Olympic distance-running champion Mo Farah released an emotional statement Sunday in response to Donald Trump’s travel ban on citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, saying the policy “comes from a place of ignorance and prejudice.”
Trump signed an executive order Friday evening banning people from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen from entering the United States. The ban extends to permanent legal U.S. residents and those with valid visas. A federal judge issued an emergency ruling Saturday night halting parts of the provision.
Farah was born in Somalia and moved to England as a child.