Throughout his campaign Trump mentioned a temporary ban on Muslims entering the U.S. He signed an executive order on Friday to ban people from 7 countries (Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen). Trump's administration said that the seven countries were chosen because they had been identified by Congress and the Obama administration as the most likely to have terrorists.
Even though there have been many court rulings throughout the country against this executive order, expect most Republicans and the White House to continue to support the 120 day ban.
In response to the executive order there have been many demonstrations at airports across the country and there will most likely continue to be more including one in front of the White House potentially. A lot of criticism of the ban has come from outside the United States as well. It will be interesting to see other nations and people with ties back to those 7 countries react to it.
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Iran has recently issued a travel ban to U.S citizens in response to Trump's executive order. http://nypost.com/2017/01/29/iran-to-ban-us-citizens-in-retaliation-to-trump-move/. It was said in the article that this move was an "open affront effort against the Muslim world." The ban is estimated to restrict around 1 million Iranian-Americans from entering the country for around 90 days. The effects of Trump's order have been seen around the world and have so far been perceived negatively.
I agree with Quaddourah, the Iranian president has reacted by banning Americans entry into Iranian borders, and this may become a trend among those countries targeted by Trump's executive order. The demonstrations have sent a strong message to the President and for the most part they've been constructive and peaceful which is a hugely positive side to see.
President Trump's chaotic muslim majority ban has received widespread criticism from several Republican leaders who had remained silent before. Senators such as Jeff Flake, Charlie Dent, Justin Amash, John McCain, Lindsey Graham have openly voiced their disapproval of the "muslim ban" and deemed it as unconstitutional. It is extremely important to highlight that muslim majority countries such as Saudi Arabia were excluded from the list due to business ties. Of course the leaders in Washington won't upset the Saudis, we need their oil. If this ban was truly meant to prevent terrorist attacks such as 9/11, Saudi Arabia should have been put on that list. However, the kingdom's state owned oil company controls the largest oil refinery in the United States. America remains far from self sufficient when it comes to the production of crude oil.
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