TLO Advisory #2: Southern Philippines is NOT at this time a designated ‘country’ covered by Trump’s Executive Order 13769 of January 27, 2017 Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States.
Here is a statement from our Executive Director Benjamin Johnson of the American Immigration Lawyer’s Association:
“Contrary to rumors apparently circulating, AILA National has no confirmation of additional countries being added to the travel ban. The executive order anticipates that additional countries could be added. Clearly it is impossible to guess where, when, or how the president will use this authority.”
