Haitians in Brooklyn are slamming President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban impacting 12 countries, which took effect Monday .

“It’s a racist, I should say, policy,” said Jensen Desrosiers, a Haitian restaurant owner based in Brooklyn.

The ban applies to citizens of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

“Seems to me it’s probably more racism,” said Lu, another Haitian living in Brooklyn. He preferred not to give his last name.

His reaction reflects the sentiment of many people in the Brooklyn community known as Little Haiti upon learning about Trump’s new travel ban.

Trump says the decision was made with national security in mind.

In addition to the ban, his proclamation also imposes heightened

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