here, you decide if the president s characterization there is accurate. let s talk more about this executive order. this bars millions of people from coming from certain let s call them terror prone countries, that s how the government is characterizing them, entering the united states for 90 days. according to a white house official, those runs are iran, iraq, syria, sudan, libz, yemen, somalia. it suspends the roughing program for 120 days and for syrian refugees, putting a cap on total number of refugees admitted at half the current level. it calls for new screening procedures and cancels the visa interview waiver program for repeat travelers. shortly after this executive order was signed google apparently sent an internal advisory to employees saying if they re from a country listed in this order they should can sece
the seven countries, iran, iraq, syria, yemen, somalia. that ban is in place for nievngt days. and then the u.s. immigration program is suspended for 120 days. the president s order said the program will only be reinstated for citizens who have been properly vetted. to walk you through what else is in the order. admissions for syrian refugees are indefinitely suspend a kwap on half the level. it calls for cancelling the interview program for repeat travelers as well. president said that christians need to be prioritized for immigration. he says they often have a tougher time getting from the u.s. into other countries. let s show you the numbers, is this what pew research found. 38,901 muslims in 2016 which is a record.
it also indefinitely suspends admission for syrian refugees. you but the cap on the total amount of refugees from 1210,000 to 50,000. it calling for new screening procedures. it also cancels the visa interview waiver program for repeat travelers. google apparently sent out an internal advisory to its employees saying if they re from a country listed in the order, they should cancel their travel plans. cnn correspondent ben wedeman joining us live in istanbul. ben, assigned, you already have been able to talk to some people affected by this order. help us understand how they re processing it. reporter: well, they re having a very hard time processing. in fact, this morning, i spoke with a friend in baghdad. he moved to the u.s. a few years ago understand a special refugee program. he has a green card. but now he doesn t know, and
this is in response to an executive order signed by the president. it bars millions of people from seven terror prone countries as they re described from entering the u.s. for 90 days. according to a white house official it s iran, iraq, syria, sudan, libya, yemen and somalia. it also suspends the u.s. refugee admissions program for 120 days and indefinitely suspends admissions for syrian refugees. it puts a cap on the total number of refugees admitted at less than half of the current level. so about 50,000. it calls for new screening procedures. also canceling the visa sb interview waiver program for repeat travelers. cnn correspondent ben weedis joining us from istanbul. you ve already found people that