Muslim-Majority Countries: Version and Day Ban

muslim-majority countries: After Trump issued the first version of the 90-day ban in January, federal Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen said he had been assured by the White House that permanent residents could go to the U.S. as usual, according to Toronto Star. But the language of the second version is not nearly so straightforward. The Associated Press By Daniel Dale Washington Bureau Mon., March 6, 2017 WASHINGTON Permanent residents of Canada with citizenship from any of six Muslim-majority countries can be denied entry to the United States under the new version of U.S. President Donald Trump's travel ban. The revised ban, signed by Trump on Monday, explicitly says that a landed immigrant from Canada needs to apply for a waiver that may be granted, on a case-by-case basis, at the discretion of a consular officer or another official from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Read the latest news on U.S. President Donald Trump Article Continued Below Canada will work with its counterparts in the United States to clarify the impacts of this order on Canadian citizens and Canadian temporary and permanent residents, a spokesperson for the immigration ministry said Monday. react-text 156 U.S. President Donald Trump signed a revised travel ban order on Monday that bans all refugees for 120 days and visitors from Syria, Sudan, Iran, Somalia, Libya and Yemen for 90 days. It is not yet clear how strict or generous the U.S. government will be in giving such waivers to people applying at consulates in Canadian cities or whether there will be any consistent policy at all. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.