Kelly: Trump is working on a "streamlined" travel ban
Source: Associated Press
SATURDAY, FEB 18, 2017 02:16 PM EST
DAVID RISING, ASSOCIATED PRESS
MUNICH (AP) President Donald Trump is working on a streamlined version of his executive order banning travel from seven predominantly Muslim nations to iron out the difficulties that landed his first order in the courts, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said Saturday.
Speaking on a panel about combating terrorism at the Munich Security Conference, Kelly said Trumps original order was designed as a temporary pause to allow him to see where our immigration and vetting system has gaps and gaps it has that could be exploited.
He said the Trump administration was surprised when U.S. courts blocked it from implementing the executive order and now the president is contemplating releasing a tighter, more streamlined version of the travel ban.
Kelly said this next time he will be able to make sure that theres no one caught in the system of moving from overseas to our airports.
Read more: http://www.salon.com/2017/02/18/kelly-trump-is-working-on-a-streamlined-travel-ban/
bucolic_frolic
(43,192 posts)Hope it withers in court too
tenorly
(2,037 posts)[center]
"Let's go visit Drumpf's America, ja?"[/center]
LuvLoogie
(7,014 posts)Blanks
(4,835 posts)One has to wonder what kind of "intelligence" Trump received that made him believe that he needed to 'do something right now' but felt it wasn't enough of a priority to work on with congress to get it resolved before they (congress) went on recess.
Good luck blaming a terrorist attack on the courts after they dropped the ball on putting something in place immediately.
Eugene
(61,903 posts)Source: Reuters
New U.S. travel ban to spare green card holders: Trump official
A new version of a Trump administration travel ban will not stop green card residency holders or travelers already on planes from entering the United States, U.S. Secretary for Homeland Security John Kelly said on Saturday.
U.S. President Donald Trump's initial attempt to clamp down for security reasons on immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries and on refugees snarled to a halt amid a judicial backlash and chaos at airports.
"The president is contemplating releasing a tighter, more streamlined version of the first (order). And I will have opportunity to work (on) a rollout plan, in particular to make sure that there's no one in a sense caught in the system of moving from overseas to our airports," Kelly said at the Munich Security Conference.
Asked whether green card residency permit holders would be allowed in, Kelly said: "It's a good assumption and, as far as the visas go, ... if they're in motion from some distant land to the United States, when they arrive they will be allowed in."
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-idUSKBN15X0O6