parsi standing by in our world washington studio he is the founder and president of the national iranian american council it's good to have you on the show i want to ask you what were your initial thoughts when you heard the ruling by the u.s. supreme court i was not surprised having seen how the court had reasons on similar situations it was quite clear that the philosophy of this specific supreme court with this specific political tilt would not likely shoot down donald trump's travel ban but i think it's also important to understand that the opposition to that ban doesn't just follow one path there is a legal path through the courts and that path has now come to its conclusion but the legislative path has not even begun yet and that's an effort to block this ban through congressional action and that's half remains quite open and has a much higher likelihood of success and mr burr as you talk to me a little bit about help his travel ban affects people maybe who you know or iranians who would like to come to the u.s. . all this is had a devastating impact on the iranian american community is roughly one

the founder and president of the national iranian american council.t is good to have you on the show. what we're initial thoughts -- what were your initial thoughts when you heard the ruling? >> i was not surprised, having seen how the court had reasoned on similar situations. it was quite clear that the philosophy of the specific supreme court this specific political tilt would not likely shootdown president trump's travel ban. it is also important to understand that the opposition does not just follow one path. there is a legal path and that course has now come to its conclusion. but the legislative path is not even begun. that is an effort to block this band from congressional action. that path remains quite open and has a much higher likelihood of success. brent: talk to me about how this travel ban affects people maybe you know or radians who'd would like to come to the u.s. trita: this is had a devastating impact to the iranian community who want to come to the u.s. it has contributed tremendously to the united states. almost all of them have fa