2017: Chicago immigration reform advocates and Muslim leaders denounced President Donald Trump’s executive order to temporarily block refugees coming to the U.S. while the government reviewed screening processes, calling it an effective ban on Muslims in America.
In issuing the order, which called for a four-month halt on all refugee admissions, an indefinite ban on Syrian refugees and a temporary moratorium on immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries with terrorism concerns, Trump said he sought to protect the nation from terrorist attacks. He called for a review of all screening procedures for those seeking immigrant visas to the U.S.
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