President Donald Trump suspends entry to the US to people from Syria and six other mainly Muslim countries
The other six countries include Iran Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen
Donald Trump has halted entry to the US to people from Syria and six other mainly Muslim countries.
The president's suspended America's refugee programme for four months and has introduced a temporary hold on visitors.
President Trump says the measures are to keep Islamic extremists out of America.
Civil rights groups say it's discriminatory.
But Donald Trump says it's part of a plan to keep America safe.
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