Rep. Keith Ellison on New Travel Ban: ‘It’s the Same Old Muslim Ban’

EXCERPT:

ELLISON: "It's the same old Muslim ban lawyered up a little bit but the intent is the same, the basic impact on people will be very similar. It takes off one country. Interestingly enough, if you look at acts of terrorism committed in the United States and the country of origin, of the people who committed those acts, the top ones are Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt -- none of them are on that ban. But you do have Somalia on there, a lot of my constituents hail from there, and there is a massive famine happening there and a drought. People will die, are dying and yet, they are being excluded. It doesn't make any sense, it's cruel, it's wrong, and it's the same beef stew warmed over. I suspect the same impact -- the same effect will happen in the courts, because he said he campaigned on a Muslim ban, within days after his inauguration, he went forward on that Muslim ban and he made a few tweaks but it's still the same thing."