resuming refugee admissions from 11 countries deemed national-security risks, while adding additional screening measures for them. Senior administration officials said the new vetting would include more independent interviews of refugee applicants and their families, but gave no other details. The decision comes […]
1/19/2018
IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court on Friday [1-19-18] agreed to consider the legality of President Donald Trump’s latest ban on travelers from certain countries, giving the justices a chance to settle a yearlong legal battle over one of the White House’s most controversial initiatives. The justices in a brief written order said […]
12/23/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge in Seattle on Saturday [12-24-17] partially lifted a Trump administration ban on certain refugees after two groups argued that the policy prevented people from some mostly Muslim countries from reuniting with family living legally in the United States. U.S. District Judge James Robart heard arguments Thursday in lawsuits […]
12/4/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court on Monday [12-4-17] said the Trump administration for now can implement all parts of its latest ban on travelers from certain countries, a significant boost to the White House after a string of setbacks in lower courts. The high court’s action came in a brief written order […]
12/4/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday [12-4-17] handed a victory to President Donald Trump by allowing his latest travel ban targeting people from six Muslim-majority countries to go into full effect even as legal challenges continue in lower courts. The nine-member court, with two liberal justices dissenting, granted his administration’s […]
11/21/2017
IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Monday [11-20-17] to fully reinstate its travel restrictions on residents of six Muslim-majority countries, the latest move in a legal battle over entry to the U.S. that has raged since the Trump administration’s first days… U.S. Solicitor General Noel Francisco, the […]
11/13/2017
CALIFORNIA/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A U.S. appeals court in California on Monday [11-13-17] let part of President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban go into effect, ruling that the government can bar entry of people from six Muslim-majority countries if they have no connections to the United States… The interim decision means the ban will apply […]
10/24/2017
DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration will allow refugee admissions to the U.S. to resume for all countries but with new rules meant to better vet applicants, administration officials and others familiar with the planning said. The White House plans to announce the resumption of admissions and at least some of the new rules […]
10/18/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A second U.S. federal judge has blocked parts of President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban on people entering the United States from eight countries, dealing another legal blow to the administration’s third bid to impose travel restrictions. U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland, in a ruling issued overnight, said the […]
10/17/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge on Tuesday [10-17-17] blocked the Trump administration from implementing its planned new travel restrictions on people from six Muslim-majority countries, ruling the president’s latest ban on travel is likely unlawful. U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson in Hawaii issued a temporary restraining order that prohibits the administration from enforcing […]
10/16/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A U.S. judge on Monday [10-16-17] questioned attorneys defending the Trump administration about a classified report the government is using to justify its latest ban on citizens of some countries from entering the United States. U.S. District Court Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland heard arguments for and against President Donald Trump’s […]
10/12/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Over many years, the U.S. has resettled more refugees than any other nation, but the U.S. commitment has not kept pace as the number of refugees in need of resettlement has rapidly risen, a new report from the Pew Research Center finds. Since 1980, the U.S. has resettled about 3 million […]
10/10/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court is one step closer to sidestepping a decision on President Donald Trump’s expiring travel ban, even while lawsuits on a new version of the ban move forward. The high court late Tuesday [10-10-17] dismissed one of two pending cases on Mr. Trump’s executive order from March that […]
10/3/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Muslim immigrants and an advocacy group filed a fresh lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s latest version of a travel ban that placed indefinite restrictions on the entry of citizens from eight countries to the United States… The complaint says that the majority of the people affected by the ban are Muslim […]
10/2/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It took nearly two hours from when President Trump signed his first attempt at a travel ban for the head of United States Customs and Border Protection to get an official version of the president’s executive order. In the hours that followed, officials scrambled to figure out how to enforce the […]
9/29/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The American Civil Liberties Union on Friday [9-29-17] launched the first legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s new restrictions on people entering the United States from eight countries. The civil rights group said in a statement that it will seek to amend an existing lawsuit in Maryland federal court that was […]
9/27/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is planning to assess the ability of refugees to assimilate—in addition to their need for protection—when deciding whether to admit them, according to an annual report to Congress on refugees. The report, which was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal and has yet to be made public, says […]
9/26/2017
DHS/FOREIGN POLICY/IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s decision to impose his updated travel ban on Chad came over the objections of Pentagon and State Department officials, who argued that alienating the nation, one of America’s more reliable counterterrorism allies in Africa, risked harming long-term national security interests, administration officials said on Tuesday [9-26-17]. Mr. Trump […]
