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President Trump made waves during his first few weeks in office by issuing a travel ban that temporarily barred residents from several Muslim-majority nations from traveling to the United States.

 against the travel ban, and federal judges in several states blocked portions of the executive order. The administration has revised and reissued the ban three times, and the third and most recent iteration of this ban will 

Former FBI special agent and senior lecturer at Yale's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs 

 joined MPR News host Kerri Miller for a conversation about why the ban is so contentious and how the case may be argued before the court.

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The Trump administration has revised and reissued its travel ban three times. The third and most recent iteration of this ban will go before the Supreme Court this spring.

President Trump made waves during his first few weeks in office by issuing a travel ban, temporarily barring residents from several Muslim-majority nations from traveling to the United States. The ban was quickly challenged. The details were changed and then challenged again. The third and most recent iteration of this ban will go before the Supreme Court in the spring. CNN's Asha Rangappa joined Kerri Miller for a conversation about the details of the ban and why it is so contentious.

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