Practical Considerations for Employers on the Immigration-related Executive Order

Practical Considerations for Employers on the Immigration-related Executive Order

January 30, 2017, Covington Alert

As has been widely reported, President Trump issued an Executive Order (“the Order”) on Friday, January 27, 2017, entitled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States,” which, among other directives, bans individuals from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Yemen, and Somalia (the “Covered Countries”) from entering the United States for at least the next 90 days following the date of the Order.