--- 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: 2026-02-23T03:41:09.828Z 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=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # ‘Still a Muslim Ban': Lawmakers React to President Trump's Travel Ban 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 J. Trump waves as he walks across the South Lawn towards the White House on March 5, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Donald J. Trump waves as he walks across the South Lawn towards the White House on March 5, 2017 in Washington, DC.Pool—Getty Images 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.” ```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":"2026-02-23T03:41:09.828Z","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":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/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"}}]}] ```