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Does limiting refugees deter terrorism?

Clip: 1/27/2017 | 8m 17s

An executive order to limit refugees, immigrants and visitors to the United States.

An executive order to limit refugees, immigrants and visitors to the United States, especially from Muslim countries, is meant to reduce the chance of terrorist attacks on home soil. But is the move by President Trump an effective form of deterrence? Antonio Mora talks with Reuel Marc Gerecht from the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and former State Department official Daniel Benjamin.

01/27/2017 | Rating NR

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