President Trump's sweeping executive order banning refugees and barring immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries is just three days old, but has already upended hundreds of lives, drawn tens of thousands of protesters to airports around the nation, and spawned five federal lawsuits, as well as global outcry from across the political spectrum. Why is a defining campaign promise causing such confusion? Is it constitutional? Guest host Barbara Bogaev explores the fallout from the President's travel ban.
Administration defends travel ban, despite havoc
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- McCaskill on Democrats demanding meeting, answers from DHS chief
- Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse
- CAIR lawsuit challenging constitutionality of Trump's Muslim ban, executive order
- Allam on Trump abandoning stand on green card holders in face of court challenges
- Rubin on the 'staggering incompetence' of Trump's travel ban
- Johnson on the Yazidi refugee stranded at the airport by Trump
- NPR on 7 targeted countries' response to Trump's immigration ban
Credits
Guests:
- Hannah Allam - McClatchy Newspapers - @HannahAllam
- Jennifer Rubin - Washington Post - @JRubinBlogger
- Jessica Vaughan - Center for Immigration Studies - @JessicaV_CIS
- James Zogby - Arab-American Institute - @jjz1600
- Kirk Johnson - The List Project to Resettle Iraqi Allies - @KirkWJohnson