Former United States president Donald Trump, who is a 2024 presidential hopeful, on Saturday (Oct 28) promised the re-imposition of a controversial order that targeted a slew of mostly Muslim countries if he becomes president again.

Former United States president Donald Trump, who is a 2024 presidential hopeful, on Saturday (Oct 28) promised the re-imposition of a controversial order that targeted a slew of mostly Muslim countries if he becomes president again. Addressing a Republican Jewish convention in Las Vegas, Trump said, "We will keep radical Islamic terrorists the hell out of our country." "You remember the travel ban? On day one, I will restore our travel ban," he added. Amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, Trump said he would defend "our friend and ally" Israel like nobody ever has. The conflict between Israel and Hamas is "a fight between civilization and savagery, between decency and depravity, and between good and evil," he said. What is the Muslim travel ban? After winning the 2016 US presidential election, Donald Trump signed an executive order in late January 2017 that prohibited travel and refugee settlement from select predominately Muslim countries. The order banned travel to the US for 90 days from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen, and also suspended the resettlement of all Syrian refugees. Also read: Trump gaining ground in New York? Poll shows dip in Biden's popularity, rise in Republican's "As President, I must act to protect the security and interests of the United States and its people. I am committed to our ongoing efforts to engage those countries willing to cooperate, improve information-sharing and identity-management protocols and procedures, and address both terrorism-related and public-safety risks," Trump said on September 24, 2017. "Some of the countries with remaining inadequacies face significant challenges. Others have made strides to improve their protocols and procedures, and I commend them for these efforts," he added. Trump pointed out that it was Washington's policy to protect American citizens from terrorist attacks and other public safety threats. Screening and vetting protocols and procedures associated with visa adjudications and other immigration processes play a critical role in implementing that policy, he said. 2017 order sparked nationwide stir According to a report by Immigration History, Trump's Muslim travel ban order sparked protests across the US at airports, and immigration rights, refugee resettlement, and civil liberties organisations undertook several legal challenges to the order on the grounds that it constituted religious discrimination. The suits against the travel bans resulted in court injunctions temporarily blocking the order and groups in opposition to the ban also blocked a second iteration of the executive order, the report said. In June 2018, the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 opinion, ultimately allowed a third version of the executive order to go into force, which expanded the list of barred travellers to include nationals from Venezuela (limited to government officials) and North Korea. Two years later, the Trump administration expanded visa restrictions to six more countries–Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan, and Tanzania–citing screening and national security concerns in those countries. Biden reverses ban Upon his victory against Trump in the 2020 presidential election, current President Joe Biden reversed the ban in his first week in office. A White House spokesperson said that Biden "was proud to overturn the vile, un-American Muslim ban enacted by Donald Trump. In a statement on January 20, 2021, Biden criticised the Muslim travel ban order. "The previous administration enacted a number of Executive Orders and Presidential Proclamations that prevented certain individuals from entering the United States — first from primarily Muslim countries, and later, from largely African countries. Those actions are a stain on our national conscience and are inconsistent with our long history of welcoming people of all faiths and no faith at all," Biden said. He said that the travel ban order undermined the US national security, and jeopardised the country's global network of alliances and partnerships. "Make no mistake, where there are threats to our Nation, we will address them," Biden added. Biden revoked the following: Executive Order 13780 of March 6, 2017 (Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States), Proclamation 9645 of September 24, 2017 (Enhancing Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry Into the United States by Terrorists or Other Public-Safety Threats), Proclamation 9723 of April 10, 2018 (Maintaining Enhanced Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry Into the United States by Terrorists or Other Public-Safety Threats), and Proclamation 9983 of January 31, 2020 (Improving Enhanced Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry Into the United States by Terrorists or Other Public-Safety Threats). He called for the resumption of visa services for the affected countries, a review of information-sharing relationships, and a plan to strengthen partnerships. "Where there are opportunities to strengthen information-sharing with partners, we will pursue them. And when visa applicants request entry to the United States, we will apply a rigorous, individualized vetting system," the president also said. WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

