This move will likely damage relationships with our
Muslim allies who are fighting ISIS militants, and be used as a tool by
the Islamic State to increase their recruitment and radicalization
efforts. Of course, my friends in the majority and in the White House claim
that the seven countries under this order were similarly targeted by
our previous administration. In reality, President Trump's
discriminatory ban is drastically different than President Obama's
specific changes to the State Department Visa Waiver Program, in which
the changes focused on expedited visa privileges for dual nationals and
did not target all citizens from specific countries; but I will bet you
didn't hear Sean Spicer make that distinction. Instead, the
administration is busy downplaying the number of people who were
impacted by this decision and is claiming that only 109 people were
affected--aka alternative facts. At least 700 people were denied
boarding after the order was issued, and 90,000 people in these
countries already have visas but will not be able to travel to the
United States. It is time for the President to stop defending his divisive and
unconstitutional executive order and start being transparent about his
business interests. Every President who has been elected in the modern
era has released his tax records to ensure the American people that his
actions will not be impacted by financial holdings.
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