According to
figures provided by the Department of Homeland Security, approximately 3,000
people from the seven countries listed in President Donald Trump's travel ban
were allowed to enter the US between February 4 and February 6, 2017.
Trump signed
an executive order last month barring foreign nationals from Iran, Sudan,
Libya, Somalia, Syria, Iraq and Yemen from entering the country for 90 days,
all refugees for 120 days, and all refugees from Syria indefinitely.
But a
federal appeal court ruled that Trump's travel ban will remain blocked after an
earlier court raised concerns about the constitutionality of the ban among
other things. The unanimous ruling from the three-judge panel means citizens of
the seven majority-Muslim countries were able to travel to the US, despite
Trump's executive order.
During the
same period in 2016, 1,817 from the seven impacted countries were admitted to
the US.
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