Washington will not just stand up to what’s going on. We will lead on this issue, just like we have in the past,” Gov. Bob Ferguson said Tuesday.

The president’s travel restrictions on 12 countries — almost all in Africa and Asia — have not been met with the same outcry as his so-called Muslim ban.

When President Donald Trump’s issued a proclamation on Wednesday evening that citizens from Afghanistan, along with 11 other nations, would be blocked from coming to the United States, it added even more fear,

Mohammad Sharafoddin, his wife and young son managed to make it out of Afghanistan as refugees nine years ago, at one point walking 36 hours over mountain passes.

The White House says the 12 countries on the list are "deficient with regards to screening and vetting" and are being targeted to protect U.S. national security.

The Haitian government is expressing disappointment with the U.S. over Trump's recent decision to implement a travel ban, barring Haitians.

President Trump issued a travel ban on 19 countries over national security concerns, with Senator Zaynab Mohamed condemning the move as rooted in discrimination.

President Trump’s new travel ban has sparked widespread outrage and fear in New York’s sprawling Haitian community, by far the biggest local diaspora group impacted by the edict aimed