President Donald Trump's new executive order on immigration and refugee resettlement was signed last Friday, and the order has caused concern among colleges across the country because of their international students studying in America. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Nebraska-Omaha have reached out to their students and cautioned against traveling outside of the country at this time.
The order impacts three different groups of people trying to enter America: Syrian refugees, other refugees, and citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. Following the order, Syrian refugees are indefinitely banned from resettling in the United States. Refugees from other countries are hindered from resettlement in America for 120 days. The citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen have been banned from entering America for 90 days.