Dear Friend,

Our team is analyzing all the fine print as we speak. Here's what we know right now:

• On January 31, 2020, President Trump signed a presidential proclamation which expands the Muslim Ban to include six additional countries: Burma, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania. Today’s proclamation maintains the original restrictions for Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, North Korea and Venezuela under Presidential Proclamation 9645 from 2017.
• Today’s proclamation states that the United States will suspend issuance of all immigrant visas for individuals from Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar (Burma), and Nigeria, as well as diversity visas for individuals from Sudan and Tanzania.
• The proclamation will not apply to non-immigrant visas, which are typically issued to tourists, visitors and students. Instead, it targets individuals who use immigrant visas to keep their families together here in the United States.
• Any visas granted before the proclamation’s effective date, February 22, 2020, will be honored by the United States. Individuals with valid visas issued before that date should not be affected when traveling to the United States.

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Farhana Khera
Executive Director
Muslim Advocates