Executive Order 13769
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United States Executive Order limiting refugees from Muslim-majority countries
Key facts
- Type
- Executive order
- President
- Donald Trump
- Signed
- January 27, 2017 ( 2017-01-27 )
- Federal register document number
- 2017-02281
- Publication date
- January 27, 2017
- Document citation
- 82 FR 8977
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- United States executive order
- Country
- United States
- Author
- Donald Trump
- Main subject
- immigration to the United States
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- point in time
- 2017-01-27
- authority
- Donald Trump
- title
- Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States
- Commons category
- Executive Order 13769
- signatory
- Donald Trump
- first line
- By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and to protect the American people from terrorist attacks by foreign nationals admitted to the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:
- legal citation of this text
- 82 FR 8977
- publication date
- 2017-01-27
- applies to jurisdiction
- United States
- replaced by
- Executive Order 13780
- published in
- Federal Register
- repealed by
- Executive Order 13780
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Encyclopedic overview
Executive Order 13769, titled "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States", was an executive order signed by U.S. president Donald Trump. Except for the extent to which it was blocked by various courts, it was in effect from January 27, 2017, until March 6, 2017, when it was superseded by Executive Order 13780, a second order sharing the same title.
Part of a series of executive actions, Executive Order 13769 lowered the number of refugees to be admitted into the United States in 2017 to 50,000, suspended the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) for 120 days, suspended the entry of Syrian refugees indefinitely, directed some cabinet secretaries to suspend entry of those whose countries do not meet adjudication standards under U.S. immigration law for 90 days, and included exceptions on a case-by-case basis. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) listed these countries as Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. Iraq was also included until it was dropped following sharp criticism from the Iraqi government and promises of improved vetting of Iraqi citizens in collaboration with the Iraqi government. More than 700 travelers were detained, and up to 60,000 visas were "provisionally revoked".
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