Shares10 Immigration lawyers are sleeping a little better these days, yes, but I can’t say that our days of anxiety are over quite yet. We are constantly scratching our heads about where our clients fit into new policies. One of the latest conundrums revolves around whether a client is impacted by one of the myriad of bans currently on the books. President Joe Biden kept his promise and reversed the Trump administration’s infamous Muslim Ban immediately upon taking office, making it possible for immigrants from seven Muslim countries to resume their immigration journeys after four years of being shut out of the United States. But that was only one of several bans that emerged in the past few years, particularly during 2020. People have been banned from obtaining new temporary or permanent visas (green cards). The bans are visa- as well as country-specific. Essentially, COVID-19 gave Trump what Congress wouldn’t — limited immigration.