SHAHEEN. Mr. President, I came to the floor today to join with
Senators and people across this country in speaking out against the
President's misguided and, I believe, destructive Executive order that
has abruptly closed our borders to all refugees as well as citizens
from seven Muslim-majority countries. During the campaign, Candidate Trump called for a ``total and
complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.'' I had
certainly hoped that once in office, he would receive wise and prudent
counsel and he would realize that elevating such a Muslim ban to the
status of official U.S. policy would have very negative consequences. Instead, what we have seen is that a small group in the White House
acting in secret produced this Executive order.
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