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Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders on immigration this week focusing on refugees and immigrants from Muslim countries.Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders on immigration this week focusing on refugees and immigrants from Muslim countries.
The president is preparing to restrict access to the United States from immigrants, refugees, some visa holders from Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen, Reuters reports, citing congressional aides briefed on the orders.The president is preparing to restrict access to the United States from immigrants, refugees, some visa holders from Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen, Reuters reports, citing congressional aides briefed on the orders.
President Trump’s restrictions will likely include a multi-month ban on admitting immigrants from all countries until the State Department and Department of Homeland Security finalize a new, more intense vetting process. President Trump’s restrictions will likely include a multi-month ban on admitting immigrants from all countries until the State Department and Department of Homeland Security finalize an "extreme vetting" process.
Nihad Awad, the national executive director at the Council on American-Islamic Relations, condemned the initial media reports of President Trump’s immigration orders.
"These [executive orders] will not make our nation safer,” he tweeted Tuesday night, “rather they will make it more fearful and less welcoming.”
In addition to the ban, the president will begin rolling out executive actions that include early preparations for his wall along the US-Mexico border along with other enforcement plans, according to two administration officials who spoke to The Associated Press.In addition to the ban, the president will begin rolling out executive actions that include early preparations for his wall along the US-Mexico border along with other enforcement plans, according to two administration officials who spoke to The Associated Press.
“When I am elected, I will suspend immigration from areas of the world when there is a proven history of terrorism against the United States, Europe or our allies, until we understand how to end these threats,” Mr Trump said in a June 2016 speech. On the campaign trail, Mr Trump pledged to tighten US immigration policies, including a complete ban on Muslim immigrants from entering the states. He also promised to strengthen border security by building a wall while basically forcing the Mexican government to pay for it.
Mr Trump's restrictions on refugees are likely to include a multi-month ban on admissions from all countries until the Government can increase the intensity of the vetting process. He eventually softened his stance on both policies and promised to implement a process of extreme vetting for immigrants leaving countries in the Middle East. Come January, the newly elected president’s transition team began asking Congress to push funding for the wall through the appropriations budget.
To block entry from the designated countries, the President is likely to instruct the US State Department to stop issuing visas to people from those nations, according to sources familiar with the visa process.
He could also instruct US Customs and Border Protection to stop any current visa holders from those countries from entering the United States.
White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Tuesday that the State and Homeland Security departments would work on the vetting process once Mr Trump's Secretary of State nominee, Rex Tillerson, is installed.
Other measures may include directing all agencies to finish work on a biometric identification system for non-citizens entering and exiting the United States and a crackdown on immigrants fraudulently receiving government benefits, according to the congressional aides and immigration experts.
To restrict illegal immigration, Trump has promised to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and to deport illegal migrants living inside the United States. None of the orders to be signed Wednesday are expected to focus on those issues.