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On the recordFebruary 7, 2017
None of the terrorist attacks that have occurred in the United States since 9/11 have been undertaken by the refugees or immigrants from the seven countries that are named in the executive order.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Himes argues against the justification for the travel ban based on past terrorist attacks.

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