Angelina Jolie calls for 'facts, not fear' in immigration policies

By Nicole Economos
Updated February 10 2017 - 11:23am, first published February 4 2017 - 5:47pm

Angelina Jolie has become the latest high-profile woman to make a powerful stand against President Trump's executive order to restrict travel and refugee admissions from seven predominantly Muslim countries. In an opinion piece for The New York Times Jolie has spoken out against Trump's immigration executive order, saying that "implying Muslims are less worthy of protection" may inadvertently give "oxygen" to extremism and increase the vulnerability of refugees.

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