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This was discussed quite extensively in a previous thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13508220 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13508220

• zaroth 10y ago
  There's no need for wild theories. The list of countries was previously chosen by the Obama administration. The EO specifically orders for additional research into amending the list of countries in the future. [1] - https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/us/politics/annotating-trump-immigration-refugee-order.html https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/us/politics/annotating... ". . . I hereby proclaim that the immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United States of aliens from countries referred to in section 217(a)(12) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1187(a)(12), would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, and I hereby suspend entry into the United States, as immigrants and nonimmigrants, of such persons for 90 days from the date of this order . . . The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the President a list of countries recommended for inclusion on a Presidential proclamation that would prohibit the entry of foreign nationals."