President Trump’s revised immigration executive order that will replace the controversial one struck down by the federal courts is expected to be signed and released on Monday.
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said on Fox News that the order will be more clear on the status of green card holders and removes Iraq from the list of banned countries.
“It has an effective date of March 16,” Conway said. “The legal permanent residents were always excluded from it but that’s made much more clear now. If you have travel documents, if you actually have a visa, if you’re a legal permanent resident, you are not covered under this executive action.”
“Also, Iraq is no longer on the list thanks to their enhanced screening and reporting measures,” she added.
The executive order will come as the administration continues to defend in court an order that banned immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries and stopped all refugees from being admitted into the country until reviews could be done into the vetting process.
The previous order also completely banned immigration and refugees from Syria. Conway said that would change under the next order, which would see Syrian refugees treated like all other refugees, she said.
