Trump Travel Ban — EO 13769 Blocks 7 Muslim-Majority Nations; Airport Protests Erupt

Trump signed Executive Order 13769 on January 27, 2017 — his seventh day in office — suspending entry from Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen for 90 days, halting the refugee program, and indefinitely banning Syrian refugees. Immediate chaos erupted at airports as green card holders and visa holders were detained. Federal courts rapidly blocked the order; after two revisions, a modified version was upheld 5-4 by the Supreme Court in Trump v. Hawaii (2018).