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On the recordFebruary 6, 2017
His Executive Order banning all travel from seven majority-Muslim countries and suspending our refugee program under the guise of security does nothing to make us safer.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson criticizes Trump's travel ban as ineffective for national security.

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