Canada to Offer Temp Permits to Those Stranded by Trump Ban

Canada will offer temporary residency permits to

 travelers who become stranded here by President 
Donald Trump's order banning travelers from seven Muslim-majority nations, the immigration minister said Sunday.

Ahmed Hussen, a Somali refugee, was recently named
Canada's immigration minister. He said no one is
 currently stranded at the country's airports by the ban.

"Let me assure those who may be stranded in Canada
 that  I will use my authority as minister to provide 
them with temporary residency if they need it, as we 
have done so in the past," Hussen said.

Hussen said White House officials have offered
 assurances that permanent Canadian residents can
 enter the U.S. if they have a valid Canadian permanent resident card and a passport from one of the countries affected. Permanent residents are the equivalent of
 green card holders in the United States.

Dual citizens with a Canadian passport can still enter 
the U.S. The U.S. State Department had initially said that 
dual Canadian citizens were included in the ban.

But Daniel Jean, Canada's national security adviser, 
said Trump's national security adviser Michael Flynn 
assured him that dual Canadian citizens are not affected.

He said he first learned of the ban on travelers through
 the news media, and doesn't believe the measure makes
 the world any safer.

Meanwhile, more than 200 leaders of Canada's
 technology sector signed an open letter urging the
 federal government to provide working visas to tech 
workers affected by the Trump administration's action. 
The letter requests visas allowing people who were 
working in the sector in the U.S. to now live and work in Canada with access to benefits while they apply for
permanent residency, if they choose.

Jennifer Moss, who co-founded a Canadian tech 
company and speaks for an organization called Tech 
Without Borders, said such visas could help workers who
 are blocked from returning to U.S. jobs.

"If you're not interested in keeping people that are 
extremely talented, intelligent, brilliant minds from all 
around the world, and turning them away at the borders, 
we're happy to take those people in our country," 
Moss said.