This week ( JUNE 26, 2018) , the Supreme Court upheld the third, reengineered version of President Trump’s travel and entry ban by a vote of 5 to 4.
.The court dismissed the anti-Muslim statements of President Trump and other administration officials when evaluating the legality of the ban.
- President Trump signed Executive Order (EO) 13769, “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States” just one week after the inauguration, on January 27, 2017, imposing a travel and entry ban on foreign nationals from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.
- The ban was eventually enjoined by the courts, modified, and reissued in two later iterations.
- The latest reengineered travel ban was announced on September 24, 2017 via Presidential Proclamation.
- The proclamation currently imposes travel restrictions on foreign nationals seeking to enter to the United States from seven countries: Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen.
