high. president trump has been very clear, that s his priority and he is not away from it. the president responded with a series of tweets about his travel ban which is currently held up in the courts. today he said people, the lawyers, the courts can call it whatever they want. to me it is a travel ban. this goes against what was previous said about his policy. this is not a travel ban. this is a temporary pause allows to us better review the refugee visa and vetting system. part of what we re trying to do is make sure people actually understand what happened, what the process was and what the order actually does. when we use words like travel ban, that misrepresents what it is. it is not a travel ban. today white house s argument seemed much more vague. i don t think the president cares what you call it. whether you call it a ban or a
the region? reporter: with shock and dismay. in fact i spoke with one syrian refugee who lives along near the syrian border who described this this decree as racist and shameful. it s important to keep in mind the reason why people fled syria was that they were caught between a rock and a hard place, between a brutal regime that slaughtered hundreds of thousands of people on the one hand and mad terrorists on the other who, yes, president trump rightly pointed out behead people among other things. but if you look at the numbers, the total number of people who have been killed by isis are muslims. the majority are muslims. christians of course make up a part of it. and therefore when people see this decision, they really feel that this is a sledgehammer being taken to a very difficult problem. i ve been in touch with people this iraq. one man apparently a kurdish man who had received a refugee visa