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Terrorists don't have to cross borders to carry out attacks
Despite massive disruption in this country and around the world, President Trump is battling in court for his travel ban to be reinstated. But would it be effective?
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenPhoto: A member of the Al Murisi family, Yemeni nationals who were denied entry into the US. last week because of the recent travel ban, shows the cancelled visa in their passport from their failed entry to reporters as they successfully arrive to be reunited with their family at Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia, February 6, 2017. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
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