Recent surveys find both Americans and Europeans are split down the middle when it comes to limiting immigration, particularly by Muslims. We discuss what's behind the growing opposition, particularly in Europe. We also hear from the founders of the Chicago in Arabic website about how their platform is helping thousands of newcomers become more acquainted with U.S. culture and get involved in their cities. Plus, on Global Notes, the legacy of the Festival of the Desert music fest.

We talk about the legal process of President Trump's executive order with Baher Azmy, legal director at the Center for Constitutional Rights; photojournalist Julia Rendleman's project documenting refugee families; Canadian media critic Jesse Brown on "the darker side of Canada"; Toronto residents tell us what they think of the U.S. political climate; our resident historian hips us to the original "Bonfire of the Vanities"

One group at the center of President Trump’s immigration and travel ban is Iraqis. Kirk Johnson started a program to help bring to the U.S. Iraqi translators who had worked for the U.S. military. He joins us to talk about how the ban impacts all Iraqis. Plus, Rick Darke, a landscape ethicist, designer, author and photographer, talks about nearby opportunities to support biodiversity.

Each week global citizen Nari Safavi helps Worldview listeners plan their international weekend. This week, he recommends the Chicago Shakespeare Theater production of The Book of Joseph.  The play is based on a true story about a man who, after his parents die in a car accident, learns some uncomfortable truths about their lives during the Holocaust.  The Book of Joseph runs at Chicago Shakespeare Theater through March 5.

Employees of the State Department are using a mechanism known as the "dissent channel" to object to President Donald's Trump's executive order on immigration. What is that channel and how does it work? We turn to Hannah Gurman, author of The Dissent Papers: The Voices of Diplomats in the Cold War and Beyond. We also look at how Trump's ban is affecting the world of film and hear the story of how one of the driest and warmest countries on earth got covered in snow in the early 70s.

We examine the role that pipelines play in shaping contemporary social movements, and how a transition to renewable energy might impact popular political engagement; ThinkGlobal Arts Foundation founder Revati Natesan tells us how her global search for postage stamps of Mahatma Gandhi lead her to build new generations of peace-builders; and a look at what’s happening in eastern Ukraine and the evolving U.S.- Russia relationship.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist's famed “Doomsday Clock” was created in 1947 to alert us about the potential catastrophe of nuclear weapons. We talk about the Bulletin's decision to move the clock to two-and-a-half minutes to midnight last week. And we hear from the indigenous rights group Survival International about the challenges facing the Central African pygmy communities amid conservation projects on their lands. Plus, we explore the musical contributions from artists who come from the countries listed in President Trump’s executive order on immigration.

President Trump says the executive order on extreme vetting, which bans the entry of citizens from seven Muslim countries, is not about religion but rather “is about terror and keeping our country safe.” But a study last year by the CATO Institute found that the chance of an American being murdered in a terrorist attack caused by a refugee is 1 in 3.64 billion per year. Research also suggests that immigrants commit crimes at rates much lower than the rest of the population. Alex Nowrasteh, an immigration policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, joins us to talk about the findings.

President Trump has said the executive order banning the entry of citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries is not about religion but rather “is about terror and keeping our country safe.” We take a closer look at a study from the CATO Institute which found the chance of an American being murdered in a terrorist attack caused by a refugee is 1 in 3.64 billion per year. And as Colombia’s government and FARC rebels implement a historic peace deal, the country’s Afro-Colombian population still suffers. We discuss the continued violent repression.

On today's show:President Donald Trump named his chief strategist Steve Bannon as a permanent member of the National Security Council's Principals Committee. Writer Stephen Kinzer explains the debates that raged over the U.S. becoming an imperial power during the Spanish-American War. Hundreds of protesters descended on O’Hare International Airport over the weekend to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order banning citizens of several Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.