President Donald Trump pens new travel ban, exempts Iraq

by **Ponee** Mon Mar 06, 2017 7:52 pm

Trump signs new travel ban, dropping Iraq

President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Monday banning immigration from six Muslim-majority countries, notably dropping Iraq from the previous order issued in January, the CNN reports.
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The new travel ban comes six weeks after Trump's original executive order was blocked by a federal court.

The ban covers Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

Iraq will "increase cooperation with the US government on the vetting of its citizens applying for a visa to travel to the United States," according to an administration fact sheet.

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.

"If you have travel docs, if you actually have a visa, if you are a legal permanent resident, you are not covered under this particular executive action," Conway said. "Also, Iraq is no longer on the list based on their enhanced screening and reporting measures."

The original order barred citizens from seven countries from entering the US for 90 days, all refugees for 120 days and indefinitely halted refugees from Syria.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Secretary of Defense James Mattis and national security adviser Gen. H.R. McMaster had all advocated for Iraq to be removed from the Trump administration's list of banned countries in the new executive order for diplomatic reasons, including Iraq's role in fighting ISIS, sources told CNN's Elise Labott and Evan Perez. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly also supported the move.

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by **Ponee** Mon Mar 06, 2017 7:55 pm

External: Trump exception of Iraq from the travel ban strengthens the alliance between Baghdad and Washington

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She Iraqi foreign ministry on Monday expressed satisfaction with the decision by the Executive Chairman of the US, which included an exception to the Iraqis to travel to the United States of America, normally ban him an important step in the right direction.

A spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Jamal in a statement received / balances News / copy of it, "the Iraqi Foreign Ministry expressed deep satisfaction with the executive decision of the US President, Donald, and that included an exception Iraqis from traveling to the United States the US ban."

He said Jamal, "The ministry promised a significant step in the right direction which reinforces the strategic alliance between Baghdad and Washington in many areas, particularly the fight against terrorism,"

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by **Ponee** Mon Mar 06, 2017 7:58 pm

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A source at the White House, US President Donald Trump would be removed Iraq from the list of countries targeted by the ban on new US passport is expected to be signed in the form of an executive order Monday after addressing the elimination of the first attempt in this regard that sparked confusion.

He said a senior official at the White House, according to Reuters, that the new executive order would keep the travel ban on citizens of the six countries with a Muslim majority to the United States for 90 days. The six countries are Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

The official said that Iraq was deleted from the list of countries contained in the First Executive Order of January 27 January because the Iraqi government has imposed new screening procedures, such as increased control over travel visas and exchange of data and because of its cooperation with the United States to combat militants organize an Islamic state

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by **Ponee** Mon Mar 06, 2017 8:02 pm

Senior US administration pressuring Trump to exclude Iraq from the new travel ban

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senior officials pressed the US administration to President Donald Trump to remove Iraq from the list of seven mainly Muslim countries surveyed travel ban issued by the two sources he said they are confident that the new executive order will be issued soon , would not include Iraq.

He said three US officials said Secretary of Defense James Mattis , and National Security Adviser Ach.ar. McMaster and Foreign Minister Rex Tillerson and internal security official John Kelly asked Trump Iraq deleted from the list due to the current US military and civilian operations.

They added that officials have suggested it to Trump separately.

One official said that the Foreign Ministry is confident that Iraq will not be mentioned in a new executive order to ban travel to the United States as congressional aide said that Iraq would be deleted after talks between the White House advisers.

Trump is expected to issue a new executive order within days after a federal court halted the executive order issued on January 27 to prevent travel of citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen to the United States on a temporary basis.

Trump said that the travel restrictions are necessary to protect the United States from militant attacks.

Americans are deeply divided about the procedure which was supported by some, but caused the exit protests across the country and found guilty by a famous US companies and US allies.

Asked whether Iraq will remain on the list of countries in the executive order after the review said the White House statement that he could not anything about the executive order at the moment.

White House official said the likely issuance of Executive Order next Monday.
There are 5,200 US troops currently in Iraq to help the Iraqi forces and the peshmerga to wrest the city of Mosul , the last bastion of Daesh in Iraq.

The Iraqis fought with US forces for years and worked as translators, and many Iraqis moved to the United States after being exposed to threats because of their dealings with the US forces.

The official , who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity , "we can not say we are an ally of Iraq and say at the same time that all Iraqis are our enemies."

" The Iraq with Iran and Syria , setting makes the difficult task more difficult."

He asked Prime Minister Haider al - Abadi from the Iraqi Trump exception from the ban, the first telephone conversation between the two on the tenth of February.

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