Trump declares once and for all that his travel ban is indeed a travel ban

Protesters react to a ban on travel from certain majority-Muslim countries.

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last updated 5 June 2017

Since Saturday's terrorist attacks in London, President Trump has been on a multi-day Twitter spree promoting his suspended executive order to ban travel to the U.S. from six majority-Muslim countries. By Monday morning, Trump's frustration had mounted to targeting his own Justice Department:

The "watered down" version of the ban refers to an executive order signed by President Trump himself in March, which modified the original order by exempting Iraq from the list of countries and suspending the admission of refugees for 120 days. The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled in May that Trump's new order nevertheless "drips with religious intolerance, animus, and discrimination" and is "intended to bar Muslims from this country." The next step for the order is to be reviewed by the Supreme Court.

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.

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