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ALBANY -- A revised version of President Donald Trump's restrictions on
immigrant travel did little to change the minds of many of New York's
top elected officials Monday.
Top Democrats from the heavily blue state condemned the new version of
Trump's executive order, unpersuaded by a number of changes to scale it
back and make it less susceptible to legal challenge.
Some of the Republican contingent of New York's congressional
delegation, meanwhile, embraced the order, saying it makes the country
safer.
Trump signed the new version Monday, banning travel to the U.S. by
natives of six majority-Muslim countries for 90 days while suspending
the refugee program for 120 days.
It takes effect March 16.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat, called the new ban "antithetical
to our American values and what the Statue of Liberty stands for."
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Source: WGRZ.com (via The Empire Report)
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