IRNA � The White House press secretary Sean Spicer says, the US administration�s travel ban policy constitutes a ban based on nationality, not religion.


Spicer made the remarks in a press conference held on Monday.

But soon he had to respond a question and elaborate on the reason why Trump�s campaign website still contains the statement on Muslim ban.

�If this White House is no longer calling this a Muslim ban, as the president did initially, why does the president�s website still explicitly call for �preventing Muslim immigration� and it says �Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,� ABC reporter Cecilia Vega asked Spicer.

According to the Hill, Spicer said he was aware of what was on the campaign website.

�But insisted the administration�s policy is a travel ban based on nationality, not religion,� The Hill said on its website.

Apparently, however, after comments by the White House press secretary, the Muslim travel ban statement was soon removed from Trump�s campaign website.

�Minutes after we asked the WH why the President's campaign website still called for a Muslim ban, it appears the statement was deleted,� ABC reporter Cecilia Vega said in a twitter message.

Trump signed the executive order in January, placing a 90-day travel ban on people from Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Iraq, and Yemen and a 120-day ban on any refugees.

Iraq was exempted from the ban on March 6.