9/25/2017
IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court on Monday [9-25-17] canceled arguments on President Trump’s travel ban that had been scheduled for Oct. 10. The court asked lawyers in the case to submit briefs by Oct. 5 discussing the effect of Mr. Trump’s new proclamation, issued Sunday, replacing his revised travel ban, which had […]
9/24/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Sunday [9-24-17] issued a new ban on entry to the U.S. that applies a range of restrictions on nationals from eight countries, including new targets Chad, North Korea and Venezuela. The new restrictions, replacing his previous order that expired on Sunday, apply to five of the six […]
9/24/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Making America Safe is my number one priority. We will not admit those into our country we cannot safely vet. https://t.co/KJ886okyfC” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 24, 2017 06:49pm […]
9/22/2017
DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is preparing to replace its controversial travel ban—which sought to bar almost all travel to the U.S. from six countries—with more targeted restrictions affecting a slightly larger number of countries, people familiar with the process said. Rather than ban travel altogether from the nations on the new list, […]
9/15/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The travel ban into the United States should be far larger, tougher and more specific-but stupidly, that would not be politically correct!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 15, 2017 05:54am […]
9/12/2017
IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court on Tuesday [9-12-17] again ordered a reinstatement of the Trump administration’s restrictions on refugee entry into the U.S., another shift in the seesaw legal battle over President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban. The high court issued an emergency order that sided with the Trump administration, after a federal […]
9/11/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on Monday [9-11-17] issued a temporary order allowing the Trump administration to exclude most refugees from entering the United States while the Supreme Court considers challenges to its revised travel ban. The so-called administrative stay will probably be in place for only a short time, and the […]
9/11/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN: “The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday [9-11-17] to put on hold a federal appeals court ruling from last week that narrowed the scope of the travel ban as it applies to a certain class of refugees. In a brief filed with the Supreme Court, Justice Department lawyers said that […]
9/7/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal appeals court on Thursday [9-7-17] reopened the country’s door to thousands of refugees who had been temporarily blocked by President Trump’s travel ban, and also upheld a lower court decision that had exempted grandparents and other relatives from the ban. The ruling, from the United States Court of Appeals […]
8/28/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the latest arguments over President Trump’s travel ban, a three-judge panel of a federal appeals court in Seattle indicated on Monday [8-29-17] that it would continue allowing grandparents and other relatives of United States residents to travel here from six predominantly Muslim countries. But the judges were less forthcoming about […]
7/21/2017
NORTH KOREA/TRAVEL BAN: “Two of the biggest travel companies that bring Western tourists to North Korea say the U.S. government will ban its citizens from traveling to the isolated country starting next month. The travel ban would come just weeks after U.S. college student Otto Warmbier, who was detained while on a tour in Pyongyang […]
7/19/2017
IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday [7-19-17] a bid by President Donald Trump to include grandparents and other relatives in his travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority countries. But in a partial win for Trump, the court gave the government more leeway to enforce a separate ban on […]
7/15/2017
IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN: “The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the State of Hawaii to respond by Tuesday [7-18-17] at noon to President Donald Trump’s motion to block a judge’s ruling that prevented his travel ban from being applied to grandparents of U.S. citizens and refugees already being processed by resettlement agencies, the court’s public information […]
7/14/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP EXEC ORDERS: “A federal judge in Hawaii ruled late Thursday [7-13-17] that the Trump administration’s temporary ban on travelers from six predominantly Muslim countries and on refugees should not prevent grandparents and other close relatives of residents from entering the United States. The judge, Derrick K. Watson of Federal District Court in Honolulu, […]
7/14/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP EXEC ORDERS: “A Hawaii judge late Thursday [7-13-17]ordered a nationwide loosening of President Donald Trump’s temporary ban on U.S. entry for some travelers from six Muslim-majority countries, ruling the administration’s strict approach contradicted a recent Supreme Court ruling. The decision is a fresh legal blow for the president just two weeks after a […]
7/12/2017
IMMIGRATION/STATE/TRAVEL BAN: “The Trump administration reached its self-imposed quota on refugee admissions for the 2017 fiscal year this week, according to State Department data posted online, and will dramatically reduce admissions going forward. The quota of 50,000 was initially set by President Donald Trump as part of his travel ban executive order in January, but […]
6/28/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN: “Stepsiblings and half-siblings are allowed, but not nieces or nephews. Sons- and daughters-in-law are in, but brothers- and sisters-in-law are not. Parents, including in-laws, are considered ‘close family,’ but grandparents are not. The State Department issued new guidelines Wednesday [6-28-17] night to American embassies and consulates on applying a limited travel ban against […]
6/28/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/TRAVEL BAN: “Congress plans to take up new legislation as soon as next month to implement a ban on travel to North Korea by US citizens following Otto Warmbier’s death after he was imprisoned by North Korea for 17 months. The House foreign affairs committee will mark up a bipartisan bill that would […]
