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Trump Immigration Executive Order Not Travel Ban, But Temporary Pause for Review

© REUTERS / Ted SoquiPro-Trump demonstrators yell slogans during protest against the travel ban imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order, at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 29, 2017
Pro-Trump demonstrators yell slogans during protest against the travel ban imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order, at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 29, 2017 - Sputnik International
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President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration is not a travel ban, but a temporary stop that will allow officials to review the current immigration system, US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said in a press briefing on Tuesday.

U.S. President Donald Trump (from L), joined by Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Vice President Mike Pence, National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, Communications Director Sean Spicer and senior advisor Steve Bannon, speaks by phone with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. January 28, 2017 - Sputnik International
Why Trump's Executive Order Has Nothing to Do With 'Muslim Ban'
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Kelly also noted that all actions undertaken by the Department of Homeland Security are in compliance with judicial orders issued after the president’s executive order was signed.

"This is not a travel ban, this is a temporary pause that allows us to better review the existing refugee and visa vetting system," Kelly stated.

On Friday, Trump signed an executive order that suspends entry to the United States for citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days; bans all refugees from entry for 120 days; and bars all Syrian refugees from entering the United States indefinitely.

The order, aiming to boost the country's security, has sparked controversy around the world and led to multiple protests in the United States.

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