Alabama joins 12-state coalition to support Trump's travel ban expansion

President Donald Trump speaks about his trip to Asia in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Alabama and 11 other states filed documentation before the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold President Donald Trump's expanded travel ban on Wednesday, state Attorney General Steve Marshall announced.

In the amicus brief, the coalition of states are supporting Trump's Sept. 24 executive order, which expanded the previous travel ban of citizens from nations that pose a security risk. The countries added were Chad, North  Korea and Venezuela. The other nations on the ban list include Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen. The executive order was block by a U.S. Circuit Court in Hawaii in October.

Along with Alabama, Texas, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and West Virginia are also part of the coalition. Marshall said the president is protecting American citizens with the ban.

"The Trump administration's travel ban is aimed at a select few countries which present a risk to American citizens by either posing as state sponsors of terrorism or are unwilling or unable to implement proper vetting procedures to ensure their citizens are not terrorists," Marshall said. "Despite opponents' claims of religious discrimination by the administration, the new list actually drops one Muslim country, Sudan, while adding the authoritarian nations of North Korea and Venezuela."

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