ການຫ້າມເດີນທາງ ທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບການດັດແປງແກ້ໄຂໃໝ່ ຂອງປະທານາທິບໍດີດໍໂນລ ທຣຳ
ເລີ້ມມີການຈັດຕັ້ງປະຕິບັດໂດຍມີການປະທ້ວງແຕ່ພຽງເລັກນ້ອຍ ໃນຂະນະທີ່ພວກທະ
ນາຍຄວາມຄົນເຂົ້າເມືອງໄປເຕົ້າໂຮມກັນ ຕາມສະໜາມບິນຕ່າງໆເພື່ອໃຫ້ຄວາມຊ່ອຍ
ເຫລືອແກ່ພວກເດີນທາງຈາກ 6 ປະເທດ ທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບຜົນກະທົບ.
ກົດລະບຽບໃໝ່ຂອງສະຫະລັດທີ່ເລີ້ມມີຜົນບັງຄັບໃຊ້ໃນຕອນແລງວັນພະຫັດຜ່ານມາ
ນີ້ ແມ່ນບັງຄັບໃຫ້ພວກຂໍວີຊ່າຈາກ 6 ປະເທດທີ່ປະຊາຊົນສ່ວນໃຫຍ່ເປັນຊາວມຸສລິມ
ນັ້ນຕ້ອງມີຄວາມສຳພັນ “ຢ່າງແທ້ຈິງ” ກັບສະມາຊິກໃນຄອບຄົວຫຼືບໍ່ກໍທຸລະກິດໃນສະ
ຫະລັດ ຈຶ່ງຈະໄດ້ຮັບອະນຸຍາດ ໃຫ້ເດີນທາງເຂົ້າມາໃນສະຫະລັດໄດ້.
ກ່ອນເລີ້ມມີການຈັດຕັ້ງປະຕິບັດນັ້ນ ເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ອະວຸໂສຂອງລັດຖະບາ ນໄດ້ໃຫ້ການ
ອະທິບາຍກ່ຽວກັບວ່າ ພວກເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ກົງສຸນ ຄວນຈະດຳເນີນການແບບໃດກັບການ
ຂໍວີຊ່າສຳລັບຜູ້ຄົນ ທີ່ມາຈາກ ອີຣ່ານ, ລີເບຍ ໂຊມາເລຍ ຊູດານ ຊີເຣຍແລະເຢເມນ.
ຜູ້ໃດກໍຕາມ ທີ່ກຳລັງຢູ່ໃນບ່ອນລໍຖ້າ ເຂົ້າມາໃນສະຫະລັດ ທີ່ມີກຳນົດເດີີນທາງກ່ອນ
ວັນທີ 6 ກໍລະກົດຈະໄດ້ຮັບອະນຸຍາດໃຫ້ເຂົ້າມາໄດ້. ພວກທີ່ໄດ້ຊື້ປີ້ເດີນທາງຫຼັງຈາກ
ນັ້ນ ຈະໄດ້ຮັບການແກ້ໄຂຕາມ “ພາຍຫຼັງ’ ອີງຕາມບັນດາເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ອາວຸໂສຂອງລັດ
ຖະບານ.
ເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ລັດຖະບານ ກ່າວວ່າ ການນັດໝາຍເພື່ອຂໍວີຊ່າກ່ອນໜ້ານັ້ນ ຈະບໍ່ຖືກຍົກ
ເລີກ ແຕ່ບັນດາຜູ້ຂໍວີຊ່າໃໝ່ທັງໝົດຈະຕ້ອງພິສູດໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າ ມີຄວາມສຳພັນທີ່“ແທ້
ຈິງ” ກັບສະມາຊິກໃນຄອບຄົວຫຼືບໍ່ກໍທຸລະກິດໃນສະຫະລັດ ນອກເໜືອໄປຈາກການ
ກວດສອບຕາມປົກກະຕິແລ້ວ.
ຄວາມສຳພັນອັນໃກ້ຊິດ ທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບເອົາໄດ້ ໃນຖານະສະມາຊິກຄອບຄົວແມ່ນຮວມທັງ
ພໍ່ແມ່ ຄູ່ສາມີພັນລະຍາ ພວກລູກເຕົ້າທີ່ຍັງນ້ອຍ ລູກສາວຫຼືລູກຊາຍທີ່ໃຫຍ່ແລ້ວ ລູກ
ເຂີຍ ລູກສະໄພ້ ຫຼືບໍ່ກໍເປັນອ້າຍເອື້ອຍນ້ອງ ຂອງຜູ້ທີ່ຢູ່ໃນສະຫະລັດແລ້ວ.
