US diplomats weigh rebuff of Trump order
A group of State Department diplomats is weighing public criticism of President Trump's order temporarily banning immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries, according to multiple reports.
ABC News reports that the group is drafting a "dissent" memo warning that Trump's action will only "sour relations" with key allies and spark more anti-American sentiment around the globe.
"This ban ... will not achieve its stated aim to protect the American people from terrorist attacks by foreign nationals admitted to the United States," the draft says, noting the "near-absence of terror attacks committed in recent years" by those who would be restricted under the new policy.
"This ban will have little practical effect in improving public safety...[and] calls back to some of the worst times in our history," it adds.
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