****UPDATE**** February 6, 2017

On Sunday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Trump Administration’s request to immediately reinstate enforcement of the Travel Ban, which had been stopped on Friday by a Federal judge.

This means that for the time being, the ban will not be enforced. These decisions do not cancel the ban forever. The decisions only address what will happen to the ban while the lawsuits which have been filed challenging the ban are heard by the court system. The status of the ban could change at any time.

The Department of Homeland Security has now announced that it will stop forcing airlines to block travelers covered by the ban from boarding their flights.

The State Department has also announced that it will reverse its cancellation of visas under the order.

****UPDATE**** February 3, 2017

On Friday, February 3, 2017, a Federal judge temporarily halted enforcement of the Travel Ban. The Trump Administration has announced it will immediately appeal the judge’s decision.

****Original Post****

Hammond Law Group has issued the following update to it’s Alert regarding the travel ban imposed by President Trump’s Executive Order issued on January 27, 2017:

This is an update to the Alert we issued on Monday, January 30, 2017 (included below). Hammond Law Group LLC has received reports that a draft of an Executive Order modifying President Trump’s January 27, 2017 Executive Order 13769, Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals, is currently being circulated for review. This Executive Order, if signed, may add the following countries to the travel ban implemented on January 27th: Egypt, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Colombia, Venezuela, southern Philippines, trans-Sahara (Mali), and Sulu/Sulawesi Seas Littoral. We believe the new Executive order may be published within the next two weeks.

Given the manner in which the current travel ban was implemented and the way it was announced with no advanced notice, not to mention the lack of guidance with regard to how it was to be enforced, we have no choice but to suggest that nationals from any country on this new list (without regard to their immigration status) refrain from traveling outside the US until such time as we know more about this proposed Executive Order. It is entirely possible that this information is either inaccurate or incomplete; however, the severe consequences of being denied re-entry into the US would suggest extreme caution is justified at this time.

The complete Alert can be found HERE.