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THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ON WEDNESDAY VOTED, 22-10, TO TERMINATE PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP"S EXPANDED TRAVEL BAN AND REIN IN PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY TO ISSUE SUCH TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS.
THE BAN ON TRAVELERS FROM TAIWAN WAS ABRUPTLY IMPOSED LATE MONDAY NIGHT AS PART OF THE PHILIPPINES" ONE-CHINA POLICY AFTER IT ISSUED A SIMILAR BAN ON TRAVELERS FROM CHINA, HONG KONG AND MACAU ON FEB. 2 TO PREVENT THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC FROM REACHING THE PHILIPPINES.
NO AMOUNT OF REGULATORY SUBTERFUGE CAN DISGUISE THE BAN』S CLEAR PURPOSE. AS THE BRENNAN CENTER HAS ARGUED IN OUR LAWSUIT CHALLENGING THE TRAVEL BAN, THE PRESIDENT HAS A WELL-DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF SPEWING HATRED AGAINST MUSLIMS, WITHOUT WHICH THE BAN WOULD NOT HAVE EXISTED IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PROVOKED ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL OUTCRY WHEN IT ANNOUNCED LATE LAST MONTH THAT IT WAS ADDING SIX NEW COUNTRIES TO ITS LIST OF NATIONS THAT FACE BROAD TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS TO THE UNITED STATES: ERITREA, KYRGYZSTAN, MYANMAR, NIGERIA, SUDAN AND TANZANIA. THE EXPANSION OF THE TRAVEL BAN, WHICH PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP FIRST ISSUED AS AN EXECUTIVE ORDER JUST DAYS AFTER HIS INAUGURATION IN JANUARY 2017, WILL TAKE EFFECT ON FEB. 22.
LOCAL NIGERIAN CATHOLICS STUNNED BY NEW TRAVEL BAN
ISSUED HIS FIRST TRAVEL BAN THREE YEARS AGO — COMMONLY CALLED THE 「MUSLIM BAN」 BECAUSE SIX OF THE TARGETED COUNTRIES ARE PREDOMINANTLY MUSLIM — MANY AMERICANS TOOK TO THE STREETS. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION REVISED THE BAN SEVERAL TIMES AS IT WORKED ITS WAY THROUGH LEGAL CHALLENGES IN FEDERAL COURT. ON JUNE 26, 2018, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT UPHELD THE THIRD ITERATION OF THE ORIGINAL TRAVEL BAN.
TRUMP TRAVEL BAN, PART II
THE US CORONAVIRUS TRAVEL BAN COULD BACKFIRE. HERE"S HOW
THE EFFORTS TO TAMP DOWN ON VISITORS FROM THOSE COUNTRIES WITH A TRAVEL BAN COINCIDED WITH EFFORTS WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION TO LOWER THE NUMBER OF REFUGEES ADMITTED TO THE UNITED STATES. MUSLIM REFUGEE ADMISSIONS HAVE FALLEN MORE THAN ANY OTHER GROUP. VISITORS AND IMMIGRANTS FROM COUNTRIES TARGETED BY INITIAL VERSIONS OF THE BAN HAVE ALSO DROPPED, ACCORDING TO DATA.
THAT MORNING, ON FEB. 2, PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE OF THE PHILIPPINES HAD ANNOUNCED A TEMPORARY TRAVEL BAN THAT BARRED FLIGHTS ARRIVING FROM MAINLAND CHINA, HONG KONG AND MACAU. AT THE AIRPORT, OFFICIALS TOLD MS. DORINGO THAT THE BAN ALSO APPLIED TO FILIPINO TRAVELERS GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
ON FEBRUARY 1, 2020 TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER BANNING ALL FOREIGN NATIONALS FROM ENTERING THE US WHO HAD BEEN IN CHINA. THE ORDER CAME INTO EFFECT AT 5PM ON FEBRUARY 2, 2020. TRUMP HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF 『PANICKING』 BY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THE TRAVEL BAN.
THE RACISM AT THE HEART OF TRUMP』S 『TRAVEL BAN』
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TRUMP EXPECTED TO REVEAL TRAVEL BAN EXPANSION ON FRIDAY
LAST WEEK, THE TUFTS INTERNATIONAL CENTER CONTACTED STUDENTS FROM THREE OF THE COUNTRIES RECENTLY ADDED TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION』S TRAVEL BAN TO CLARIFY THE UPDATED BAN』S PROVISIONS AND TO OFFER A NUMBER OF TRAVEL AND COUNSELING RESOURCES.
THE INITIAL 14 DAY TRAVEL BAN WAS IMPOSED FROM FEB. 1 ON NONCITIZENS WHO HAVE TRAVELED FROM OR TRANSITED VIA THE CHINESE MAINLAND IN THE PAST FORTNIGHT.
U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE JAMES ROBART IN SEATTLE — THE SAME JUDGE WHO BLOCKED TRUMP"S INITIAL, BROADER TRAVEL BAN IN EARLY 2017 — BLOCKED THE COMPANION REFUGEE RESTRICTIONS LATE THAT YEAR IN CONSOLIDATED LAWSUITS THAT WERE BROUGHT BY THE ACLU, JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES, INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. THEY ALLEGED THAT THE REFUGEE BANS WERE DISCRIMINATORY AND ARBITRARY AND THAT THEY VIOLATED DUE PROCESS RIGHTS.
POLLING THAT SHOWS THE MAJORITY DO NOT SUPPORT A WAR WITH IRAN, PRESIDENT TRUMP』S IRAN POLICY, OR THE TRAVEL BAN. THIS SHOULD COME AS NO SHOCK, BECAUSE IN FACT THESE ARE THE

 

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