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James Robart?ordered a temporary, nationwide halt to President Trump's ban on travellers from seven Muslim-majority countries

US President Donald Trump lashed out Saturday at a court ruling suspending his controversial ban on travellers from seven Muslim countries, dismissing it as "ridiculous" and vowing to get it overturned. The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 4, 2017 × A US federal judge on Friday ordered a temporary, nationwide halt to President Donald Trump's ban on travellers from seven Muslim-majority countries, in the most severe legal blow to the controversial measure. The restraining order issued by Seattle US District Judge James Robart is valid nationwide pending a full review of a complaint filed by Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson. "The constitution prevailed today," Ferguson said, describing the judge's decision as historic. "No one is above the law — not even the president." "It is not the loudest voice that prevails in a courtroom, it's the constitution," he added, pointing out that Robart was appointed by Republican president George W. Bush. But the White House quickly hit back, making clear it was ready for a drawn-out battle. It initially denounced the decision as "outrageous" but later removed the word from its statement. "At the earliest possible time, the Department of Justice intends to file (for) an emergency stay of this order and defend the executive order of the president, which we believe is lawful and appropriate," a statement said. "The president's order is intended to protect the homeland and he has the constitutional authority and responsibility to protect the American people."Friday's ruling was not the first to challenge the travel ban, but it was the most sweeping as it effectively vacated the main tenets of the order. Ferguson said the order technically means that anyone with a valid visa must be allowed entry into the country by Customs and Border Protection (CBP). But it was unclear whether the Trump administration would succeed in challenging it, leaving travellers in limbo over their legal status. Ferguson had filed a suit to invalidate key provisions of Trump's executive order which bars Syrian refugees indefinitely and blocks citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entry into the US for 90 days. Refugees from countries other than Syria are barred from entry for 120 days. The State Department said Friday that up to 60,000 people from the seven targeted countries had their visas cancelled as a result of the order. A Justice Department attorney, however, told a court hearing in Virginia that about 100,000 visas had been revoked. The State Department was still studying the federal judge's order as of late Friday. "We are working closely with the Department of Homeland Security and our legal teams to determine how this affects our operations. We will announce any changes affecting travellers to the United States as soon as that information is available," the department said in a statement.Trump's executive order created chaos at airports across the United States and beyond as some travellers were detained or deported, prompting an uproar by rights groups and immigration attorneys. Several hundred people of all ages and backgrounds demonstrated in New York for a second consecutive evening on Friday, denouncing Trump's travel ban. They staged their rally in Queens, the New York borough where the president was born. Washington Governor Jay Inslee welcomed Friday's ruling by Robart as a "tremendous victory" but warned that the battle to overturn Trump's order was far from over. "There is still more to do," he said in a statement. "The fight isn't yet won. But we should feel heartened by today's victory and more resolute than ever that we are fighting on the right side of history." Senator Chuck Schumer, the leader of the minority Democrats in the upper house of Congress, urged Trump to repeal his order "once and for all." "This ruling is a victory for the constitution and for all of us who believe this un-American executive order will not make us safer," he said in a statement. In his suit — which the state of Minnesota joined — Ferguson said the president's ban violated the constitutional rights of immigrants and their families and specifically targeted Muslims. However federal attorneys representing the Trump administration argued that as president, he had broad powers and was within his right to issue an order that protects Americans. The White House argues the ban is aimed at preventing terror attacks such as those in San Bernardino and Orlando. Critics, however, say Trump's immigration freeze is arbitrary and point out it doesn't include any countries — such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt or Pakistan — whose nationals have been involved in deadly terror attacks against Americans. "The Department of Justice has taken the position that the president has unfettered discretion as to determine who comes in and does not come into the United States and that's not the law, thankfully," said Gadeir Abbas, an attorney for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which has filed its own lawsuit challenging Trump's travel ban. (AFP)

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