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by pvg 3306 days ago
When President Trump issued an Executive Order banning immigrants from seven countries

That's not what the executive order did.

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That's not what the executive order did.

From [1]:

    Executive Order 13769 lowered the number of refugees to be admitted 
    into the United States in 2017 to 50,000, suspended the U.S. Refugee 
    Admissions Program (USRAP) for 120 days, suspended the entry of Syrian
    refugees indefinitely, directed some cabinet secretaries to suspend entry
    of those whose countries do not meet adjudication standards under U.S. 
    immigration law for 90 days, and included exceptions on a case-by-case
    basis. Homeland Security lists these countries as Iran, Iraq, Libya, 
    Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.
What did I miss?

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13769

You are confusing refugees, immigrants and the people affected by the EO. None of these are the same thing.
I recall people with valid green cards having issues getting back into the country under the original EO. Even people with (e.g.) Canadian citizenship that were born in said countries were having issues... or people born in Canada whose parents were originally from those countries.

I don't think that the distinction is as narrow as you think that it is.

That's... kind of my point so I'm not sure what narrow distinction you think I have in mind.
I misread your post then. For some reason, I thought that you were arguing that only refugees were affected by the EO.