[DesertRhino]

The companies are concerned about access to skilled foreign workers and foreign markets.

iran,
iraq,
libya,
somalia,
sudan,
Syria,
yemen

Yeah....sure. Skilled workers and foreign markets. LOL

[ek_hornbeck]

It's a symbolic gesture. Obviously most of these companies have no significant business interests in those countries nor do they get workers from these countries. However, many corporations are so committed to open borders that they see any restriction on who can enter the country as something that has to be fought tooth and nail.

Their thought is that if today we stop refugees from Somalia and Syria, tomorrow we won't be allowing migrant farm laborers (and their families) from Mexico and Central America en masse, or H1B visa IT guys from China and India.

[mikeIII]

There are many Persians in America in skilled and influential positions. They are also not involved in Terrorism in America.

Had Trump substituted Pakistan and/or Saudi Arabia, we may not have run into such opposition to the ban. To a large extent, our problem is with the Iranian leadership, not the exiled Persians, who will probably support a strike on Iran's nuclear facilities. If Iran provokes us again, we should do just that.

[EBH]

bushamma has been a Cleveland Clinic employee on a work visa since July. The Associated Press reports that she had been on a trip to Saudi Arabia and was detained in New York City under Trump’s temporary ban before she was sent back to the Middle East. Abushamma is from Sudan, one of seven Muslim-majority countries included in Trump’s executive order.

Abushamma’s visa was canceled as part of the ban, but she received a visa waiver this week and was readmitted to her prior status.

http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/cleveland/cleveland-clinic-to-give-update-on-doctor-banned-from-us-under-trumps-immigration-order/402393217