travel ban
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Trump Issues Revised Travel Ban to Address Legal Challenges
EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump signed an order restricting entry into the U.S. by people from six predominantly Muslim countries, reviving a signature initiative that stalled in the face…
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The White House says reform of controversial guest worker program 'is an issue we are closely and carefully looking at'
A Major Proponent of H-1B Visa Reform Loses Patience With Trump
EghtesadOnline: For a decade, U.S. Senator Richard Durbin has wanted to reform a program that is alternatively seen as a necessary way for technology companies to hire technical experts and a…
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President Rouhani: US ashamed by Iran’s visas for American wrestlers
EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani said that Iran’s move to grant visas to the American wrestlers who attended the newly-ended World Cup in Iran has 'made the US administration ashamed'.
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New Trump immigration order will remove Iraq from list of banned countries: AP
EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump's new immigration order will remove Iraq from the list of countries whose citizens face a temporary U.S. travel ban, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday,…
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U.S. appeals court will not put Trump travel ban case on hold
EghtesadOnline: A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a U.S. Department of Justice request to place on hold an appeal over President Donald Trump's travel ban on people from seven majority-Muslim…
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Iran’s Farhadi to introduce rep. to Oscar Academy Awards
EghtesadOnline: In continuation to protest US President Donald Trump’s visa ban order, world-known Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, and the director of the Oscar nominated film ‘The Salesman’…
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US fueling terrorism: Pak defense minister
EghtesadOnline: Pakistan Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif believes that measures such as the recent travel ban imposed by United States on citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries…
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Trump administration drafts plan to raise asylum bar, speed deportations
EghtesadOnline: The Department of Homeland Security has prepared new guidance for immigration agents aimed at speeding up deportations by denying asylum claims earlier in the process.
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New U.S. travel ban to spare green card holders: Trump official
EghtesadOnline: A new version of a Trump administration travel ban will not stop green card residency holders or travelers already on planes from entering the United States, U.S. Secretary for…
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Trump to replace travel ban order in near future
EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump will replace his executive order suspending travel from seven Muslim-majority countries "in the near future," according to a Justice Department court…
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Challenge to Trump travel ban moves forward in two courts
EghtesadOnline: The most consequential legal challenge to U.S. President Donald Trump's travel ban will proceed on two tracks in the next few days: in a U.S. appeals court vote in San Francisco…
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Fixing Trump Executive Order’s Legal Problems Is No Easy Task
EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump could solve the most glaring problem a federal appeals court found with his travel ban by explicitly saying it doesn’t cover immigrants who already have…
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Challenges to Trump's travel ban abound in courts across U.S.
EghtesadOnline: A U.S. appeal court’s refusal to reinstate a temporary travel ban on refugees and citizens from seven mainly Muslim countries is a setback for U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping…
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Court's Message to Trump: We Won't Back Down
EghtesadOnline: The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit upholding a nationwide freeze on Donald Trump’s immigration executive order is a powerful rebuff to the administration…
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Trump Vows to Fight On as Appeals Court Thwarts Immigration Ban
EghtesadOnline: A federal appeals court unanimously refused to reinstate President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from seven Muslim-majority countries, issuing a sharp rebuke in a ruling likely…
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For Trump Travel Ban, Hard Questions From a U.S. Appeals Court
EghtesadOnline: It was, by any measure, high legal drama: For just over an hour, appeals court judges sharply questioned the lawyer defending President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from seven…
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U.S. court to hear arguments Tuesday on Trump's travel ban
EghtesadOnline: A U.S. federal appeals court will hear arguments on Tuesday over whether to restore President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries,…
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Trump Administration to Argue U.S. Faces Grave Peril Without Ban
EghtesadOnline: The Trump administration will return to court Tuesday to argue it has broad authority over national security and to demand reinstatement of a travel ban on seven Muslim-majority…
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Iranian Businesses Deferring US Investment
EghtesadOnline: Amin Shokrollahi was supposed to be in Silicon Valley last week to accept an award at a prominent semiconductor conference called DesignCon. He never made it.
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Trump steps up attack on judge, court system over travel ban
EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump on Sunday ramped up his criticism of a federal judge who blocked a travel ban on seven mainly Muslim nations and said courts were making U.S. border security…
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Appeals court refuses to immediately restore Trump travel ban
EghtesadOnline: A U.S. appeals court late on Saturday denied a request from the U.S. Department of Justice to immediately restore a immigration order from President Donald Trump barring citizens…
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Iranian academics react to Trump’s visa ban, call for wise policy
EghtesadOnline: The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran should take a different approach to address the problem caused by the controversial order by president Donald Trump banning Iranians…
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Zarif says Iran will grant visa to American wrestlers
EghtesadOnline: Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif announced that visas will be granted to the American wrestlers to travel to Iran to attend the 2017 Freestyle World Cup.
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Trump: U.S. will win appeal of judge's travel ban order
EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump said the Justice Department will win an appeal filed late Saturday of a judge's order lifting a travel ban he had imposed on citizens of seven mainly…
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Trump Slams ‘So-Called’ Judge on Travel as State Lifts Visa Ban
EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump slammed the federal judge who temporarily ended U.S. immigration restrictions made in his executive order a week ago, vowing that the decision in a case…
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U.S. Revokes Tens of Thousands of Visas in Trump Travel Ban
EghtesadOnline: The U.S. provisionally revoked tens of thousands of visas of people from seven Middle Eastern nations in the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s travel ban, which has sparked…
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Travel Ban Block Appealed as Trump Slams ‘So-Called’ Judge
EghtesadOnline: The U.S. Justice Department is filing an emergency appeal of a judge’s order blocking President Donald Trump immigration restrictions, after a day in which visa holders and refugees…
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Thousands protest in London against Trump's refugee ban
EghtesadOnline: Several thousand people demonstrated outside the U.S. embassy in London on Saturday against President Donald Trump and his temporary ban on refugees and nationals from seven Muslim-maj…
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U.S. business leaders express concerns to Trump about travel ban
EghtesadOnline: Chief executives of major U.S. companies huddled with President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday and some of them expressed concern about a travel ban on people from…
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State Department informed of court ruling on Trump's immigration order: spokesperson
EghtesadOnline: The U.S. State Department was informed by the Justice Department of the ruling by a Washington state court blocking U.S. President Donald Trump's order barring nationals from…