Donald Trump's call for a "total and complete" ban on Muslims entering the United States drew widespread condemnation around the world Tuesday, including from British and French leaders and the U.N. refu­gee agency.
Citizens, politicians and refu­gee officials alike slammed the Republican presidential front-runner's latest controversial statement, calling it hate speech and a disturbing sign of Islamophobia in a country rattled in recent weeks by large-scale terror attacks in Paris and San Bernardino , Calif.
The billionaire developer and reality television star, who polls show leads the field for the GOP presidential nomination, released a statement Monday calling for "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on."