The Open LedgerA citizen’s reference · checked October 15, 2026

P-29Partly keptImmigration and the border

A “total and complete shutdown” of Muslims entering the country, later recast as extreme vetting.

What happened

He signed a ban on travelers from seven mostly Muslim countries on Jan. 27, 2017. Courts blocked the first version and much of the second; the Supreme Court upheld the third, 5 to 4, on June 26, 2018, as “squarely within the scope of Presidential authority.” His side defended it as a national security measure. It applied to listed countries, not to Muslims as a group, and stayed in force until President Biden rescinded it in January 2021.

Sources

  1. EBSCO Research Starters, Trump travel banebsco.comhttps://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/trump-travel-ban-executive-order-13769 #142
  2. Faegre Drinker, June 26, 2018faegredrinker.comhttps://www.faegredrinker.com/en/insights/publications/2018/6/supreme-court-decides-trump-v-hawaii #153

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