Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's Foreign Affairs Minister Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa expressed on Sunday (January 29, 2017) his support to the American President, Donald Trump's measures regarding the immigrants, which sparked a wave of criticism inside and outside America.

The minister said in his meeting with US Ambassador to Bahrain "the United States is in the best position to identify mechanisms and procedures to combat terrorism, protect its citizens and ensure its national security in the face of global terrorism."

Trump had issued a decree banning people from Arab and Islamic countries from traveling to the US. He also took some measures related to the immigrants residing in US and ordered to build a wall between US and Mexico.

For its part, the Arab League expressed concerns at the restrictions imposed by America which include banning people of several Arab countries from entering its territories.

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