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Green card holders were not specifically noted in the executive order. But if there arose a question about it, or any other exceptions, the order allowed Homeland security to determine eligibility case by case, which would allow green card holders who did not pose some apparent threat to be allowed back in:
Section 4(e) of the order: Notwithstanding the temporary suspension imposed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security may jointly determine to admit individuals to the United States as refugees on a case-by-case basis, in their discretion, but only so long as they determine that the admission of such individuals as refugees is in the national interest -- including when the person is a religious minority in his country of nationality facing religious persecution, when admitting the person would enable the United States to conform its conduct to a preexisting international agreement, or when the person is already in transit and denying admission would cause undue hardship -- and it would not pose a risk to the security or welfare of the United States.
So, per that, green card holders are not being denied entry. And, although the Exec Order does not specify Christians as possible exceptions to denial of entry, the order does specify religious minorities facing persecution in the specified countries. Christians, and Yazidis, certainly fit that category.
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