Trump's New Travel Ban Takes Effect, and Some Protest
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The Olympian (TCA) on MSNGov. Ferguson, WA leaders slam Trump’s new travel bans, call them ‘hate repackaged’Washington will not just stand up to what’s going on. We will lead on this issue, just like we have in the past,” Gov. Bob Ferguson said Tuesday.
A new travel ban preventing people from a dozen countries from entering the United States went into effect Monday.
The ban went into effect Monday, prohibiting people from 12 countries and heavily restricting people from seven other countries from entering the U.S.
Mohammad Sharafoddin, his wife and young son managed to make it out of Afghanistan as refugees nine years ago, at one point walking 36 hours over mountain passes.
President Donald Trump’s latest travel limitations may keep fans from the 19 named nations from seeing their athletes compete in some of the globe’s most important sporting events in the next several years,
The White House says the 12 countries on the list are "deficient with regards to screening and vetting" and are being targeted to protect U.S. national security.
The Haitian government is expressing disappointment with the U.S. over Trump's recent decision to implement a travel ban, barring Haitians.
President Trump issued a travel ban on 19 countries over national security concerns, with Senator Zaynab Mohamed condemning the move as rooted in discrimination.