The revised travel ban signed by controversial US President Donald Trump has been greeted with protests even as politicians describe the order as ‘un-American’.
US civil rights groups including the ACLU have vowed to keep fighting US president’s ‘Muslim ban’ in court.
“The Trump administration has conceded that its original Muslim ban was indefensible. Unfortunately, it has replaced it with a scaled-back version that shares the same fatal flaws,” said Omar Jadwat, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Immigrant Rights Project.
“The only way to actually fix the Muslim ban is not to have a Muslim ban,” Jadwat said in a statement.
The new revised travel ban now targets six mainly Muslim dominated countries except Iraq.
The dictates of the revised travel ban states that people from six Muslim-majority nations who are seeking new visas are temporarily halted from entry into the U.S even as it also suspends the country’s refugee program.
According to reports, the new directive aims to address legal issues with the original order, which caused confusion at airports, sparked protests around the country and was ultimately blocked by federal courts.
The order makes clear that lawful permanent residents (otherwise known as green card holders) are excluded from any travel ban, White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said on “Fox and Friends” Monday. Also those with validly issued visas will also be exempt from the ban.