More than 9.000 people affected by immigration ban

U.S. Iulia Postelnicu
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday through which he bans people from seven countries to enter the US.

According to data, more than 9,000 people are affected by this restriction. The ones that have a visa or are waiting to get one are affected by it. The ones that have a green card are safe.

The countries banned are: Syria, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Yemen and Sudan.

On Monday, Trump took to Twitter to point to the fact that only few people were held for questioning at airports. Sean Spicer, his press secretary, also spoke about it.

According to the president, “only 109 people out of 325,000 were detained and held for questioning.”

In spite of this number, the people that are actually affected are in a much larger number.

The number Trump delivers doesn’t take into consideration the ones that were stopped from boarding the plane. More than 348 people couldn’t do that on Friday after the law.

This isn’t all, once they arrived in the states, some had to go back, as they weren’t allowed to enter.

Iranians, even if they were included in the ban or not, had to experience bad traveling, with delays and lots of questioning.

The State Department released a report that says how many people from these states have received visas since 2015.

People will be banned for just 90 days now to enter the country. The ones that are already in the US won’t be able to leave in this period.

The numbers the president and his staff delivered are obviously low in comparison with the real facts. This was definitely meant to protect his decision and make things look milder than they actually are.