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THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PANEL VOTED ALONG PARTY LINES IN FAVOUR OF ADVANCING THE "NO BAN ACT", WHICH WAS INTRODUCED AMID WIDESPREAD OUTRAGE OVER TRUMP"S TRAVEL BAN. THE MEASURE NOW MOVES TO THE FULL HOUSE.
CALIFORNIA BANNED TAXPAYER-FUNDED TRAVEL TO ALL BUT TWO TARGETED STATES FOR THEIR ACTIONS TO PROTECT RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. CALIFORNIA ADDED IOWA AND NORTH CAROLINA TO THE TRAVEL BAN FOR BUCKING THE LGBT POLITICAL AGENDA ON SEX-REASSIGNMENT SURGERY AND PUBLIC RESTROOM USE, RESPECTIVELY.
THE EXTENSION OF THE TRAVEL BAN COMES AT A DELICATE TIME FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AMID A CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK IN CHINA. THE ADMINISTRATION ALSO ANNOUNCED ON FRIDAY THAT MOST FOREIGN CITIZENS TRAVELING FROM CHINA WOULD BE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED ENTRY IN THE UNITED STATES.
THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT FIRST ISSUED ITS TRAVEL BAN ON CHINA FEB. 2 TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19) TO THE PHILIPPINES. A WEEK LATER, IT ANNOUNCED THE EXTENSION OF THE BAN TO COVER TAIWAN, CITING THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION"S (WHO) LISTING OF TAIWAN AS PART OF CHINA.
AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES COUNT COST OF CORONAVIRUS 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.
AND WHILE TRAVEL BANS ARE FREQUENTLY USED TO STOP THE SPREAD OF AN EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE, A NEW UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY STUDY OF PUBLISHED RESEARCH FOUND THAT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TRAVEL BANS IS MOSTLY UNKNOWN.
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.
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.
THE RACISM AT THE HEART OF TRUMP』S 『TRAVEL BAN』
TRUMP EXPECTED TO REVEAL TRAVEL BAN EXPANSION ON FRIDAY
LAST FRIDAY, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION EXPANDED ITS 2017 TRAVEL BAN — WHICH RESTRICTED IMMIGRATION FROM SEVEN MUSLIM-MAJORITY COUNTRIES — TO INCLUDE SIX MORE COUNTRIES, INCLUDING NIGERIA, AFRICA』S MOST POPULOUS NATION. WHILE THIS NEW POLICY HAS SUSPENDED NIGERIAN PATHWAYS TO PERMANENT IMMIGRATION TO THIS COUNTRY, INCREASED SCRUTINY WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON TEMPORARY VISITORS TO THIS COUNTRY TOO.
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.
TEXAS ASKS SUPREME COURT TO REPEAL A CALIFORNIA TRAVEL BAN
HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI ANNOUNCED MONDAY THAT THE HOUSE WILL SOON BEGIN MARKING UP LEGISLATION TO OVERTURN THE TRAVEL BAN BUT THE PATH AHEAD FOR THE HOUSE"S NO BAN ACT WILL BE DIFFICULT IN A SENATE THAT MARCHES IN LOCKSTEP WITH THIS PRESIDENT. REVOKING THE BAN SHOULD BE AMONG THE FIRST ACTS OF A NEW ADMINISTRATION -- ANY NEW ADMINISTRATION.
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.
WHAT"S NEXT: TRUMP"S BROADER TRAVEL BAN
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — HEALTH SECRETARY FRANCISCO DUQUE III ON FRIDAY SAID THAT AUTHORITIES ARE WEIGHING IF THE 2019 CORONAVIRUS OR COVID-19 WARRANTS A TRAVEL BAN ON SINGAPORE.

 

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