When Immigration Matters

Argument That Trump's Executive is the Same As Obama's Travel Ban is Flawed

Posted by Karen-Lee Pollak on Wed, Feb 22, 2017 @ 10:37 PM

The world has closely been watching the chaos that has ensued in implementing and staying President Trump's January Executive Order (the “Executive Order”) announced on January 27, 2017. As everyone knows, the Executive Order bars citizens of Iraq, Syria, Iran, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan and Libya from entering the United States for 90 days, suspends admission of refugees for 120 days and puts Syrian refugee admissions on hold indefinitely. In 2011, Obama’s State Department stopped processing Iraqi refugee requests for six months. I am constantly asked why is there outrage over President’s Trump’s Order but not President Obama’s Order?

Read More

Contact Us Today

Posts by popularity

Posts by category