Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) blasted President Donald Trump Saturday for his executive order for a 120-day halt on resettlement of any refugee to the United States.

The executive order also included a permanent ban on Syrian refugees and an immediate 90-day suspension of immigrant and non-immigrant visas for citizens from Syria and several other Middle Eastern and African countries that are mostly Muslim.

“It is abhorrent that during his first week in office, President Trump is planning to slam the door on thousands of people, many of whom are women and children fleeing horrific violence in one of the worst refugee crisis in recent history,” Murray said.

“America has long been a place of safety for people around the world fleeing religious, political and gender-based persecution and violence,” she added. “So much of what makes America great is our diversity – and I urge this administration to work to further our national security, not merely target individuals based on their religion or nationality.”

The executive order also makes it the policy of the Trump Administration to allow state and local governments to refuse resettlement of refugees into their community and caps the total number of refugees admitted to the United States at 50,000.

President Obama had earlier set the cap for 2017 at 110,000 refugees.

The new executive order does not include establishing a registry of people based on their religion, a promise Trump made during his campaign and one that he has repeatedly brought up since his election.

Murray said Saturday she remains “strongly concerned” about President Trump’s proposals, and earlier this month, the senator joined several of her Senate colleagues to introduce legislation to block establishment of a federal religious registry.

The Protect American Families Act would prohibit the creation of any immigration-related registry program that classifies people based on their religion, race, age, gender, ethnicity, national origin, nationality or citizenship.