Since this past weekend, worldwide media has been fixated on
President Trump's January 27, 2017 Executive Orders, including
the temporary suspension of travel to the US by individuals from
seven designated countries. Given no advance warning, employees of
US companies who were outside the US when the Executive Orders were
implemented have not been allowed to return. Others have upcoming
trips for business or pleasure booked that need to be cancelled,
and newly hired employees have been temporarily blocked from
scheduled visa interviews at US consular posts overseas. The
definition of "from [seven designated] countries" has
changed back and forth throughout the week. Regardless of political
opinion on the need or effectiveness of these temporary measures to
prevent terrorists from entering the country, US businesses and
international travel have been thrown off guard, and concern is
mounting, as well, about other immigration changes that may be on
the horizon in the near
