The Disastrous Consequences of Trump’s New Immigration Rules

January 27, 2017  |  POLITICO

"With the stroke of a pen, the president has seriously jeopardized America’s safety and standing," writes Dickey Center Director Daniel Benjamin in POLITICO, referring to the order calling for a temporary ban on visas for individuals from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia; a 120-day suspension of the resettlemetn of all refugees; and a ban on resettlement of Syrian refugees. 

With his executive action suspending the admission of refugees to the United States and temporarily halting the entry of citizens from a variety of Muslim countries, President Donald Trump made a quick down payment on a key campaign promise. He also set the U.S. on a disastrous course—one that threatens to weaken our national security and diminish American global leadership.

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