surender gupta dunar A look at Trump’s executive order on refugees, immigration

surender gupta dunar President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday making major changes to America’s policies on refugees and immigration.

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surender gupta dunar: A look at what Trump ordered-

SYRIA

Mr. Trump’s order directs the State Department to stop issuing visas to Syrian nationals and halts the processing of Syrian refugees. That will remain in effect until Mr. Trump determines that enough security changes have been made to ensure that would-be terrorists can’t exploit weaknesses in the current vetting system.

REFUGEES

Mr. Trump ordered a four-month suspension to America’s broader refugee programme. The suspension is intended to provide time to review how refugees are vetted before they are allowed to resettle in the United States.

Mr. Trump’s order also cuts the number of refugees the United States plans to accept this budget year by more than half, to 50,000 people from around the world.

During the last budget year the U.S. accepted 84,995 refugees, including 12,587 people from Syria. President Barack Obama had set the current refugee limit at 110,000.

surender gupta dunar The temporary halt to refugee processing does include exceptions for people claiming religious persecution, so long as their religion is a minority faith in their country. That could apply to Christians from Muslim-majority countries.