Thread by @doug_rand

I have more analysis of the expanded #TravelBan in @just_security today.

Once a country is placed on the blacklist — as Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan, & Tanzania just were — the primary victims are not foreign governments, but US citizens.

justsecurity.org/68490/never-mi…

@just_security Even the #coronavirus travel ban, issued on the same day, exempts family members of US citizens.

But if you have a family member in a country with less-than-ideal passport technology, then the danger is somehow too great for them to immigrate.

@just_security Trump has called for a “shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,” strict limits on so-called “chain migration,” and the end of the Diversity Visa program.

And the new #immigration ban allows him to make headlines and take a victory lap on all three.

@just_security Collective punishment is as morally abhorrent as it is ineffective. Nationality-based immigration restrictions are not an appropriate or effective tool for law enforcement, which should focus on deterring and punishing actual lawbreakers.

@just_security As the expanded #TravelBan thrusts families into years of undeserved separation & misery, let’s remember: It is simply un-American to prevent US citizens from living with their spouses, children, siblings, or parents, just because of where these loved ones happened to be born.