Jan. 29 (UPI) — White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said Sunday that President Donald Trump‘s executive order barring entry from select countries “doesn’t include green-card holders going forward.”

His clarification came as legislators, including Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Republican Sen. John McCain, called on the Trump administration to rescind the order. Earlier, a Department of Homeland Security official said people holding green cards, making them legal permanent US residents, were included in President Donald Trump’s executive action temporarily barring people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. So we are going to help them.” The president’s order, enacted with the stroke of a pen at 4:42 pm Eastern on Friday, suspended entry of all refugees to the United States for 120 days, barred Syrian refugees indefinitely and blocked entry into the United States for 90 days for citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.
White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus states that people from the affected countries who have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence, i.e. have a green card, will not be prevented from returning to the United States.