Filipiniana News - February 2017 Rhyme and Reason US Travel Ban, STCA and the ETA As Canada's closest neighbour, a lot of what is happening in the United States can have a significant impact on our country. This is especially true in the area of immigration law and policy owing to our shared physical borders and a common official language. Thus, when the new US President Donald Trump issued his extremely controversial and highly-questionable executive order suspending the entry of citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries (Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen) to the US for 90 days and the entry of all refugees for 120 days (with an indefinite ban for Syrian refugees), widespread protests ensued not just in the US but all throughout Canada as well. The resulting chaos has temporarily subsided after a US judge issued a restraining order against the implementation of the executive order pending the adju...