Ladan Awale
Professor Friedland
HIST&146 (1245)
20 March 2018
History Repeats itself with the “Muslim Ban”
On January 27, 2017, after just one week in office, President Trump signed an executive
order issuing a travel ban which denied refugees entry to the United States of America for 120
days, or four months. This ban affected the people of countries like Sudan, Iraq, Syria, Libya,
Yemen, Iran, and Somalia by having a 90 day travel ban imposed on them. Each country known
for their majority Muslim population, it wasn’t exactly shocking to see this bunch on the
