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Been banned from entering that country. republican ron johnson of wisconsin and democrat chris murphy of connecticut say their visa requests were denied ahead of a bipartisan congressional delegation trip. in a statement senator murphy called it quote a perilous moment for our two nations' fragile relationships, saying it's a shame that russia isn't interested in dialogue. the russian visa denials come as senate minority leader chuck schumer sent a letter to president trump arguing against russia's re-entry to the g7. as politico sums it up, russia's barring senators and schumer's letter taken...

The russian visa denials come as senate minority leader chuck is there a strategy here? schumer sent a letter to is there a broader strategy that unites all of his president trump arguing against pronouncements, all of his action in this. russia's re-entry to the g7. >> i think robert is right that they are desperate to show some as politico sums it up, russia's kind of progress on whatever they can. barring senators and schumer's he will return to the letter taken together heighten immigration issue, no question, the already fraught relationship because he's been trying to act between congres...

Generous heart of america. >> we're working to simplify visa procedures for "t" visas, so that innocent victims from other countries can stay here as they help us prosecute their traffickers. >> over the last decade, more than two-thirds of those malaysians have been approved. those people that bush said are people, not illegal aliens, well, a lot of them got visas. and since taking office, the trump administration is reversing this trend. take a look at the rate of visa approvals for trafficking victim applicants since 2014, down to 60% in trump's first year in office and falling all the way ...

Yes, that exception is there. >> i understand your position, it's that the den exception only applies to individual visa denials? >> no, i don't think so at all. i think den applies to the same full scope as mandel, to say challenges to the exclusion of aliens abroad, whether those exclusions are the congress, the president, statute or executive order, mandel has governed those kind of charges. and the difference between den is that den requires some affirmative showing of bad faith n this context i think it ought to be a really high one so it's not just a wide-ranging de novo inquiry. >> if w...

Whatever procedures you have in place should not just apply to six countries, muslims from this part of region. it should apply to everyone. what we're learning is the visa resfrikss are happening, the visa denials, they're during largely amongst people who are muslim, who have muslim zmams coming from muslim countries. >> let me be devil's advocate. if they ask everybody their religion when they come in. what would that say? would that fast constitutional test if you're looking for -- >> here's my next question. so who gets denied? so who is not allowed? >> what is your -- you think they have...