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For Immediate Release       
Contact: Dan Gordon , 617-651-0841
Jan. 15, 2021

**National Security Experts: Rescind the Travel Ban****A recording of
today's call is available here**

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**WASHINGTON, D.C. -**A rescission of President Trump's travel ban
would bolster national security, experts said on a press call this
morning.

The message echoes a paper

published today, the latest in a series titled "Insider Perspectives:
National Security and Immigration." It follows a paper posted last month

focused on refugee resettlement as a boon to national security.

The following are quotes from speakers on today's call:

**Elizabeth Neumann, senior advisor to the National Immigration Forum on
national security and former Assistant Secretary of Counterterrorism and
Threat Prevention at the Department of Homeland Security under the Trump
administration:**"There is no need for a blanket ban on people of a
certain nationality. So, I'm very grateful that President-elect Biden
has indicated he's going to rescind both the travel and refugee bans.
It's the right call for our national security. These bans damaged our
nation's reputation. They were an unnecessary distraction from the
actual security enhancements that were needed."

**Ryan Crocker, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace and former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq,
Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait and Lebanon:**"Whatever window dressing the
administration sought to put on the travel ban, it's seen around the
world as what it is: an anti-Muslim directive. And that has damaged us
greatly. ... Hopefully a week from now, we can see a different playing
field out there, in the Middle East and elsewhere, and one in which our
security is enhanced, not degraded."

**Ali Noorani, President and CEO of the National Immigration Forum:**
"The travel ban and severe limits on refugee resettlement not only have
sent the wrong message but have made us less safe. We look forward to
policies that bolster our security by focusing on actual security
threats at home and abroad." 

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