On Friday afternoon, President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order that closes America’s borders, for at least the next three months, to millions of foreigners—with a specific emphasis on people from seven predominantly Muslim countries, including Iran, Somalia, and war-ravaged Syria. What does this mean for refugees? Trump's ban has completely suspended the US Syrian refugee programme, which accepted a total of 12,486 Syrians last year. Does the ban also affect green card holders? US homeland security secretary John Kelly said in a statement that people from the seven countries who hold so-called green cards as lawful permanent US residents would not be blocked from returning to the United States from overseas/ Is this legally binding? Executive orders are legally binding and are recorded in the Federal Register, a record of all regulations and public notices. These can be subjected to a legal review. I
