Conway says Trump's new travel ban will have 'six or seven major' differences

White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway on Monday morning previewed President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, saying the new executive order will have an effective date of March 16 and will exclude Iraq and current visa holders.

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Politico - White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway on Monday morning previewed President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, saying the new executive order will have an effective date of March 16 and will exclude Iraq and current visa holders.

Conway also said the new order would be released later on Monday and that it would treat Syrian refugees no different than other refugees.

"I think people will see six or seven major points about this executive order that do clarify who is covered,” Conway said on "Fox and Friends.” "If you have travel docs, if you actually have a visa, if you are a legal permanent resident, you are not covered under this particular executive action. Also, Iraq is no longer on the list based on their enhanced screening and reporting measures.”

Trump’s original executive order, which cracked down on travel and immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries and temporarily banned Syrian refugees, touched off a furor not just in the United States but also abroad.

The courts quickly froze the order and the Trump White House decided to craft a modified version rather than take its legal battle all the way to the Supreme Court.

It’s not clear if the changes laid out by Conway will be enough to mollify Trump’s critics and the courts, but they would mark a significant rollback from the original, aggressive travel ban.