Great commentary Dermot.. regardless of party.
"This executive order (to "ban" them in Trumps own words words) sends a signal, "intended or not", (the perceived results are the same if your a Muslim), that America does not want Muslims coming into our country. That is why we fear this executive order may do more to help terrorist recruitment than improve our security, the two GOP senators said".
-"That's what the Alaska delegation should have said---."

George Orwell`s "1984" was off only about thirty three years late in it`s estimation of when "Big Brother" tells us lies become truth, and truth become lies, and we can only trust him to decide the difference. 
Not a bad guess for a late Victorian era novelist.  
This is why we need a free press.. a FREE press "roots" for the truth like hungry hogs until they find it.  Putin already murders reporters who say the truth. We definitely do not want to be cozying up to that..do we?
I highly recommend reading "1984" if by chance you haven`t.