The Heat: Travel ban, Mexico wall and Trump policies

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In this Feb. 22, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on the Federal budget in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. For the past eight years, thousands of conservative activists have descended on Washington each spring with dreams of putting a Republican in the White House. This year, they’re learning reality can be complicated. With Trump’s presidential victory, the future of the conservative movement has become entwined with an unconventional New York businessman better known for his deal-making than any ideological principles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a revised version of a controversial travel ban on Monday. It imposes a 90-day ban on new visas for citizens from six Muslim-majority countries and suspends the refugee program for 120 days.

The White House dropped Iraq from the original list and announced Syrians are no longer subject to an indefinite ban from the United States.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson described the new measure as vital to strengthening U.S. security.

The travel ban was a signature issue during Trump’s election campaign and in his first days in office. But another has been his proposed wall between the Southern U.S. and Mexico.

To discuss the construction of a border wall between the United States and Mexico to stop illegal immigration and drug trafficking:

  • Pete Saenz, mayor of Laredo, Texas, a city along the U.S. – Mexico Border

U.S. Senator John McCain has called on U.S. President Donald Trump to release any evidence supporting his claim that then-President Barack Obama wire-tapped his New York offices prior to the November Election.

Trump made the assertion on Saturday in a series of tweets. U.S. FBI Director James Comey has asked the Justice Department to publically deny the president’s claims.

To discuss President’s Trump’s early days in office:

  • Alberto Avendano, the Washington Bureau Chief of the National Association of Hispanic Publications
  • Dr. Joseph Castleberry, President of Northwest University
  • Joe Madison, a radio talk show host with Sirius-XM’s Urban View Channel and a civil rights activist

The recent words sound volatile, but what does the history of U.S.-Mexico relations look like? Click on our timeline below: