WEBVTT 00:02.400 --> 00:04.666 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: After months of legal and political wrangling, President Trump's executive order 00:04.666 --> 00:09.666 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% banning entry into the U.S. from six Muslim-majority countries goes into effect tonight. 00:11.666 --> 00:16.233 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Earlier this week, the Supreme Court gave a partial green light to get started, ordering 00:18.266 --> 00:21.266 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% those with what it called bona fide family or business ties to the U.S. be granted entry. 00:22.900 --> 00:26.800 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% Last night, the Trump administration laid out which connections count. 00:26.800 --> 00:30.366 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And joining us to discuss these guidelines is Yeganeh Torbati. 00:30.366 --> 00:32.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% She covers the State Department for Reuters. 00:32.566 --> 00:34.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Yeganeh, welcome back to the program. 00:34.833 --> 00:38.966 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% So what is the administration saying now about who is permitted in and who isn't? 00:38.966 --> 00:41.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YEGANEH TORBATI, Reuters: Right. 00:41.033 --> 00:45.133 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% From these six countries, and individuals who have certain family connections, so spouses, 00:47.100 --> 00:50.600 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% mothers, fathers, children, siblings, even step-siblings, they can be allowed in. 00:52.100 --> 00:54.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% The State Department is counting that as a bona fide connection. 00:54.833 --> 00:59.466 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% But if you are the grandparents of a U.S. citizen, for instance, or the grandchild, 00:59.466 --> 01:02.766 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% and you are trying to get in and you're a citizen from one of these six countries, that 01:02.766 --> 01:05.733 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% doesn't count in the State Department, in the U.S. administration's view. 01:05.733 --> 01:09.400 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% JUDY WOODRUFF: And there was also a definition of business relationship. 01:09.400 --> 01:11.533 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% YEGANEH TORBATI: Right. 01:11.533 --> 01:15.400 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% So, if you are a student that has been accepted into a U.S. university, someone with an offer 01:17.366 --> 01:20.633 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% of employment from an American company, or even a lecturer coming in to lecture at a 01:22.433 --> 01:24.666 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% conference, for instance, or university, you can be allowed in. 01:24.666 --> 01:29.200 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% But if are you someone who has just booked a hotel room or a tour or something like that, 01:29.200 --> 01:31.233 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% that does not count. 01:31.233 --> 01:34.066 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: And what about those people who were in the process of trying to get a 01:34.066 --> 01:36.166 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% visa to come here? 01:36.166 --> 01:38.466 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% YEGANEH TORBATI: So, any individual who has been granted a visa, those visas are not going 01:38.466 --> 01:40.533 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% to be revoked. 01:40.533 --> 01:42.633 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% They are still valid and they will still be able to come into the United States. 01:42.633 --> 01:46.500 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% But there's thousands potentially of people who had applied for visas, they were waiting 01:46.500 --> 01:48.166 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% to hear back. 01:48.166 --> 01:50.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Those individuals, we're not exactly sure. 01:50.633 --> 01:55.100 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% But I think that is going to be something that now consulate officers will have to take 01:55.100 --> 01:58.766 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% into account these guidelines when they are assessing, are they actually going to give 01:58.766 --> 02:00.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% that visa to that person or not? 02:00.933 --> 02:05.166 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: And, Yeganeh, did the administration explain how it made this dividing line when 02:06.300 --> 02:08.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% it comes to family relationships? 02:08.233 --> 02:10.266 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% YEGANEH TORBATI: It seemed a little bit arbitrary from the outside. 02:10.266 --> 02:14.633 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% What the administration said today to reporters is that they looked at guidelines that they 02:14.633 --> 02:19.633 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% have from the Immigration Nationality Act, which is the main U.S. law that governs U.S. 02:19.633 --> 02:21.700 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% immigration. 02:21.700 --> 02:24.333 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And they said that that is how they are going to assess which family relationships count 02:24.333 --> 02:26.900 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% and which don't. 02:26.900 --> 02:30.166 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% Critics, of course, say that they're still hewing this line very narrowly, they're interpreting 02:30.166 --> 02:34.666 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% the Supreme Court ban narrowly, the Supreme Court ruling narrowly, so that they can let 02:34.666 --> 02:36.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% in as few people as possible. 02:36.166 --> 02:38.666 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: So we know this has been subject to litigation. 02:38.666 --> 02:41.533 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Is it expected there are going to be more lawsuits or does this settle it? 02:41.533 --> 02:46.066 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% YEGANEH TORBATI: We haven't seen people, and refugee groups or institutions like the ACLU 02:46.066 --> 02:50.900 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% running yet saying that they are going to be suing over this or filing new complaints. 02:50.900 --> 02:53.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% It is certainly a possibility. 02:53.533 --> 02:57.033 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% One other thing to mention is that the administration seems to be very narrowly interpreting which 02:57.033 --> 02:59.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% refugees it's going to let in. 02:59.066 --> 03:03.400 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% It is saying that just having a relationship to a resettlement agency is not enough, and 03:03.400 --> 03:07.600 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% therefore any additional refugees that will be coming in this year will have to have some 03:07.600 --> 03:09.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% family relationship in the United States. 03:09.800 --> 03:11.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% The refugee groups are very upset about that. 03:11.933 --> 03:16.933 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% They think that that violates the spirit, if not the letter of the Supreme Court's order. 03:18.966 --> 03:19.833 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And that is something that we're going to see if there is going to be litigation or 03:19.833 --> 03:21.533 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% not. 03:21.533 --> 03:23.566 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% It doesn't seem like as of yet there's been any complaints filed. 03:23.566 --> 03:26.333 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: All right, Yeganeh Torbati with Reuters, thanks very much. 03:26.333 --> 03:28.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% This goes into effect tonight at 8:00 Eastern. 03:28.166 --> 03:29.166 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% YEGANEH TORBATI: Yes. 03:29.166 --> 03:30.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: We thank you. 03:30.166 --> 03:30.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YEGANEH TORBATI: Thank you.