00:00Donald Trump's travel ban on 12 countries went into effect on Monday.
00:07The United States president banned travel to the US by citizens of 12 countries and restricted access for those from seven others.
00:15He had announced the ban last week, citing security concerns.
00:21The ban comes as part of Trump's escalating crackdown on immigration
00:25that has often pushed the limits of executive power and clashed with federal judges trying to restrain him.
00:33Groups that provide aid and resettlement help to refugees denounced the ban.
00:38They say the policy is not about national security but instead sows division.
00:44In his first term in 2017, Trump had similarly issued an executive order banning travel to the US
00:52by citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries.
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