President Donald Trump’s executive order from Friday bars for 90 days the entry of nearly all foreign nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries. It suspends for 120 days the admission into the United States of all refugees, regardless of their country of origin, and bars Syrian refugees indefinitely.

Most of the fierce criticism of the order from world leaders and human rights organizations focuses on humanitarian aspects, arguing that the provisions of the order betray the values on which the United States was founded and it was built as the first country that blocks the entry of Syrian refugees.

The official name of the order, “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States,” describes its ostensible purpose. But can Trump’s self-quarantine wall against Muslims prevent terror against the United States?

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