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How Trump's new travel ban could impact the Seattle area

caption: A Syrian refugee family arrives in Seattle in 2015
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A Syrian refugee family arrives in Seattle in 2015
KUOW Photo/Liz Jones

Bill Radke talks with KUOW immigration reporter Liz Jones about the potential impact of President Trump's new executive order on immigration. It temporarily bars citizens of six predominantly Muslim countries from being issued new visas to enter the United States. The revised order eliminates Iraq from the list of banned countries, and it no longer requires an indefinite ban on Syrians.

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