Letter: New travel bans don’t target worst offenders | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Tacoma nonprofit fighting for refugees now taking aim at Trump’s travel ban

A Tacoma-based nonprofit and other aid groups fighting President Donald Trump’s temporary suspension of refugees entering the United States are pushing back against the president’s travel ban for also limiting the number of admissions.After Lutheran Community Services Northwest (LCSNW) and others sued the Trump administration in February, a U.S. District judge in Seattle temporarily blocked Trump’s effort to suspend the U.S. Refugee Admissions P…

Lawmakers with Georgia’s Africa caucus urge Trump administration to rethink expanded travel ban

Georgia’s Africa legislative caucus meets at the state capitol in Atlanta to call attention to a travel ban expected to impact 36 additional countries. Maya Homan/Georgia RecorderThe Trump administration is preparing to expand travel restrictions to 36 additional countries — primarily those in Africa and the Caribbean — in a move purportedly aimed at boosting national security. According to a memo issued to U.S. diplomats and obtained by the Was…

Letter: New travel bans don’t target worst offenders | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

The Trump Administration recently announced a travel ban edict affecting future incoming visitors from 12 countries around the globe. The express reason for the new travel ban is national security, to protect Americans from the threat of global terrorism and other harmful criminal activity. However, clearly missing and absent from the list are the following countries: Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iraq, Lebanon and Egypt.