Ivanka Trump on Wednesday said that admitting Syrian refugees to the United States “has to be part of the discussion,” though her father has signed two executive orders blocking travelers from Syria and temporarily suspending admission of refugees.
“I think there is a global humanitarian crisis that’s happening, and we have to come together and we have to solve it,” Trump said told NBC News.
“Would that include opening the borders to Syrian refugees in the U.S.?” NBC’s Hallie Jackson asked.
“That has to be part of the discussion, but that’s not going to be enough in and of itself,” Trump replied.
Trump’s remarks were a departure from her father’s enacted policy thus far, which has emphasized — as he said in December 2015 — “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.”
In January, President Donald Trump issued an executive order banning travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries, including Syria, from entering the United States. A judge blocked that order, which indefinitely banned Syrian refugees from entering the country, in February.
The President issued a revised order a month later which removed Iraq from the list of countries affected and temporarily suspended admission of all refugees to the United States. A federal judge blocked that order in March hours before it was due to take effect.
