Trump’s 2017 executive order barred even lawful long-term US residents from seven Muslim-majority countries

Evidence

A recent use of immigration authority to exclude Muslims is the infamous “Muslim Ban.” On January 29, 2017, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order indefinitely halting admission of Syrian refugees and barring entry of all nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries for ninety days. Citizens of Syria, Yemen, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, and Sudan were denied entry even if they were students, workers, or permanent residents who had lawfully lived in the United States for years. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 914

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Trump’s first executive order enacted the Muslim ban and suspended Syrian asylum indefinitely; Trump’s Muslim ban was an extreme version of bipartisan prior refugee restrictions.