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ban, the new ban in the amended order does not apply to US Green Card holders and citizens of Iraq although “additional scrutiny” is still proposed. Furthermore, the ban does not apply to persons with valid visas; persons with such other valid documents that are not visas but permit entry into the US such as “Advance Parole” documents which allow entry for humanitarian reasons; asylum holders and previously admitted refugees as well as individuals granted protection under the convention against torture; hardship cases where waivers may, on a case by case basis, be granted where it is determined that refusal of entry would cause undue hardship and where such entry would not threaten national security and would be in the national interest.

The infringement upon the rights of permanent residents (Green card holders) was arguably the most topical and widely condemned aspect of the ban- the