White House says has updated guidance for green card holders

REUTERS

 

Press Secretary Sean Spicer speaks as television screen displays journalists who participate in the daily briefing via Skype at the White House in Washington U.S., February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Wednesday it has issued updated guidance on President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration clarifying that legal permanent residents, or green card holders, do not require a waiver to enter the United States.

 

"They no longer need a waiver because if they are a legal permanent resident they won't need it anymore," White House spokesman Sean Spicer said at a news briefing.

 

The restriction on green card holders was among the most confusing element in the executive order signed on Friday.

 

Initially, administration officials said such permanent legal residents were barred from entry under the executive order, although they could apply for a waiver and be rescreened.

 

After the ensuing outcry -- including legal challenges -- over legal residents being detained, the Homeland Security Department said on Sunday green card holders would be allowed on planes to the United States and would be assessed upon arrival. "We expect swift entry for these individuals," DHS said.

 

Spicer said the White House counsel issued an update on Wednesday to clarify that those legal permanent residents no longer need a waiver.

 

"Initially, as the program was lifting off, the idea was that they would go through be granted a waiver, of which everyone was," Spicer told the news briefing. "In the sake of efficiency, we have interpreted the guidance to all of these agencies ... that that does not apply, they no longer need a waiver."

 

(Reporting by Roberta Rampton and Doina Chiacu; Editing by David Alexander and Sandra Maler)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-02-02

In normal administrations you give the GUIDANCE before you implement a new program, not 5 frigging days later

 

But I guess we better get used to the new normal  because the tone has been set 

Still a ban on Green Card holders, since Airlines will be reluctant to allow them to board flights to the US when they may still be barred entry after said "Assessment on Arrival". The airlines have to carry the cost if the passenger is refused entry. 

What a mess!

So it would appear that the asistant AG was probably correct in her assessment of the original EO.

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7 hours ago, Langsuan Man said:

In normal administrations you give the GUIDANCE before you implement a new program, not 5 frigging days later

 

But I guess we better get used to the new normal  because the tone has been set 

Could be Thailand really.  Welcome to the Third World, Usofa!

Trump and his administration can expect to have some problems if you start refusing entry to people who have legal status to be in the US.   Once they land, they have full constitutional rights.  

 

 

One exception down - many, many more to go.

Many, many more people to suffer from the incompetence and thoughtlessness of the new administration.