The Trump administration’s latest travel ban and enhanced vetting protocols issued this week would significantly slow refugee resettlement in Utah and across the nation.
Administration officials claim it will enhance national security, but critics say it is clearly a politically-charged anti-immigration, anti-muslim effort that would punish vulnerable men, women and children who are stranded in refugee camps.
Trump’s original 120-day ban on refugees expired Tuesday, but the administration re-booted the program with new restrictions, including enhanced vetting for all refugees and an additional 90-day review for 11 countries: Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Mali, North Korea, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.