President Trump's travel ban on citizens from seven predominantly Muslim nations has people in northeast Wisconsin debating whether it will actually make our nation safer.
"This has nothing to do with the religion of refugees," says Wisconsin State Sen. Roger Roth (R - 19th Dist.). "This has everything to do with making sure that the people coming here are coming here for the right reasons."
It's feelings echoed by fellow Republican state lawmaker Jim Steineke.
"People need to have confidence that the refugees coming into the country are not out to do us harm," says Steineke.
While some state leaders here in Wisconsin see the justification for the ban, others no not.
"I'm not in favor of the ban," says Hamayun Mian, of the Islamic Society of Wisconsin. "To do religious discrimination against a group, or any group for that matter.. doesn't solve problems. It feeds into the frenzy of other groups and organizations."
"It's pushing people towards extremist groups it's creating more terrorism," adds refugee advocate Diana Delbeechi, "for us to turn our backs now on these people that are the most vulnerable and most needy, I just don't see it being an American thing to do."
