Toronto schools announce discontinued trips to US

Canada's largest school system announced this week that it will no longer allow student or staff trips to the US, citing uncertainty over the travel ban. Toronto District School Board expressed concern over how the US immigration policy could affect students on school trips. Under the travel ban, citizens from six different Muslim-majority countries may not be allowed in the US under certain circumstances. The ban affects people outside of those six countries as well, since citizens from those countries could be living elsewhere, like Canada. The US travel ban has not taken effect after rulings by two federal judges that temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order. White House press secretary Sean Spicer has said the Trump administration plans to appeal. The ongoing predicament left the Toronto District School Board with what it called a "difficult choice.” The board decided that the 24 pre-approved trips to the US would continue, but it will not permit new ones. The decision impacts 246,000 students in 584 schools throughout Toronto.

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