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    'We Are Better Than This Ban': Dissent Over Trump's Immigration Order

    Sean Spicer’s response to the State Department officials: “They should get with the program or they should go.”
    by Krishnadev Calamur Jan 30, 2017 3 minutes
    Source: Kevin Lamarque / Reuters

    U.S. State Department officials are expected to sign a memorandum opposing President Trump’s executive order on immigration, saying “We are better than this ban.”

    Trump’s executive order suspends the U.S. refugee intake for 120 days and bans Syrian refugees for the foreseeable future. It also bars from the country all citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries—Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen—regardless of their visa status for 90 days. The Trump

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