Prior Presidents ’ “Travel Bans” Are Different From President Trump’s Ban

President Trump ’stravel ban Proclamation that bans immigration and travel from seven countries (and limits it from an eighth) is based on authority in immigration law that other presidents have used. But all but one of these bans were quite different from President Trump ’s. They banned at most a few thousand—almost always specifically named—individuals based on their personal conduct, not their nationality. In the one exception, not all nationals were banned, and the requirements to end the ban were very clear. Neither of which can be said for the Trump ban.Different in ScaleNo president has attempted to ban as many foreigners with a single stroke of his pen as President Trump did this September. If fully implemented, his ban would impact the ability of 183.6 million people to apply for a visa to travel to the United States —that’s the sum total of the populationin the seven banned countries, but there are millions of their nationals who live outside their borders. This compares to the 10.2 million Cubans that President Reagan partially banned in 1986. All of the other 42 bans combined barred only roughly 30,000 (see explanation at the end).Figure 1 Number of Banned Persons (in Millions) by OrderSources: Author ’s calculation based on theOffice of Foreign Assets Control,World Bank,Congressional Research Service (listing the bans)Here ’s another important point: A majority of all of those banned under the 42 orders likely would be inadmissible under existing ...
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