PBS NewsHour

Trump administration’s new travel ban makes critical changes

Clip: 03/06/2017 | 3m 10s

The Trump administration targets a group of mostly Muslim nations in its second try at a travel ban by executive order. But it makes critical changes in hope of avoiding the issues that led courts to block it. The new order removes Iraq from the list of barred countries, limits the ban on Syrian refugees to 120 days and drops explicit exceptions for religious minorities. Jeffrey Brown reports.

Aired: 03/06/17

Rating: NR

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