BLUMENTHAL: NEW MUSLIM BAN IS THE SAME OLD POLICY

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statement today in response to President Trump’s revised ban on refugees from six majority Muslim countries:

“This new Muslim ban is the same old policy cloaked in a different legal dress. It still raises questions about an unconstitutional religious test, and suffers from many of the same legal defects. This policy threatens to alienate our critical allies abroad, and discourages Muslim immigrants at home from cooperating with law enforcement to fight terrorist violence. Above all: it betrays American values.”