{"id":92782,"date":"2017-05-22T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T11:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=92782"},"modified":"2017-05-21T15:26:52","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T14:26:52","slug":"nation-favors-travel-ban-on-person-who-has-recently-visited-muslim-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2017\/05\/nation-favors-travel-ban-on-person-who-has-recently-visited-muslim-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Nation Favors Travel Ban on Person Who Has Recently Visited Muslim Country"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photograph by Bandar Algaloud \/ Saudi Royal Council \/ Anadolu \/ Getty<\/p><\/div>\n

20 May 2017 – <\/em>In a notable shift of public opinion, a substantial majority of Americans now favor a travel ban on a person who has recently visited a Muslim country, a new poll shows.<\/p>\n

According to the poll, if such a person travelled to a country in the Middle East, for example, he should be subjected to extreme vetting before he is allowed to return to the United States.<\/p>\n

If, in the course of such vetting, the person is found to have recently engaged in activities to undermine or even destroy American democracy in collaboration with a foreign enemy, he should be barred forever from entering the U.S., poll respondents agreed.<\/p>\n

In sizable numbers, those polled \u201cstrongly agreed\u201d with the statement, \u201cAny American who travels to a Muslim country with the intention of selling them deadly weapons should not be allowed to return.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finally, a broad majority of poll respondents said that if such a person were to remain outside the borders of the U.S. forever, they would \u201csleep better at night.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Andy Borowitz is a <\/em>New York Times best-selling author and a comedian who has written for <\/em>The New Yorker since 1998. In 2001, he created the Borowitz Report, a satirical news column that has millions of readers around the world, for which he won the first-ever <\/em>National Press Club award for humor. The Borowitz Report was acquired by <\/em>The New Yorker in 2012.<\/em><\/p>\n

Go to Original \u2013 newyorker.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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