Friday, January 27th President Donald Trump made an executive order to ban citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the Untied States for the next 90 days and implemented a 120 day suspension of the U.S. refugee program. Eastern Illinois University Economic Professor Teshome Abebe says the travel ban leaves the country in confusion. Abebe said, "We don't know what's likely to happen. We don't know what is coming up next. Today is banning people from these seven countries, tomorrow we don't know what is likely to happen. That is where we need to be concerned about." President Trump's says the reason he's doing this is to eliminate terrorism in the U.S. He has tweeted on Twitter saying "Call it want you want ... it is about keeping bad people with bad intentions out of country." he travel ban has left international people scrambling at airports not knowing if they will be able to return back the to U.S. for jobs or school. EIU student Max Naseri is an international student from Iran and says the ban is frightening. Naseri said, "If you were me and you went to another country as a foreigner and after one year, after paying a lot of money, after everything was good and suddenly they said okay you're a terrorist. What do you feel?" Eastern's President David Glassman sent out an email to the student body saying, "Please know that his action in no way reflects the views and values of Eastern Illinois University and that we are greatly disheartened by the this change in the federal policy." Naseri says the university has comforted him and reached out to him during this time. Naseri said, "I've recieved some emails from the dean and president, from international office and that was so good and they supported us. It was good but as you know it was just sympathy and they cannot do anything." Naseri says he's been at the university for the past year and will graduate in Decemeber of 2017 with his masters degree. He says he's not worried now but when he graduates he's not sure what will happen. Naseri said, "My mother, my father, my brother and also the rest of my family and relatives are in Iran and they are so sad because we rested that to come to the United States to get a masters and everything will be ruined by this rule." Narari says not only has the university been supportive, but his sister lives in the area as well and continues to comfort him. He says after he graduates he hopes to be a computer technician. Hundreds of American diplomats have sent a memo to the State Department's leadership, criticizing the temporary travel ban.
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