Amid international outcry over U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order barring citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries, at least two of those nations are taking steps to ban U.S. citizens from their borders.
Members of the Iraqi parliament voted Monday in favor of a resolution calling on Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to “respond in kind to the American decision in the event that the American side does not to withdraw its decision,” a parliamentary official told Agence France Presse.
While questions remain about whether that ban will extend to the U.S. military or aid organizations, Iraqi lawmakers Kamil al-Ghrairi and Mohammed Saadoun told the Associated Press that “the decision is binding for the government,” the news outlet explained.
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“Both say the decision was passed by a majority votes in favor but couldn’t offer specific numbers,” AP reported Monday. “No further details were available on the wording of the parliament decision. It was also not immediately clear who the ban will apply to—American military personnel, non-government and aid workers, oil companies and other Americans doing business in Iraq.”
The country’s foreign affairs committee also called for a reciprocal travel ban while the foreign ministry issued a statement Monday demanding that “the new American administration reconsider this wrong decision,” referring to Trump’s executive order which bars citizens from Syria, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Sudan, Libya, and Somalia—as well as green card holders from those nations—from entering the U.S.
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