President Trump is expected
to sign an executive
order banning Muslims from traveling to the U.S. from the Middle East and parts
of Africa.
During
his campaign Trump promised to take a hardline stance on immigration,
particularly deporting criminal refugees and banning immigrants from migrating
from the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.
Trump’s order will block travel and work visas from being issued
to anyone from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. The order
will be in effect for four months.
Trump is also expected to sign an executive order on Wednesday
or Thursday to initiate construction on the wall at the southern border to
block the number of illegal immigrants from walking into the U.S.
Executives Orders gives the president unilateral power to bypass
Congress. Congress can overturn an executive order, but the president has the
power to veto their overturn. Congress can then override the president’s veto
if they can manage to get a two thirds majority of the House and Senate.
Critics are crying foul over Trump’s plans to implement his
campaign promises. Particularly troublesome is Trump’s plan to ban refugees
from majority Muslim countries.
Stephen Legomsky, former chief counsel at U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services under former President Obama, said Trump has the authority
to limit refugee admissions into the United States and to control the issuance
of visas.
“From a legal standpoint, it would be exactly within his legal
rights,” said Legomsky. “But from a policy standpoint, it would be terrible
idea because there is such an urgent humanitarian need right now for refugees.”
Legomsky is now a professor at Washington University School of
Law in St. Louis.
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