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Thu Jul 14, 2016, 12:12 AM Jul 2016

Trump's Immigration Plan Would Ban One-Third of the World

JUL 13 2016, 12:14 PM ET
by AMANDA SAKUMA

... foreign policy experts predict that the presumptive Republican nominee would block out more than a third of the globe — easily including major United States allies.

Combining Trump's proposal to cut immigration from countries with a clear record of terrorist ties and his plan to ban all Muslims from entering the U.S., experts say as many as 70 countries could face major restrictions, impacting billions of people worldwide.

"Certainly using Trump's current rhetoric, we would alienate immediately half of the European Union, a good chunk of the African continent and the Middle East," said Michael Shank, a foreign policy expert and professor at New York University's Center for Global Affairs ...


http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-s-immigration-plan-would-ban-one-third-world-n608506

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