Presidential Proclamation 9645

Executive Order 13780

Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States
President Trump signing the revised order in the Oval Office
Executive Order 13780 in the Federal Register
Type	Executive order
Executive Order number	13780
Signed by	Donald Trump on March 6, 2017 (2017-03-06)
Federal Register details
Federal Register document number	2017-04837
Publication date	March 9, 2017 (2017-03-09)
Document citation	13209
Summary
Revokes and replaces Executive Order 13769 Modified on 24/9/2017 Suspends the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program for 120 days (expires 27/10/2017)* Restricts admission and halts new visa applications of citizens from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen for 90 days (expires 27/9/2017)* Orders list of countries for entry restrictions after 90 days Suspends admission of refugees for 120 days (expires 27/10/2017)* Other provisions *Effective since June 29, 2017

Executive Order 13780, titled Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States, is an executive order signed by United States President Donald Trump on March 6, 2017, that places limits on travel to the U.S. from certain countries, and by all refugees who do not possess either a visa or valid travel documents. According to its terms on March 16, 2017, this executive order revoked and replaced Executive Order 13769 issued January 27, 2017. Trump has called the new order a "watered down, politically correct version" of the prior executive order.

On March 15, 2017, Judge Derrick Watson of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii issued a temporary restraining order enjoining the government from enforcing several key provisions of the order (Sections 2 and 6). By taking into account evidence beyond the words of the executive order itself, the judge reasoned the executive order was likely motivated by anti-Muslim sentiment and thus breached the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution. On the same date, Judge Theodore Chuang of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland reached a similar conclusion (enjoining Section 2(c) only). The Department of Justice stated that it "will continue to defend [the] Executive Order in the courts". Shortly following arguments from the State of Hawaii and the Department of Justice, the restraining order was converted by Watson into an indefinite preliminary injunction on March 29. The federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia, refused on May 25, 2017 to reinstate the ban, citing religious discrimination. On June 1, 2017, the Trump administration appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court for the cancellation of the preliminary injunctions and to allow the order to go into effect while the court looks at its ultimate legality later in the year. On June 26, 2017, the Supreme Court partially lifted the halt and agreed to hear oral arguments for the petition to vacate the injunctions in October.