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US President Biden reverses ‘Muslim Ban’ on his first day in office

US President Joe Biden signed an executive order reversing the Trump-era ‘Muslim Ban’ which restricted travel from 13 mostly Muslim-majority countries.

The reversal, which was a campaign pledge by Biden, was welcomed by dozens of civil rights groups
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