WASHINGTON — More than 130 members of America’s foreign policy establishment denounced President Trump’s revised travel ban on Friday as just as damaging to the United States’ interests and reputation as his original order that halted refugees and froze travelers from predominantly Muslim countries. Their argument mirrors one also being made by states that claim the revised travel ban discriminates against Muslims and will hurt businesses and universities. Get the Morning Briefing by Email What you need to know to start your day, delivered to your inbox Monday through Friday. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThis week, the Trump administration issued a new order that slightly scaled back the original ban but is still considered a significant hardening of American immigration policy. “The revised executive order is damaging to the strategic and national security interests of the United States,” the letter said.

Source: New York Times March 11, 2017 06:00 UTC