White House reverses course on including fiancs in Trump travel ban criteria

Source: The Hill




By Melanie Zanona - 06/29/17 09:39 PM EDT


................The administration, which was predicting a smooth rollout of the executive order, said that refugees and travelers targeted by the ban who have a fiancé in the United States can still come into the country, in an apparent last-minute change to the new criteri

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The White House, which has been eager to avoid the chaos and confusion that dogged the first rollout of the travel ban earlier this year, said it coordinated closely with agencies and stakeholders to develop clear guidance on the new criteria.

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They said foreign travelers from affected countries can only come to the U.S. to visit spouses, parents, parents-in-law, children, adult sons or daughters, siblings, step or half siblings, or sons- and daughters-in-law. But the policy excludes entry for visiting cousins, grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and brothers- and sisters-in-law.

The Department of Homeland Security did not update its guidance to include fiancés until sometime after the new travel restrictions took effect at 8 p.m...

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