When Trump’s New Travel Ban Goes Into Effect, Watch the Border Agents

The Trump Administration’s first attempt at a travel ban ended in chaos, mass demonstrations, and lawsuits. On Monday, the President signed a second travel ban, which was billed as a corrective. The scope of the new order was narrower, and, according to a source at the Department of Homeland Security, it “took significant pains to insure clarity in terms of who it applies to and who it doesn’t.” Among other things, travellers who receive valid visas and green cards before the order goes into effect, on March 16th, should be unaffected, so the spectacle of people losing their travel status mid-flight and landing at U.S. airports in legal limbo shouldn’t happen again.

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