U.S. Senator Kay Hagan has called for a temporary ban on travel from countries in Africa affected by Ebola.
The Hagan campaign released the senator's statement Friday afternoon. In it Hagan calls for a temporary travel ban on non-U.S. citizens from the affected countries in West Africa, and she calls on the President to take that step immediately.
This comes as a number of Democrats in the Senate have also called for flight restrictions. But Hagan is one of the first Democrats in a tight race to do so. As her statement points out, she has previously said that travel restrictions could be part of a broader policy to fight Ebola.
Hagan's opponent, state Speaker of the House Thom Tillis, has already called for a travel ban.
But experts say travel bans generally don't work well. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said yesterday that a travel ban is not something that's being considered.
