Trump added that the seven countries named in his executive order—Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somali, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen—are actually part of a restrictive travel regime that was set up under former President Barack Obama.
“It’s not a Muslim ban, but we were totally prepared. It’s working out very nicely. You see it at the airports, you see it all over,” Trump also said, according to a White House pool report, as cited by Yahoo News.
The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that it would continue to enforce Trump’s executive orders on immigration—following a decision rendered by a New York judge that temporarily blocks the order in the state.
After the judge’s decision, ACLU national political director Faiz Shakir told Yahoo News that “I hope Trump enjoys losing. He’s going to lose so much we’re going to get sick and tired of his losing,” seemingly making fun of Trump’s comments on “winning” during the campaign.
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