President Donald Trump issued a revised executive order Monday restricting refugee resettlement travel to the United States from six Muslim-majority countries — a move that will likely significantly redefine its role as a leader in resettling some of the world’s most vulnerable people.
The document has much of the same substance as the original executive order restricting immigration and refugee admissions that Trump signed at the beginning of February. But it also has some different elements and has backed away from some especially contentious areas.
Like the original, this order places a 120-day suspension on all refugee arrivals to the U.S. But it does not stipulate an indefinite ban on Syrian refugees, who make up 35 percent of the world’s more than 21 million refugees.
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Amy Lieberman is the U.N. Correspondent for Devex. She covers the United Nations and reports on global development and politics. Amy previously worked as a freelance reporter, covering the environment, human rights, immigration, and health across the U.S. and in more than 10 countries, including Colombia, Mexico, Nepal, and Cambodia. Her coverage has appeared in the Guardian, the Atlantic, Slate, and the Los Angeles Times. A native New Yorker, Amy received her master’s degree in politics and government from Columbia’s School of Journalism.
