What Trump Did on January 27, 2017

Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States

Executive Order published in the Federal Register (82 FR 8977).

Rebuilding the U.S. Armed Forces

Memorandum published in the Federal Register (82 FR 8983).

Executive order restricts entry from seven countries, triggering airport protests and litigation

Executive Order 13769 suspended entry for nationals of seven majority-Muslim countries and paused refugee admissions. Courts blocked portions of the order; a revised version followed and a third iteration was largely upheld by the Supreme Court in 2018.

Why it matters: The first major test of the administration's immigration agenda in the courts.