Trump signs new travel order, exempting Iraqis
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But some Republicans who had been critical of Trump’s original order were more positive on the new one.
Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he was “very encouraged” by the approach and pleased that Iraq was removed from the list.
Iraq was taken off the banned list because the Iraqi government has imposed new vetting procedures, such as heightened visa screening and data sharing, and because of its work with the US in countering Islamic State militants, a senior White House official said.
Trump’s original ban resulted in more than two dozen lawsuits in US courts.
The fact the ban affects fewer people already in the US means it will be more difficult for opponents to find plaintiffs who have been harmed by the order and thus have legal standing to challenge it, legal experts said.
The revised order expressly makes waivers possible for a foreign national seeking to enter the United States to visit a spouse, child or parent who is a U.S. citizen, or for “significant business or professional obligations.”
“They dotted their i’s and crossed their t’s in trying to anticipate what litigation might result,” said Stephen Yale-Loehr, a Cornell Law School professor.
ax penalties levied on individuals and employers who don’t purchase health plans, but instead encourages people to stay insured by allowing insurers to place a 30-percent surcharge on the premiums of those who are not continuously covered by health plans.
But the GOP has opted to keep two of the most popular features of the ACA, including letting young adults aged 26 or younger to stay on their parents’ healthcare package and forbidding insurers to deny coverage to those with pre-existing conditions.