--- title: Travel Ban: Lawmakers React to Donald Trump's Order description: Lawmakers reacted to Donald Trump's revised ban that temporarily halts people from six Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. canonical: https://time.com/4692116/donald-trump-travel-ban-internet-reaction/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-06T18:36:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-07T07:19:27.848Z article:section: Politics og:title: ‘Still a Muslim Ban': Lawmakers React to President Trump's Travel Ban og:description: Some said it was "un-American" og:url: https://time.com/4692116/donald-trump-travel-ban-internet-reaction/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb7f54f1528b9ebb/6988bd23f887dccf74e99526/trump-travel-ban1.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: President Trump at the White House in Washington, DC og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: ‘Still a Muslim Ban': Lawmakers React to President Trump's Travel Ban twitter:description: Some said it was "un-American" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb7f54f1528b9ebb/6988bd23f887dccf74e99526/trump-travel-ban1.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # ‘Still a Muslim Ban': Lawmakers React to President Trump's Travel Ban > Sponsored content. 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President Donald Trump's revised travel ban will temporarily halt entry to the United States for people from six Muslim-majority nations who are seeking new visas_ by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Mar 6, 2017 6:36 PM UTC President Donald Trump's revised travel ban will temporarily halt entry to the United States for people from six Muslim-majority nations who are seeking new visas by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Mar 6, 2017 6:36 PM UTC Lawmakers swiftly reacted to President Trump’s revised travel ban that temporarily [halts people from six Muslim-majority countries](http://time.com/4691806/president-trump-new-travel-ban/?xid=homepage) from entering the U.S. The revised order, which aimed to the tackle [legal issues facing the original ban](http://time.com/4684810/justice-department-travel-ban-appeal-request-denied/?xid=homepage), dropped Iraq from the list of targeted countries and specified that the 90-day ban on travelers from Sudan, Iran, Libya, Somalia and Yemen does not apply to people who have valid visas. Democratic lawmakers swiftly condemned the new ban, saying it targets Muslims. Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, said in a tweet, “Trump’s Muslim Ban is still a Muslim Ban.” > [](https://twitter.com/keithellison/status/838790960444223489) New York Sen. Chuck Schumer [tweeted](https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/838795259815542785), “a watered down ban is still a ban.” In subsequent tweets, Schumer called the ban “mean-spirited & un-American,” and urged for it to be repealed. > [](https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/838795380389203969) > [](https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/838798004995960832) DNC Chair Tom Perez also called the ban “un-American” in a statement. “Trump’s obsession with religious discrimination is disgusting, un-American, and outright dangerous,” Perez said. “Don’t be fooled — he promised again and again during his campaign that he would single out and persecute a specific religious group, and that’s exactly what he’s trying to do now.” > [](https://twitter.com/SteveKopack/status/838801329061519364) Other representatives echoed their colleagues. > [](https://twitter.com/SenCortezMasto/status/838797762946871300) > [](https://twitter.com/NancyPelosi/status/838796100328910848) > [](https://twitter.com/GKButterfield/status/838796229593206785) > [](https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/838793017456738305) > [](https://twitter.com/AGSchneiderman/status/838796927361773568) > [](https://twitter.com/RepMikeQuigley/status/838797540267069440) > [](https://twitter.com/RepDanKildee/status/838799240746975232) > [](https://twitter.com/RepGwenMoore/status/838799559497289733) While Democrats were quick to decry the revised order, some Republicans cheered on Trump’s new ban. House Speaker Paul Ryan [said](https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/status/838802843628879873) the “revised executive order advances our shared goal of protecting the homeland,” in a statement. “I commend the administration and Secretary Kelly in particular for their hard work on this measure to improve our vetting standards,” he continued. “We will continue to work with President Trump to keep our country safe.” ## Transcript [00:00] This executive order is prospective in nature. Its focus [00:02] is on preventing the entry of new foreign nationals from [00:06] six designated countries. Accordingly, it is important to [00:10] note that nothing in this executive order effects existing [00:13] lawful permanent residents or persons with current [00:16] authorization To enter our homeland. The State [00:19] Department will implement the provisions in this order [00:22] that allow for the admissions of refugees when it is [00:25] determined they do not pose a risk to the security or [00:28] welfare of the United States. Iraq is an important ally in [00:32] the fight to defeat ISIS. With their brave soldiers fighting [00:36] in close coordination with America's Men and women in [00:39] uniform. This intense review over the past month [00:44] identified multiple security measures that the state [00:46] department and the government of Iraq will be [00:50] implementing to achieve our shared objective of [00:53] preventing those with criminal or terroristic intent From [00:57] reaching the United States. This executive order [01:00] responsibly provides a needed pause [01:04] so we can carefully review how we scrutinize people [01:08] coming here from these countries of concern. As [01:11] President Trump noted in his address to Congress, the [01:14] majority of people convicted In our courts for [01:18] terrorism- related offenses since 9 / 11, came here [01:22] from Iran. We also know that many people seeking to [01:25] support or commit terrorist acts will try to enter [01:29] through our refugee program. In fact today more than [01:32] 300 people, according to the FBI, who came here [01:37] as refugees, are under an FBI investigation [01:41] today for potential terrorism related activities. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4692116/donald-trump-travel-ban-internet-reaction/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4692116/donald-trump-travel-ban-internet-reaction/"},"headline":"‘Still a Muslim Ban': Lawmakers React to President Trump's Travel Ban","datePublished":"2017-03-06T18:36:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-07T07:19:27.848Z","description":"Some said it was \"un-American\"","url":"https://time.com/4692116/donald-trump-travel-ban-internet-reaction/","keywords":["White House","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb7f54f1528b9ebb/6988bd23f887dccf74e99526/trump-travel-ban1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb7f54f1528b9ebb/6988bd23f887dccf74e99526/trump-travel-ban1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Trump at the White House in Washington, DC","caption":"President Trump at the White House in Washington, DC","creditText":"Pool—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4692116/donald-trump-travel-ban-internet-reaction/","name":"‘Still a Muslim Ban': Lawmakers React to President Trump's Travel Ban"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"President Trump's New Travel Ban Halts U.S. Entry For 6 Muslim-Majority Nations","description":"President Donald Trump's revised travel ban will temporarily halt entry to the United States for people from six Muslim-majority nations who are seeking new visas","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/4oXbADZ4/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-03-06T17:51:53.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/4oXbADZ4.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4692116/donald-trump-travel-ban-internet-reaction/","duration":"PT1M46S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4692116/donald-trump-travel-ban-internet-reaction/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```