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By February 2, the travel ban was no longer just a civil-liberties fight; it was also an intra-GOP problem. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sharp criticism underscored that the White House had managed to turn an immigration crackdown into a test of whether Republican lawmakers would publicly buy the chaos or call it what it looked like.
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By February 2, the travel ban was no longer just a civil-liberties fight; it was also an intra-GOP problem. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sharp criticism underscored that the White House had managed to turn an immigration crackdown into a test of whether Republican lawmakers would publicly buy the chaos or call it what it looked like.
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By February 2, the travel ban was no longer just a civil-liberties fight; it was also an intra-GOP problem. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sharp criticism underscored that the White House had managed to turn an immigration crackdown into a test of whether Republican lawmakers would publicly buy the chaos or call it what it looked like.
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