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Trump's travel ban and the long-term agenda
The Trump Administration's revised travel ban may be good news for some visa holders and others, but it's still being challenged as unconstitutional. Some reporters call it the beginning of a long-term effort to change the demographic make-up of the United States.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenPhoto: People in Washington, DC protest President Trump's revised travel ban, March 7, 2017. (Ted Eytan)
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3 storiesUS sends Marines to support Raqqa assault
The Pentagon announced today that some 400 US Army Rangers and Marines have arrived in Syria, preparing for the upcoming battle to liberate Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic State's so-called caliphate.
Read the story7 minTrump's travel ban and the long-term agenda
President Trump’s travel ban suspended in courts has been revised . There’s no mention of any religion, and many thousands of people can enter the US after all. But, while Iraq has been removed from the list for banned travelers, it still applies only to Muslim-majority nations.
Read the story34 minIsrael, too, has a travel ban
Another travel ban… this time from Israel.
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