Green Card Holders included in entry ban: Homeland Security

Green Card Holders included in entry ban: Homeland Security

WASHINGTON: People holding so-called green cards, making them legal permanent U.S. residents, are included in President Donald Trump´s executive action temporarily barring people from seven Muslim countries from entering the United States, a Department of Homeland security spokeswoman said on Saturday.


"It will bar green card holders," Gillian Christensen, acting Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman, said in an email.