[[File:Donald Trump "Muslim ban".png|thumb|200px|The countries placed under President Trump's original travel ban; Iraq was removed in the second ban.]]
As a candidate, [[Donald Trump]] was the only candidate to propose "a total and complete shutdown" of travel of Muslims into the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/08/politics/trump-muslim-ban-campaign-website/index.html|title=Trump campaign removes controversial Muslim ban language from website|date=May 8, 2017|accessdate=June 29, 2017|work=CNN}}</ref> (See [[Muslim ban]].) A week after becoming President, Trump issued an Executive Order that implemented the promised "travel ban".
His intent was to restrict immigration from countries that are rife with terrorism – as a temporary emergency measure – until the government could figure out a long term solution.
His intent was to restrict immigration from countries that are rife with terrorism – as a temporary emergency measure – until the government could figure out a long term solution. Although all persons traveling from these countries had been issued visas by the United States State Department following a vetting process, President Trump proposed that a new "extreme vetting" procedure be instituted. Accordingly, the January 27, 2017, Executive Order 13769<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/27/executive-order-protecting-nation-foreign-terrorist-entry-united-states|title=EXECUTIVE ORDER: PROTECTING THE NATION FROM FOREIGN TERRORIST ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES|date=January 27, 2017|accessdate=June 29, 2017}}</ref> provided that all travelers holding passports from six Muslim-majority countries would be barred from entry for 90 days, even if they held visas. In addition, all immigration w was suspended for 120 days, and immigration from Syria was suspended indefinitely. It also limited the total number of refugees allowed into the United States to 50,000 per year. The Executive Order ordered the Departments of Homeland Security and State to review the process for issuing visas in these countries. It was based on the need to provide time to conduct the review. The Executive Order exercised the President's power under Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., to restrict the entry of any persons or class of persons into the United States.
Two federal district courts granted an injunction preventing the first Executive Order from continuing to be enforced. The court's reason was the actual purpose was to ban people of one religion, which was unconstitutional.
Trump said:
:Today's unanimous Supreme Court decision is a clear victory for our national security. It allows the travel suspension for the six terror-prone countries and the refugee suspension to become largely effective.<ref> [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4640028/Supreme-Court-act-travel-ban-Kennedy-retire.html Supreme Court says travel ban can go into effect now] - Daily Mail Online</ref> The SCOTUS ruling exempts any foreign national with a "bona fide" relationship with any US citizen or institution from the travel ban:<blockquote>"In practical terms, this means that [the executive order] may not be enforced against foreign nationals who have a credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States. All other foreign nationals are subject to the provisions of [the executive order]."<ref>https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/16pdf/16-1436_l6hc.pdf</ref></blockquote> The Supreme Court did not address when the 90 days starts - as of the date of the original Executive Order (in which case it expired on June 14) or June 26. The reason there is doubt because the Executive Order was amended on June 14 to provide that the 90 days does not start until the travel ban go into effect. In either case, the Supreme Court oral argument will occur more than 90 days later, so the Court has asked the parties to consider whether the case is moot, that is whether the Trump Administration has had sufficient time to implement their new plan for "extreme vetting" of visitors from the designated countries.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scotusblog.com/2017/06/justices-agree-weigh-travel-ban-allow-parts-go-effect/|title=Justices agree to weigh in on travel ban, allow parts of it to go into effect|work=SCOTUSblog|date=June 26, 2017|accessdate=June 26, 2017}}</ref> ==References=={{reflist}} [[Category:Donald Trump]][[Category:2010s]][[Category:Immigration]]