Business Immigration Insights

It’s been a week since the Ninth Circuit unanimously upheld the temporary restraining order against the Trump administration’s Executive Order known as the “Travel Ban”.   Shortly after the Ninth Circuit’s ruling, President Trump said that new security measures were imminent, however, no new executive orders have been issued.  While waiting for the next attempt at a legal travel ban or a way to revive the prior one, those born in one of the countries mentioned in the original ban (Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen) and those from other predominantly Muslim countries may want to reconsider overseas travel at this time.  President Trump explained why there was no warning before the travel ban, so we expect the next one to be announced without warning as well.  The next one could, again, leave individuals stuck abroad for undetermined lengths of time.  Given what happened in various court cases, the administration will likely attempt to draft its new ban in a way that may prevent the courts from stopping the enforcement.