Sentences with phrase «banning travel to this country»

Neither of us could have anticipated that when it was, in fact, nominated, Farhadi would not be allowed entry into this country to attend the ceremony because of an Executive Order banning travel to this country by Iranians.

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Chitchat at Davos last January centered on Trump's controversial campaign pledges to impose a travel ban on a number of predominately Muslim countries, to upend the North American Free Trade Agreement and to build a wall at the Mexican border.

In particular, Trump's order to ban travel from seven Muslim countries spewed uproar across the world last week.

The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority signaled on Wednesday it was likely to uphold President Donald Trump's contentious travel ban targeting several Muslim - majority countries.

To truly bring more foreign talent into Canadian tech hubs — whether they're from the United States, one of the countries affected by the travel ban, or elsewhere — requires sweeping policy changes.

It offered free housing to those impacted by Trump's attempted ban on travel from some Muslim countries, and ran a Super Bowl ad critical of isolationism.

The firestorm sparked by President Donald Trump's executive order on Friday to ban immigration and travel to the U.S. by people from seven predominantly Muslim countries proved a boon to the American Civil Liberties Union, which reportedly collected more than $ 24 million in contributions over the weekend.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday made permanent a temporary ban on his country's citizens traveling to Kuwait to work, following a series of abuse and murder cases involving Filipino victims.

On Jan. 27, Trump signed the first executive order for a travel ban — related to travelers from seven Muslim - majority countries — which led to confusion across U.S. and overseas airports and resulted in nationwide protests against the order.

International travel demand to the U.S. has taken a hit since President Donald Trump signed an executive order temporarily banning travel from certain countries, data analysts have reported.

A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments over President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban on people entering the U.S. from six Muslim - majority countries.

Travel demand to the U.S. has taken a hit since Trump signed an executive order banning travel from certain countries, say data anaTravel demand to the U.S. has taken a hit since Trump signed an executive order banning travel from certain countries, say data anatravel from certain countries, say data analysts.

After the first travel ban was blocked in court, President Trump signed a new executive order last week temporarily blocking travel to the U.S. from countries he said pose a high terrorism risk.

Masri paid the money, was accepted to the program, but is now on hold due to President Donald Trump's executive order temporarily banning travel from seven mostly Muslim countries.

A ban on travel by U.S. passport holders to North Korea will take effect on Sept. 1 and Americans in the country should leave before that date, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump strongly defended his move to impose a travel ban on seven largely Muslim countries, saying that that while America was «a proud nation» of immigrants, his order was strictly about national security and not religion.

Presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway told CNBC on Monday there was no reason to delay carrying out the executive order on temporarily banning travel for «foreign nationals or citizens» from seven Muslim - majority countries.

Federal appeals courts in the states of Washington and Virginia are set to hear arguments this week on the legality of President Donald Trump's most recent travel ban, which sharply limits visitors and immigrants from eight countries, six of them Muslim - majority.

Many wrote tweets and issued statements criticizing the president's travel ban that barred people from several predominantly Muslim countries from entering the U.S., as well as his decision in June to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement.

A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments on Monday over President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban on people entering the United States from six Muslim - majority countries, the second such court to review Trump's directive over the past week.

A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments on Monday over President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban on people entering the United States from six Muslim - majority countries.

During Trump's other weekend in Florida, several thousand people marched near the property to protest his temporary ban on travel to the United States by refugees as well as citizens of seven mostly Muslim countries.

When the travel ban was in place from Jan. 28 to Feb. 4, bookings to the United States dropped 6.5 %, including an 80 % slump in reservations from the seven countries listed on Trump's order and a 13.6 % drop from Western Europe.

The announcement came a day after Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates, a holdover from the Obama administration, after she announced she had directed Justice Department attorneys not to defend the president's temporary travel ban on seven majority - Muslim countries in court.

This message is in conflict with the efforts of President Donald Trump, who has made a series of anti-immigration proposals and legislative moves ranging from the Mexican border wall to the travel ban against seven Muslim countries.

