What's the whole story with Trump banning green card holders?

Asked by JLeslie (65447) January 28th, 2017 from iPhone

I’ve looked at several stories, here’s one, and I know everyone is hysterical about this, but I can’t help but question exactly what the whole story is.

It’s pretty horrifying to think green card holders will be unable to come back into the US, but the more I read in detail, it looks to me like that’s not the case. It says people from those countries will be scrutinized more than other countries. Was that going on already? You can always find a story of immigration being a pain in the neck.

My SIL was detained for 5 hours in immigration with a 3 year old and an infant. Her parents had to buy formula for the baby so it could be fed. They gave her a hard time even though all of her paperwork was in order. They finally let her in, but she had to go back to Miami (she stayed an hour north of Miami) to appear before an immigration judge for him to rule on the case. It took two minutes for the judge to rule she hadn’t don’t anything that would cause her to lose her green card status, but it was all very stressful for her. She wasn’t living in the US at the time, she just would come back to maintain her status and visit.

I have many many immigration stories that if you switch it to “and Trump was president” everyone is in a terrified uproar.

I am horrified if he is harassing people, and actually banning people who have green cards, but I’m not sure it’s the case. It’s definitely not the first time people who are legal in the US don’t travel “home” for fears of not being able to re-enter the US. Although, usually having a green card feels very secure.