Congressional Democrats are making a fresh push to repeal President Donald Trump's travel ban
The No Ban Act, introduced by Sen. Chris Coons in the Senate and Rep. Judy Chu in the House, aims to repeal all three versions of the travel ban enacted by the Trump administration, amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion, and limit the power of presidents to institute such bans in the future.
The law sparked the rejection of more than 37,000 visa applications in 2018. Read MoreAlthough the No Ban Act has little chance of gaining approval by the GOP-controlled Senate, it has been sponsored by 32 Democrats in the Senate and 63 in the House. No Republicans sponsored the legislation in either chamber.House freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar, one of the first two Muslim-American women elected to Congress, recalled her own experience as a refugee at an event announcing the bill.
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