Citizens from Yemen and four other mostly Muslim countries, along with North Korea and Venezuela, are restricted from coming to the United States under the travel ban enacted under President Donald Trump.
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Snopes→ Yemeni Mom on Way to Give Ill Son Kiss After Getting Waiver
She needed a waiver from the Trump administration's travel ban to fly to California where her 2-year-old son is on life support.
Snopes→ Court Upholds Trump Travel Ban, Rejects Discrimination Claim
The Supreme Court has upheld President Donald Trump's ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries, rejecting a challenge that it discriminated against Muslims or exceeded his authority.
Snopes→ Supreme Court Allows Full Enforcement of Trump Travel Ban
The justices said that the policy can take full effect even as legal challenges against it make their way through the courts — with two dissensions.
Snopes→ Limits on Travel to U.S. Issued After Supreme Court Ruling
People from six Muslim-majority countries will be allowed to enter the United States if they can prove certain family relationships.
Snopes→ High Court Reinstates Trump Travel ban, Will Hear Arguments
The court will allow the 90-day ban to go into effect, and will consider the case in the fall.
Snopes→ Judges Question Religious ‘Neutrality’ of Trump’s Revised Travel Ban
President Trump's executive order banning travelers from certain countries from entering the U.S. met with stiff questioning in federal court.
Snopes→ Did Jeff Sessions Say He’s Amazed a Judge ‘On an Island in the Pacific’ Can Block Executive Orders?
The Trump administration's Attorney General expressed his amazement on a radio talk show.
Snopes→ IJR Staffers Suspended for Promoting Obama Conspiracy Theory
Independent Journal Review suspended three staff members, including chief content officer Benny Johnson, for suggesting that Obama may have interfered in a Hawaii judge's ruling on the Trump travel ban.
Snopes→ Federal Judge Blocks President Trump’s Travel Ban
The executive order was the administration's second attempt to restrict travel to the United States from certain Muslim-majority countries.
Snopes→ President Donald Trump and Sweden
An 18 February 2017 address Trump gave in Florida caused widespread confusion with his reference to an unspecified (and seemingly nonexistent) incident in Sweden.