Published February 24, 2017 5:05pm EST | Updated March 16, 2017 3:04pm EDT

AP Says Homeland Security Memo Disputes Threat From Citizens Of Travel Ban Nations

A memo the Associated Press obtained from Homeland Security says citizens of the seven Muslim-majority nations subject to President Trump's travel ban casts doubt on the security rationale for it. The memo says "that country of citizenship is unlikely to be a reliable indicator of potential terrorist activity." The report says citizens of those countries are rarely implicated in U.S.-based terrorism.