Hot News

Geopolitics? Palace insists Taiwan travel ban a "health" issue @ 2020-02-13T16: Back Hot News
Keyword:travel ban
Concept:
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PANEL VOTED ALONG PARTY LINES IN FAVOUR OF ADVANCING THE "NO BAN ACT", WHICH WAS INTRODUCED AMID WIDESPREAD OUTRAGE OVER TRUMP"S TRAVEL BAN. THE MEASURE NOW MOVES TO THE FULL HOUSE.
THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT HAS EXTENDED ITS TRAVEL BAN ON PEOPLE WHO HAVE TRAVELLED THROUGH CHINA BY ANOTHER WEEK, PRIME MINISTER SCOTT MORRISON HAS ANNOUNCED.
MEANWHILE, ANGELITO BANAYO, CHAIRMAN OF THE MANILA ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL OFFICE IN TAIWAN, TOLD PHILIPPINE MEDIA WEDNESDAY THAT HE HAS RECOMMENDED TO HIS GOVERNMENT THAT THE TRAVEL BAN FOR TAIWAN SHOULD BE LIFTED.
FOR FRIENDS OF NIGERIA, NWAUBANI MAKES THE IMPORTANT POINT THAT NIGERIANS BLAME THE TRAVEL BAN ON THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT, THAT OF MUHAMMADU BUHARI, RATHER THAN PRESIDENT TRUMP. IT IS NIGERIA』S FAULT THAT IT DID NOT IMPLEMENT NECESSARY SECURITY PROCEDURES AND THEREBY AVOID THE BAN. NWAUBANI NOTES THAT WHEN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED THE BAN, THE BUHARI GOVERNMENT IMMEDIATELY APPOINTED A TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS THE BAN』S CRITICISMS AND GET NIGERIA REMOVED FROM IT. WHY THE LETHARGY UP TO THEN? THE ANSWER IS NOT CLEAR, BUT THE SIMPLE LACK OF BUREAUCRATIC CAPACITY LIKELY PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE.
THE US CORONAVIRUS TRAVEL BAN COULD BACKFIRE. HERE"S HOW
THAT MORNING, ON FEB. 2, PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE OF THE PHILIPPINES HAD ANNOUNCED A TEMPORARY TRAVEL BAN THAT BARRED FLIGHTS ARRIVING FROM MAINLAND CHINA, HONG KONG AND MACAU. AT THE AIRPORT, OFFICIALS TOLD MS. DORINGO THAT THE BAN ALSO APPLIED TO FILIPINO TRAVELERS GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
NO AMOUNT OF REGULATORY SUBTERFUGE CAN DISGUISE THE BAN』S CLEAR PURPOSE. AS THE BRENNAN CENTER HAS ARGUED IN OUR LAWSUIT CHALLENGING THE TRAVEL BAN, THE PRESIDENT HAS A WELL-DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF SPEWING HATRED AGAINST MUSLIMS, WITHOUT WHICH THE BAN WOULD NOT HAVE EXISTED IN THE FIRST PLACE.
ISSUED HIS FIRST TRAVEL BAN THREE YEARS AGO — COMMONLY CALLED THE 「MUSLIM BAN」 BECAUSE SIX OF THE TARGETED COUNTRIES ARE PREDOMINANTLY MUSLIM — MANY AMERICANS TOOK TO THE STREETS. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION REVISED THE BAN SEVERAL TIMES AS IT WORKED ITS WAY THROUGH LEGAL CHALLENGES IN FEDERAL COURT. ON JUNE 26, 2018, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT UPHELD THE THIRD ITERATION OF THE ORIGINAL TRAVEL BAN.
TRUMP TRAVEL BAN, PART II
ACCORDING TO IMMIGRATION LAWYER LEILA MANSOURI, WHO HAS HANDLED CASES FOR IRANIANS AND IRANIAN AMERICANS AFFECTED BY THE 2017 MUSLIM BAN THAT RESTRICTED TRAVELLERS FROM IRAN AND SEVERAL OTHER MUSLIM-MAJORITY COUNTRIES, THE TEXT OF THE RECENT TRAVEL BAN IS NOT CLEAR ON WHETHER NIGERIANS WITH NON-IMMIGRANT VISAS ARE BARRED FROM APPLYING FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCY.
LAST FRIDAY, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION EXPANDED ITS 2017 TRAVEL BAN — WHICH RESTRICTED IMMIGRATION FROM SEVEN MUSLIM-MAJORITY COUNTRIES — TO INCLUDE SIX MORE COUNTRIES, INCLUDING NIGERIA, AFRICA』S MOST POPULOUS NATION. WHILE THIS NEW POLICY HAS SUSPENDED NIGERIAN PATHWAYS TO PERMANENT IMMIGRATION TO THIS COUNTRY, INCREASED SCRUTINY WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON TEMPORARY VISITORS TO THIS COUNTRY TOO.
THE RACISM AT THE HEART OF TRUMP』S 『TRAVEL BAN』
ON FEBRUARY 1, 2020 TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER BANNING ALL FOREIGN NATIONALS FROM ENTERING THE US WHO HAD BEEN IN CHINA. THE ORDER CAME INTO EFFECT AT 5PM ON FEBRUARY 2, 2020. TRUMP HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF 『PANICKING』 BY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THE TRAVEL BAN.
DECISION EXPECTED ON CHINA TRAVEL BAN AS VIRUS SPREAD SLOWS
U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE JAMES ROBART IN SEATTLE — THE SAME JUDGE WHO BLOCKED TRUMP"S INITIAL, BROADER TRAVEL BAN IN EARLY 2017 — BLOCKED THE COMPANION REFUGEE RESTRICTIONS LATE THAT YEAR IN CONSOLIDATED LAWSUITS THAT WERE BROUGHT BY THE ACLU, JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES, INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. THEY ALLEGED THAT THE REFUGEE BANS WERE DISCRIMINATORY AND ARBITRARY AND THAT THEY VIOLATED DUE PROCESS RIGHTS.
LAST WEEK, THE TUFTS INTERNATIONAL CENTER CONTACTED STUDENTS FROM THREE OF THE COUNTRIES RECENTLY ADDED TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION』S TRAVEL BAN TO CLARIFY THE UPDATED BAN』S PROVISIONS AND TO OFFER A NUMBER OF TRAVEL AND COUNSELING RESOURCES.
TEXAS SUES IN SUPREME COURT OVER CALIFORNIA TRAVEL BAN TO 11 STATES

 

88iv | Home |  Login
Mobile | Full
Forum rule | About Us | Contact Info | Terms & Conditions | Privacy Statment | Disclaimer
Copyright (C) 2025
Suntek Computer Systems Limited.
All rights reserved