6/27/2017
IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…About four out of 10 refugees who come to the United States have no family ties in the country, according to independent estimates. In some cities known for taking in refugees — like Boise, Idaho; New Haven; and Fayetteville, Ark. — those with no family ties are a majority. On […]
6/26/2017
IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN: “Great day for America’s future Security and Safety, courtesy of the U.S. Supreme Court. I will keep fighting for the American people, & WIN!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 26, 2017 09:31pm […]
6/26/2017
IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court Monday allowed parts of President Donald Trump’s travel ban to go into effect and will hear oral arguments on the case this fall. The court is allowing the ban to go into effect for foreign nationals who lack any ‘bona fide relationship with any person or entity […]
6/21/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN: “The Trump administration on Wednesday [6-21-7] made its final plea to the U.S. Supreme Court to allow its proposed ban on travelers from six Muslim-majority countries to go into effect as the justices weigh how to handle the hotly contested dispute. The court papers filed by President Donald Trump’s administration complete the […]
6/19/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN: “While the most controversial provisions of the President’s revised ban blocking travel to the US remain tied up in the courts, a federal appeals court formally cleared the way late Monday [6-19-17] for different portions of the executive order to move forward. The Trump administration can now conduct internal reviews of other […]
6/14/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP MEMORANDA: “Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence Effective Date in Executive Order 13780 This memorandum provides guidance for the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence in light […]
6/13/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN: “Well, as predicted, the 9th Circuit did it again – Ruled against the TRAVEL BAN at such a dangerous time in the history of our country. S.C.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13, 2017 05:44am […]
6/12/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A second federal appeals court on Monday [6-12-17] ruled against President Trump’s revised travel ban. The decision, from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco, was the latest in a string of court rulings rejecting the administration’s efforts to limit travel from several predominantly Muslim […]
6/5/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump rebelled on Monday against his own advisers who ‘watered down’ his original executive order barring visitors from select Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States and who insisted on calling it something other than a travel ban. Returning to one of the issues that animated the early days of […]
6/5/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN: “That’s right, we need a TRAVEL BAN for certain DANGEROUS countries, not some politically correct term that won’t help us protect our people!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 5, 2017 08:20pm […]
6/5/2017
TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “George Conway, the husband of White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway and one-time top contender of a key Justice Department job, took to Twitter Monday [6-5-17] to criticize President Donald Trump for his morning travel ban tweets. Trump tweeted several times on the proposed travel ban from six Muslim-majority countries, saying […]
6/5/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN: “In any event we are EXTREME VETTING people coming into the U.S. in order to help keep our country safe. The courts are slow and political!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 5, 2017 05:44am […]
6/5/2017
DOJ/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRAVEL BAN: “The Justice Dept. should ask for an expedited hearing of the watered down Travel Ban before the Supreme Court – & seek much tougher version!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 5, 2017 05:37am […]
6/5/2017
DOJ/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRAVEL BAN: “The Justice Dept. should have stayed with the original Travel Ban, not the watered down, politically correct version they submitted to S.C.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 5, 2017 05:29am […]
6/5/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRAVEL BAN: “People, the lawyers and the courts can call it whatever they want, but I am calling it what we need and what it is, a TRAVEL BAN!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 5, 2017 05:25am […]
6/3/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN: “We need to be smart, vigilant and tough. We need the courts to give us back our rights. We need the Travel Ban as an extra level of safety!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 3, 2017 06:17pm […]
6/2/2017
IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s administration filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday [6-1-17] night seeking to reverse rulings by lower courts in Hawaii and Maryland that blocked a temporary ban on travel to the United States from six majority-Muslim countries. The Trump administration says the Constitution gives the president […]
5/25/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal appeals court refused Thursday [5-25-17] to reinstate President Trump’s revised travel ban, saying it ‘drips with religious intolerance, animus and discrimination.’ The decision, from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in Richmond, Va., was a fresh setback for the administration’s efforts to limit travel from […]
5/15/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For the second time in President Donald Trump’s young administration, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals will listen to lawyers battle over the legality of his executive order temporarily blocking foreigners from traveling to the US. Two months ago, a federal judge in Hawaii halted the core portions of Trump’s […]
5/8/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On Monday [5-8-17] morning, President Trump’s campaign website featured his December 2015 statement about ‘preventing Muslim immigration.’ Later that afternoon, it did not. The deletion of the statement appeared to come after Cecilia Vega of ABC News asked at Monday’s White House press briefing about the statement: ‘If this White House […]