Reaction to President Trump’s executive order restricting travel into the United States from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia continued through the weekend with several Republican congressmen and senators voicing their opposition to the policy.
Senator Rob Portman appeared on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday morning and told host Jake Tapper that the order demanding an increased vetting process refugees and immigrants was itself not properly vetted.
Portman’s colleague Ben Sasse issued a statement on Twitter Saturday. The Nebraska senator said that while “not technically a Muslim ban, this order is too broad.”
Rep. Justin Amash also used social media to voice his dissent to the 90-day travel restrictions, In a Facebook post, the Michigan Republican said the order “overreaches and undermines our constitutional system. It’s not lawful to ban immigrants on the basis of nationality. If the president wants to change immigration law, he must work with Congress.”
Charlie Dent, a Republican congressman from Pennsylvania told the New York Times that he hopes President Trump will “halt enforcement of the order.”
News: @RepCharlieDent, a PA Republican who reps a large Syrian comm tells me:
“I urge the admin to halt enforcement of this order…” (1/
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) January 28, 2017
Meanwhile, Jeff Flake voiced similar concern on social media. The Arizona Republican said:
