The new travel ban President Trump signed Monday is no less misguided and damaging to those trying to travel to the U.S., or to those seeking refuge from war-torn regions of the world, than the original. The two new executive orders implementing the ban also show that Trump learned little from the policy debacle of the first go-round. In fact, it feeds into propaganda by Islamic extremists that the Western world is at war with Islam. And the new ban doesn’t go into effect until March 16, presumably to avoid the kind of disastrous rollout that marked the original ban. At least the ban will not affect noncitizens with lawful permanent resident status (green-card holders) if they travel abroad.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 06, 2017 20:41 UTC