Such is the Trump administration’s travel ban for people from seven Muslim countries. Hence the executive order suspending entry of citizens from the seven countries while the vetting process is reviewed and tightened. The notion that we had to act immediately because hordes of jihadists in these seven countries were about to board airplanes to blow up Americans is absurd. Similarly, during the brief Trump moratorium, a cavalcade of innocent and indeed sympathetic characters — graduate students, separated family members, returning doctors and scientists — were denied entry. It risks alienating the leaders of even nonaffected Muslim countries — the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation expressed “grave concern” — which may deter us from taking far more real and effective anti-terror measures.

Source: Washington Post February 10, 2017 00:51 UTC