WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, issued the following statement after Donald Trump announced a full travel ban on 12 countries and partial travel restrictions on another 7:
“This reckless and discriminatory ban doesn’t make us safer. All it will do is further isolate the United States from our allies and weaken our global leadership. Indiscriminately closing our doors to people fleeing violence and instability, preventing U.S. citizens from reuniting with their families, or singling out people simply because of the country in which they were born, is antithetical to our nation’s most fundamental values.
“This ban also comes at a time when Trump has redirected significant counterterrorism resources to deporting longtime, taxpaying, law-abiding, U.S. residents. Our national security officers should be focused on investigating serious threats, not barring entry to our country based on bias and pretext.
“Like we did in his first term, Americans must once again stand up against this renewed attempt to vilify and exclude at the expense of our most cherished values.”