Federal judge stays deportations under Trump Muslim country travel ban Read moreTrump’s chief of staff, Reince Priebus, however, appeared to concede ground when he said the ban would no longer apply to green-card holders. But he also suggested that “other countries” may “need to be added” to the travel ban. Though the decision does not affect all the terms of Trump’s order, it clearly targets its provisions about deportations. Trump moved away from calling for a “Muslim ban” late in his White House campaign, but as recently as Friday he said he wanted to show preference to Christian refugees. Vice-president Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan, the two most powerful figures in Washington behind Trump, both criticized his call to ban Muslim migration while he was a candidate last year.

Source: The Guardian January 29, 2017 16:41 UTC