President Trump Signs Revised Immigration Executive Order

On March 6, 2017, President Trump signed a substantially narrowed version of the January 27, 2017 Executive Order titled "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States." The revised Order, effective March 16, 2017, suspends travel to the United States for 90 days for certain foreign nationals from Sudan, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen (Iraq has been dropped from the list). It also suspends refugee travel to the United States under the US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) and decisions on applications for refugee status for 120 days.

These suspensions are subject to case-by-case waiver, which consular officers or officials from Customs and Border Protection may grant during the visa application process or at a port of entry. In a departure from the initial Order, the revised Order provides a list of situations in which a waiver may be appropriate. For example, foreign nationals who seek to enter the United States for "significant