Marco Rubio Backs Travel Ban on Ebola-Impacted Nations

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a member of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, offered his take on the Ebola threat in an op-ed published by CNN on Wednesday. In the op-ed, Rubio backed a travel ban on African nations impacted by the disease.

We need to prevent the growing crisis in West Africa from leading to more cases in the United States, Rubio wrote. The recent announcement of increased entry screening of those traveling from affected countries by Customs and Border Patrol at select points of entry in the United States is a good but, frankly, overdue first step. However, it will not be enough, and the State Department should institute a temporary ban on new visas to non-U.S. nationals seeking to travel to the United States from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.

The op-ed can be read here.