As many as 2466 immigrant refugees from the six nations under new travel restrictions have settled in the US since the inauguration of Donald Trump as President. The countries include Iran, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, Libya, and Sudan. This is according to an analysis of data from the State Department, carried out by the Pew Research Center.
The number of immigrant refugees from nations under the new restrictions accounts for 32 percent of all immigrant refugees allowed into the US since Trump became President. A new executive order, recently signed by the President, will go into effect tomorrow. It bans new US visas for citizens of the six countries for 90 days while security measures for those nations undergo a review. The new order also blocks admissions of immigrant refugees from all other nations to the US for 120 days pending a similar review of security procedures.
687 immigrant refugees from the six restricted nations entered the US during the first week of Trump’s Presidency, making 34 percent of all refugee admissions for that week. Admissions ended the following week, due to Trump’s first executive order. After the suspension of that, by a federal judge on 3 February, admissions resumed.
In total, 7594 immigrant refugees have entered the US during the President’s first seven weeks in the White House. The terms of the new order mean that 12,284 extra immigrant refugees can be admitted to the US for the rest of the year.