President Donald Trump signs new travel ban, exempts Iraq

Source: CNN | March 6, 2017 | Ariane de Vogue, Jeremy Diamond and Kevin Liptak

Washington (CNN) – President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Monday banning immigration from six Muslim-majority countries, notably dropping Iraq from January’s previous order.

The new travel ban comes six weeks after Trump’s original executive order was rolled out to chaos and confusion at airports nationwide, and eventually blocked by a federal court.

The new version exempts people who hold current visas and drops an indefinite ban on Syrian refugees, reducing it to 120 days. It also makes clear that lawful permanent residents are excluded from ban.

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