Trump on Friday signed executive orders to suspend travel to the United States from seven Muslim - majority countries on grounds of national security, while also banning refugees from Syria.

A three - judge panel at the San Francisco - based court said the president's administration failed to prove that the travel ban was needed to protect the country.

Travel bans, Jerusalem and Twitter kept the US president in the headlines in what turned out to be a difficult year for his country as it battled flooding and yet more mass shootings.

Earlier this year, Iraq made a deal with the US to accept deportees — which it hadn't done since 2010 — if the US would take it off the list of seven countries on Trump's travel ban.

Since, the administration — with a befuddling amount of support from so - called evangelicals — moved to impose a travel ban from certain countries, deport immigrants (including Christians), wall off the Mexican - American border and trumpet an aggressive «America first» doctrine.

In reaction, thousands rushed to airports across the country to protest the travel ban.

That changed when, as part of a deal to be removed from President Donald Trump's seven - country travel ban, Iraq agreed to once again begin accepting deportees — something the war - ridden nation hadn't done since 2010.

Long before the travel ban was lifted, he and his Cuban - born father Mariano traveled to the country in 2012, on the 50th anniversary OFwhen his father was forced to leave and sent to a boarding school in Mississippi.

Many countries outright ban surrogacy, and some, like Australia, even prohibit parents from traveling to make surrogacy arrangements.

The US government will not automatically allow green card holders who traveled to countries placed under a temporary travel ban back into the United States, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

Federal judge in Hawaii has blocked the major provisions of President Trump's revised ban on refugee resettlement and travel from six predominantly Muslim countries, hours before the executive order was to take effect.

Federal appeals court judges weighed whether they should consider Trump's previous statements supporting a complete ban on Muslims entering the country when ruling on his revised order to suspend travel from six Muslim - majority countries.

The State Department issued new guidelines last night to American embassies and consulates on applying a limited travel ban against foreign visitors from six predominantly Muslim countries.

Democratic lawmakers have signaled plans to back a variety of Trump - countering moves in the state, including providing legal assistance to immigrants who are impacted by the federal government's three - month ban on travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries.

Cuomo, who has spoken out strongly for immigrants and against President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from seven Muslim - majority countries, is not committing right now to support a bill to designate New York as a sanctuary state for immigrants.

Grandparents, cousins and similarly close relations of people in the United States should not be prevented from coming to the country under Trump's travel ban, a federal appeals court has ruled in another legal defeat for the administration on the contentious issue.

Cuomo insisted New York remains a beacon for immigrants as the federal government moves to ban travel from seven Middle Eastern countries for three months and halt refugee travel for four months.

To the delight of animal protection campaigners around the country, the government has published draft legislation to ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses in EnglanTo the delight of animal protection campaigners around the country, the government has published draft legislation to ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses in Englanto ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses in England.

Trump on Monday issued a revised ban on travel from Middle Eastern countries, designed his aides say in an attempt to withstand the legal scrutiny that faced the previous executive order.

Trump's administration has agreed to contact travelers from seven majority - Muslim countries who were excluded from the U.S. due to his first executive travel ban order and advise them of their right to reapply for admission under the terms of a settlement announced yesterday.

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — Park Slope Congresswoman Yvette Clarke has signed onto two House bills opposing major recent actions by the Donald Trump administration: Trump's imposition of a travel ban preventing nationals from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States, and his addition of political adviser Steve Bannon to the National Security Council.

«Every mental health organization in the country disapproves of conversion therapy,» said Shurka, 29, a New York City resident who travels the country to lobby for efforts to ban gay conversion therapy as part of the #BornPerfect campaign.

The order bans travel from the predominantly Muslim countries for three months and refugee travel to the U.S. for four months while a stricter screening process can be put in place.

Federal courts have upheld challenges to the ban, which also prohibits travel from seven Muslim majority countries for 90 days.

The president's executive order banning travel from six countries and refugee immigration is heading to a Supreme Court that is in a transition.