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State Department dissent memo over Trump’s immigration ban reaches 900 signatures State Department dissent memo over Trump’s immigration ban reaches 900 signatures
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An internal State Department dissent memo, declaring that President Donald Trump’s temporarily travel ban on citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the country would not make the country safer, has reached more than 900 signatures. An internal State Department dissent memo, declaring that President Trump’s temporary travel ban on citizens from seven Muslim majority countries would not make the country safer, has reached more than 900 signatures.
A senior official with the department told Reuters that the memo was submitted to management on Tuesday.A senior official with the department told Reuters that the memo was submitted to management on Tuesday.
White House spokesman Sean Spicer acknowledged the memo on Monday but suggested that diplomats should "get with the program” or “they can go." White House press secretary Sean Spicer acknowledged the memo  Monday but said that diplomats should "get with the program” or “they can go."
The letter, titled “Subject: Visa Applicants at Consulate General Dubai Seek Clarification on Executive Order” was drafted over the weekend and has consistently been edited by members of the department’s dissent channel. According to The Intercept, it examines the order’s effect on green card holders, visa applicants, and the elderly: The letter, titled “Subject: Visa Applicants at Consulate General Dubai Seek Clarification on Executive Order” was drafted over the weekend and has consistently been edited by members of the department’s dissent channel. According to The Intercept, it examines the order’s effect on green card holders, visa applicants, and the elderly.
“‘By the time the ban is lifted, my son is going to be dead from cancer,’ said an Iranian couple that had been hoping to visit their ailing child in the United States,” the memo reads. “‘Tell President Trump that my government is the terrorist,’ pleaded another Iranian applicant, ‘but we the people are not terrorists.’”“‘By the time the ban is lifted, my son is going to be dead from cancer,’ said an Iranian couple that had been hoping to visit their ailing child in the United States,” the memo reads. “‘Tell President Trump that my government is the terrorist,’ pleaded another Iranian applicant, ‘but we the people are not terrorists.’”