Shadowstalker16: Wait what? US citizens who immigrated to the US but went to visit their home country cannot return? That sounds kinda retarded; how could anyone verify their original country in the first place? Their passport have their previous country listed and US airport authorities are checking those? Please explain this.
dtgreene: Replace "citizen" with "permanent resident" and yes, that is indeed what is happening.
From what I understand, passports have the country of birth listed, and if it happens to be one of the 7 forbidden countries, the person is not allowed to travel, despite having a green card and being a permanent resident.
Also, it's not just visiting one's country of origin that causes this; it's leaving the us *at all*, even if it's just to Canada.
Also, people with dual Iran/other citizenship (where Other != US) are also being turned away, and it is pretty much impossible to renounce Iran citizenship.
Yes, it really is that bad.
Hmm that is indeed very strange and nonsensical. So this applies to people from the visa ban listed countries who aren't full citizens yet correct?