Many Brooklyn and New York officials trash Trump’s reissued travel ban
Dems say 'Muslim ban' is offensive, immoral & will make country less safe. Donovan, however, supports the ban
President Donald Trump reissued his much-maligned travel ban on Monday, this time excluding Iraqis from the list of majority Muslim countries — Sudan, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen — whose citizens and refugees are forbidden from entering the U.S.
Trump said the ban was intended to protect U.S. citizens from terror attacks. But Brooklyn, New York City and state officials ripped into the order as just another assault on Muslims and the U.S. Constitution, and one destined to actually make the country less safe.
“President Trump’s latest attempt at a travel ban is as discriminatory as his first one. The ban is a direct reflection of the President’s misguided ideas about immigrants, refugees and homeland security,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement.