Suing the President: The Students Who Challenged the Travel Ban
- Producers:
- Sarah Weiser
- Bonnie Bertram
- Editor:
- Sandrine Isambert
With the release of Donald Trump’s new travel ban, a brief look at a Yale group that fought the original ban.
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