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The Executive Order "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States" has been criticized by opponents for the selection of countries on the list.
What is the basis for the specific list of countries included in the travel ban?
For example, why, say, Iraq and not Saudi Arabia?
The original list was produced in 2015 under something called the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act.
That list was amended in Feb 2016 to add 3 more countries to include all the countries now on the list.
