Immigration security

Trump on immigration ban: 'Call it what you want'

President Donald Trump has jumped into the controversy surrounding how to refer to his executive order from last week regarding immigration and refugees.

"Everybody is arguing whether or not it is a BAN," Trump wrote on Twitter on Wednesday morning. "Call it what you want, it is about keeping bad people (with bad intentions) out of country!"

Many of Trump's critics have labeled the executive order a "Muslim ban," as it temporarily barred almost all travel to the US from seven countries that, while having been identified as terrorism hotspots, are predominantly Muslim. John Kelly, the secretary of homeland security, disputed that label on Tuesday.