YEREVAN, JANUARY 31, ARMENPRESS. US President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration policy can cause confusion, Giro Manoyan - Director of the International Secretariat of the ARF Bureau, said in an interview with “Armenpress”.

On January 27 Trump signed an executive order on restricting the entry of citizens from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Libya and Yemen to the country for 90 days.

“There is a lot of uncertainty in this process. On the one hand, statement is issued saying that this order doesn’t apply to green card holders, however, in practice, there were people who faced this issue. This means, that this process must be clarified”, Giro Manoyan said.

Armenians as citizens of the above-mentioned 7 countries can also face problems. If they arrived in US from those countries before the executive order and if they decide to leave the country during this period, their entry to US later can be banned. Giro Manoyan said there had been cases when a citizen had legal documents but faced problems while entering the US.

“Currently court proceedings are underway, we think that during this period certain issues will be clarified”, he said.

The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) has issued a statement regarding the January 27, 2017, White House Executive Order on immigration, titled, “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States”.

The statement says the Committee remains concerned regarding the developing situation surrounding the White House’s January 27th immigration Executive Order, both at the level of U.S. policy and in terms of this action’s impact on Armenian individuals and families.

The ANCA continues to engage relevant stakeholders – including Congress and the White House and recommends those Armenians whose relatives or friends have been detained at U.S. ports of entry or who have been blocked from re-entry to the U.S. to contact the Committee immediately and inform about their situation.