'Southern Philippines' next in Trump's travel ban?

[safeorigin]

the problem here is that there's a BIG difference between what they say in their press release and what they do in reality. in fact, they dedicated a webpage solely for this purpose

Pages
- Inquiring about Travel Ban

heck, they still haven't lifted the Israeli travel ban



https://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/t...subuser=KLMB2C

but that's hardly surprising since gulf states are known to flip flop on their immigration policies when placed under international scrutiny

for example: http://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/06/why-g...or-europe.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/06/w...isis.html?_r=0

international pressure eventually got into them: Kuwait reiterates assistance for refugees | GulfNews.com

but still, it's pretty much a lottery ticket

on the other hand, the average Syrian, Lebanese, Iranian, Iraqi, Pakistani, Ethiopian, Yemeni and Israeli have to obtain both the security clearance and NOC (No Objection Certificate) from the Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior. this is what makes the imposed restriction pretty much an "ad hoc ban" since it's impossible for outsiders to obtain it...

http://visainfo.co.in/gulf-visa/77-k...a-requirements

[donbuggy]

"It's no fun being an illegal alien."