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Here’s the point — Already existing Green Card holders must be given an exception to this rule.

Green card holders are not citizens — depending on the card and how it was obtained, that honor comes three or five years later.

But they’re not bog-standard visa-holders either. Unlike, say, H1B-carriers, permanent residents are expected to LIVE in America by default, and are in fact penalized if they don’t.

By law and by expectation, this country is their home; their base; the ground in which their roots are planted. Because of this, permanent residents are able to purchase, own, and carry firearms; they are required to register with the selective service; and they are treated for tax and welfare purposes as are U.S. citizens.

They can’t vote or serve on a jury, but, other than, they effectively enjoy all the liberties that natural born Americans enjoy. When they re-enter the country, the agent says “Welcome Home,” which is a big change from their visa days. They are not Americans, and they mustn’t pretend to be. But they are as close as one can get without being one.

I bring it up because I can’t work out how applying Trump’s rule to the holders of green cards makes any logical sense.

NOTE: these are people who have already gone through the vetting process; people who have been granted permanent residency; people who have made their lives here on the understanding that to fail to do so will incur penalties. What possible sense can it make to temporarily restrict their travel?