The House approved a measure that would repeal the Trump administration’s travel ban and further restrict the president’s power to limit entry to the U.S.
China says the U.S. has ordered it to close its Houston consulate in what it called a provocation that violates international law.
In debate ahead of the vote, Democrats repeatedly blasted the travel ban that President Trump first imposed in January 2017. They called it biased against Muslims, whose entry into the country Trump first suggested blocking during his 2016 White House run.“It will be a proud day for this Congress when we invalidate the president’s infamous and ugly attempt to scapegoat people based on their religion,” Rep. Jamie Raskin said during floor debate ahead of the final vote.
The legislation goes beyond overturning Trump’s travel ban, which was retooled amid legal challenges and upheld by the Supreme Court in 2018. The latest version of the ban affects travel from five majority-Muslim nations — Iran, Somalia, Yemen, Syria and Libya — in addition to North Korea and by some Venezuelan government officials and their families.
In addition to overturning the travel ban, the bill the House passed also prohibits religious discrimination in the application of immigration law and constrains the executive branch’s ability to limit entry to the U.S. by certain groups of people. Conservatives defended Trump’s actions. Rep. Andy Biggs said during floor debate that Trump’s restrictions on travel are “not a Muslim ban” but rather a “legitimate travel restriction implemented for the safety of this nation.” He criticized Democrats for relying on a “straw man argument” about religious discrimination while crafting a bill that more broadly restricts presidential authority.
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