{"id":44644,"date":"2025-01-23T04:47:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T04:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=44644"},"modified":"2025-01-23T04:47:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T04:47:15","slug":"rights-groups-warn-trump-executive-order-would-restore-muslim-travel-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=44644","title":{"rendered":"Rights groups warn Trump executive order would restore Muslim &#8216;travel ban&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Reuters)    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON, Jan 22 &#8211; U.S. civil rights groups are warning that an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Monday lays the groundwork for reinstatement of a ban on travelers from predominantly Muslim or Arab countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) said the new order relied on the same statutory authority used to justify Trump&#8217;s 2017 travel ban and offered even &#8220;wider latitude to use ideological exclusion to deny visa requests and remove individuals&#8221; who had already entered the country. It unveiled a new 24-hour hotline (844-232-9955) to help those affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Iranian-Americans Council (NIAC) said Trump&#8217;s order on &#8220;Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and other National Security and Public Safety Threats&#8221; would separate U.S. families from loved ones and lower enrollment at U.S. universities. It set up a new website on the issue:&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.niacouncil.org\/travelban\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.niacouncil.org\/travelban\/, opens new tab<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump&#8217;s new&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/protecting-the-united-states-from-foreign-terrorists-and-othernational-security-and-public-safety-threats\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">order, opens new tab<\/a>, signed on Monday amid a flurry of other measures, sets a 60-day window for top State, Justice, intelligence and homeland security officials to identify countries whose vetting and screening processes are &#8220;so deficient as to warrant a partial or full suspension on the admission of nationals from those countries.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It goes beyond Trump&#8217;s 2017 ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries, adding language that deny people visas or entry to the U.S. if they &#8220;bear hostile attitudes toward its citizens, culture, government, institutions, or founding principles,&#8221; and sets up a process that could lead to removal of those granted visas since January 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Reuters) WASHINGTON, Jan 22 &#8211; U.S. civil rights groups are warning that an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Monday lays the groundwork for reinstatement of a ban on travelers from predominantly Muslim or Arab countries. 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