June 18, 2025 2:36 pm
Counterterrorism is the stated goal. But the data — and his own words — tell a different story. Countries that have produced the most dangerous terrorist threats to America are absent from the ban
June 30, 2017 8:25 am
The 90-day ban on visitors from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen will allow exceptions for people with "close family relationships" in the United States, which the government has defined narrowly, excluding grandparents and grandchildren, aunts and uncles and others.
June 27, 2017 12:45 pm
Donald Trump called the court's action "a clear victory for our national security," adding, "I cannot allow people into our country who want to do us harm. I want people who can love the United States and all of its citizens, and who will be hard working and productive."
June 26, 2017 8:56 pm
Donald Trump had last week said that the ban will come into effect in 72 hours after being cleared by the courts.