Eight Ways Trump's Executive Order On Immigration Makes Us Less Safe

In issuing his executive order immediately banning refugees and hundreds of thousands of Muslim travelers from the United States, President Trump claimed he wanted "to protect the American people from terrorist attacks by foreign nationals." In fact, national security experts across the political spectrum say his order does just the opposite. Calling for the order to be rescinded, former CIA Director Michael Hayden, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and over 100 other former senior government officials and military service members who served both the Obama and Bush Administrations are saying the executive order "not only jeopardizes tens of thousands of lives, it has caused a crisis right here in America and will do long-term damage to our national security."

Here are eight ways the order does just that:

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