President Trump's newest round of travel bans take effect Monday, furthering his administration's crackdown on unauthorized immigration.
The big picture: Trump's first term travel bans caused immediate confusion, humanitarian concern and were slammed as discriminatory.
What they're saying: "The restrictions in this proclamation are country specific and include places that lack proper vetting, exhibit high visa overstay rates, or fail to share identity and threat information," Abigail Jackson, a White House spokesperson, said in a statement when the bans were announced last week. • The recent attack in Boulder, Colorado, underscored "dangers" of immigrants who overstay visas, Jackson added. Egypt, where suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman is from, was not on the travel ban list.
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