US President Donald Trump plans to sign executive orders to restrict immigration to the country, including the construction of his proposed wall on the US-Mexico border and suspending visas for citizens of Iran and six other Middle Eastern and African countries, at least temporarily.
Trump will begin unveiling the executive actions on Wednesday, beginning with steps to temporary ban most refugees entering the US and deny visas to anyone from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, according to congressional aides and immigration experts briefed on the matter.
Another order will enable the construction of a border wall with Mexico and other actions to cut the number of undocumented immigrants living in the United States, said the aides and experts, who asked not to be identified.
“Big day planned on NATIONAL SECURITY tomorrow,” Trump wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. “Among many other things, we will build the wall!”
The proposed orders…