President-elect Joe Biden repealed the Muslim ban on his first day in office, consistent with his immigration platform. The first Muslim ban was signed by President Donald Trump on Jan. 27, 2017, creating chaos and protest around the nation’s airports. The latest version of the ban came from a September 2017 proclamation that was expanded in January 2020. It excluded certain nationals from thirteen countries: Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, Burma, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, and Venezuela. The Trump administration relied on a section of the Immigration and Nationality Act to issue the travel ban. That section states: “Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate.” CONTINUE READING
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