US set to expand travel ban to over 30 countries

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From The PIE: “Secretary of homeland security Kristi Noem said in a Fox News interview  that the administration was preparing to expand its travel ban to more than 30 countries, though she did not specify which ones would be added to the list … ’If they don’t have a stable government there, if they don’t have a country that can sustain itself and tell us who those individuals are and help us vet them, why should we allow people from that country to come here to the United States?’ Noem said … According to NAFSA analysis, the existing travel ban is set to have serious economic consequences, putting nearly $1 billion in economic activity and more than 8,000 US jobs at risk. Stakeholders have warned any expansion of the ban would only deepen these harms.”

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