ຄວາມສຳພັນ ທີ່ບໍ່ໄດ້ຮັບການພິຈາລະນານັ້ນ ແມ່ນຮວມທັງ ພໍ່ເຖົ້າແມ່ເຖົ້າ ປູ່ຍ່າ ຫຼານ
ລຸງປ້ານ້າອາ ຫຼານສາວ ຫຼານຊາຍ ພີ່ນ້ອງ ອ້າຍຫຼືນ້ອງເຂີຍ ເອື້ອຍຫຼືນ້ອງສະໄພ້ ຄູ່ໝັ້ນ
ຫຼືບໍ່ກໍຍາດພີ່ນ້ອງ ທີ່ຫ່າງໄກອອກໄປ. ເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ກ່າວວ່າ ການຈຳແນກດັ່ງກ່າວນີ້ແມ່ນ
ອີງຕາມກົດລະບຽບຕ່າງໆ ທີ່ຮວມທັງກົດໝາຍຄົນເຂົ້າເມືອງແລະການໂອນສັນຊາດ.
President Donald Trump's modified travel ban has been implemented with little immediate protest as immigration lawyers gathered at U.S. airports to aid travelers from six affected countries.
The U.S. activated the new rules Thursday evening requiring visa applicants from six majority-Muslim nations to have a "bona fide" relationship with a family member or business in the U.S. to be admitted into the country.
Before the rollout, senior administration officials explained how consular officials should proceed with the visa applications for people from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
Anyone in transit to the U.S. with travel scheduled before July 6 will be allowed to enter. Those with travel booked after that date will be addressed "later," according to senior administration officials.
Previously scheduled visa application appointments will not be canceled, administration officials said, but all new applicants will have to prove their bona fide relationship to a family member or business in the U.S. in addition to passing traditional screening.
Acceptable close family relationships include a parent, spouse, child, adult son or daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law or sibling who already is in the United States.
Relationships that do not meet the requirement include grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, cousin, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, fiance or other extended family. The officials said these distinctions were based on those included in the Immigration and Naturalization Act.
First court suit
Late Thursday, the Trump administration added fiances to the acceptable list after Hawaii filed an emergency motion in federal court, asking a judge to clarify that the ban can't be enforced against relatives, including fiances, not mentioned in the administration's guidelines.
U.S. District Court Judge Derrick Watson ordered the Justice Department to respond by Monday and gave Hawaii until July 6 for a rebuttal.
"I think the Supreme Court actually laid it out very clearly, a bona fide relationship is anyone who has a relationship with anyone in the United States or an American entity. And for the department of state to come out with such a new version of what that word actually means, it is kind of disheartening," New York Immigration Coalition Director of Political EngagementMurad Awawdeh told VOA. He added that the Trump administration is trying to "redefine what family means."
Awawdeh spoke Thursday at an anti-travel ban protest of about 150 people in New York's Washington Square.
Also at the protest, was Yemeni American Widad Hassan, who says that choosing between family and country is nothing new. Her sister-in-law and newborn nephew are in Yemen, while her brother is in the U.S., unable to reunite with his family.
"Do they leave to join their family in Yemen or do they stay here? So that is pretty much how the ban has impacted us," said Hassan, adding that the battle is a recurring one. "It is just mentally and emotionally draining, especially when you have family members who are being directly impacted by it."
"Hey hey! Ho ho! Syrian refugees have got to go!" shouted an older white man, hoisting a black-and-white "KEEP SYRIANS OUT" poster outside a #NoMuslimBanEver Emergency Town Hall in New York.
Travel ban supporter, Pauline Pujol told VOA, "I think Donald Trump is 100% correct. He is protecting the country. A president is supposed to protect the country; there is nothing racist about it. "It's about security."
Refugees
A 120-day ban on refugees and yearly cap of 50,000 total refugees coming to the United States also went into effect Thursday evening; however, any refugee who can prove a relationship to a family member in the U.S. may be allowed entry.
Senior administration officials said 49,009 refugees had been admitted to the U.S. in fiscal year 2017 as of Wednesday night, nearing the cap three-quarters of the way through the fiscal year that begins in October. But the cap is likely to be exceeded as additional refugees are accepted on the basis of family ties. Officials said about half of refugees admitted to the U.S. have family in the country.
The Supreme Court partially reinstated the president's executive order limiting travel after it was halted by two lower courts. The high Court will hold its own hearing on the legal challenges in October.
Trump says the order is necessary to protect national security, with the entry freezes meant to give the government time to strengthen vetting procedures.