What The Stars Really Think Of The President’s Immigration Ban

On January 27, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that banned the admission of refugees for 120 days and denied entry to citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries -– Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen – for 90 days. The order was largely regarded as a “Muslim ban” because it had certain stipulations that those who practiced a minority religion in these Muslim-majority countries may be allowed entry. Trump categorized his bill as “extreme vetting” of immigrants, and thousands of permanent residents and visitors were suddenly denied entry to the U.S., while protests roared outside of the nation’s largest airports.

Average citizens were not the only ones protesting Trump’s order. Many celebrities including Jennifer Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, and Lady Gaga have spoken out against the travel ban and questioned its legality.

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie was so appalled by Donald Trump’s immigration ban that she penned a deeply emotional op-ed about the refugee crisis in The New York Times. The 41-year-old actress wrote that United States’ response to refugees should be “based on facts not fear.”

“It is simply not true that our borders are overrun or that refugees are admitted to the United States without close scrutiny. Refugees are in fact subject to the highest level of screening of any category of traveler to the United States,” she wrote. “This includes months of interviews, and security checks carried out by the F.B.I., the National Counterterrorism Center, the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department.” Jolie currently is the special envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and has worked with the U.N. since 2001, carrying out over 50 missions.