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The Margin: Coronavirus travel ban creates chaos at U.S. airports in echo of 2017

The ban on travel to the United States by non-U.S. citizens from Europe announced at midweek by President Trump in an Oval Office address that raised more questions than it put to rest — and expanded after the fact to include the additional European countries Ireland and the United Kingdom — appeared to be creating havoc late Saturday at major U.S. airports including those in Dallas, New York and Chicago. Read More...

The ban on travel to the United States by non-U.S. citizens from Europe announced at midweek by President Trump in an Oval Office address that raised more questions than it put to rest — and expanded after the fact to include the previously excluded European countries Ireland and the United Kingdom — appeared to be creating havoc late Saturday at major U.S. airports including those in Dallas, New York and Chicago.

See: Here’s why Trump said he excluded the U.K. from his Europe travel ban

Plus: ‘Symptomatic of the lack of policy coordination’: Here’s what Wall Street analysts are saying about Trump’s speech

Also read: Thousands arriving from China and Europe at U.S. airports have faced no coronavirus screening

Some firsthand and other accounts and unvetted commentary as disseminated late Saturday via social media:

In Illinois, dignitaries including the governor, J.B. Pritzker, and Chicago’s mayor, Lori Lightfoot, expressed frustration, noting that border-control procedures at O’Hare and other airports fall under federal, rather than state or municipal, jurisdiction:

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