Posted on 01/26/2017 1:44:26 PM PST by VitacoreVision
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order soon that will suspend the issuance of visas and other immigration benefits to “nationals of countries of particular concern.” Though that definition (taken from an unsigned draft of the proposed order obtained by several news outlets and posted online by the LexisNexis legal research website) does not specifically mention “Muslim” or “Islamic” nations, the order is widely being interpreted as a ban on immigration from Muslim counties. Reports from news outlets including Reuters, AFP, The Hill, and the Washington Post have all named Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen as countries that would be included in the ban.
Several nations with Muslim populations larger that those named above were not included, including Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Egypt, lending validity to the Trump administration claim that the presence of terrorist activity, rather than religion, was the prime determining factor in deciding which nations should be included.
During an interview with Trump on January 25, ABC News anchor David Muir said to the president, “You’re about to sign a sweeping executive action to suspend immigration to this country.”
After Trump confirmed this, Muir asked, “Who are we talking about? Is this the Muslim ban?”
Trump replied as follows: "Were talking about — no it's not the Muslim ban. But it’s countries that have tremendous terror. It’s countries that we’re going to be spelling out in a little while in the same speech. And it’s countries that people are going to come in and cause us tremendous problems. Our country has enough problems without allowing people to come in who, in many cases or in some cases, are looking to do tremendous destruction."
The draft executive order that Trump is expected to sign is tentatively entitled “Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals.” It starts by observing that “the visa-issuance process plays a crucial role in detecting individuals with terrorist ties and stopping them from entering the United States” and offered as an historic example of the consequences of failing to properly vet immigrants the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. It stated that prior to those attacks “State Department policy prevented consular officers from properly scrutinizing the visa applications of several of the 19 foreign nationals who went on to murder nearly 3,000 Americans.”
The proposed order continues by warning:
Hundreds of foreign-born individuals have been convicted or implicated in terrorism related crimes since September 11, 2001, including foreign nationals who entered the United States after claiming asylum; after receiving visitor, student, or employment visas; or through the U.S. refugee resettlement program. Deteriorating conditions in certain countries due to war, strife, disaster, and civil unrest increase the likelihood that terrorists will use any means possible to enter our country.
The anticipated executive order goes on to specify how its objectives are to be implemented. Under the heading “Suspension of Issuance of Visas and Other Immigration Benefits to Nationals of Countries of Particular Concern,” the document provides that the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, are to conduct an immediate review to determine what information is needed from any country for adjudication of any visa, admission, or other immigration benefit. The purpose of this review will be “to determine that the individual seeking the benefit is who the individual claims to be and is not a security or public-safety threat.”
The order directs the Secretary of State to suspend the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) for 120 days and specifies that during that 120-day period, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall review the USRAP application and adjudication process to determine what additional procedures can be taken to ensure that those approved for refugee admission do not pose a threat to the security and welfare of the United States.
The order will also direct the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to submit to the president a list of countries recommended for inclusion on a presidential proclamation that would prohibit the entry of foreign nationals from each country on the list.
The only country that is specifically named in the order is Syria. The order provides:
The Secretaries of State and Homeland Security, as appropriate, shall cease refugee processing of and the admittance of nationals of Syria as refugees until such time as I have determined that sufficient changes have been made to the USRAP to ensure its alignment with the national interest.
The order also provides for “safe zones” in Syria:
Pursuant to the cessation of refugee processing for Syrian nationals, the Secretary of State, in conjunction with the Secretary of Defense, is directed within 90 days of the date of this order to produce a plan to provide safe areas in Syria and in the surrounding region in which Syrian nationals displaced from their homeland can await firm settlement, such as repatriation or potential third-country resettlement.
As we write, Trump has not yet issued his executive order, “Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals.” However, within hours after he does so, a copy should be posted on the White House website, under the Presidential Actions section.
Related articles:
Regarding Fake Passports for Syrians
Obama Scrapping Registration of Aliens From Mostly Muslim Nations
Sons of Middle Eastern Immigrants Recruited by Terrorist Groups
Border Patrol: Arrests of Pakistanis, Afghans Up This Year
Military Concerned About Large Numbers of Individuals From Terrorist Regions Crossing Border
Smuggling Network Brings Aliens With Terrorist Ties Across U.S. Border
Mexican Cartels Moving Terrorists Across Southern U.S. Border
Terrorist Smuggling Into U.S. a Real Concern
Pakistanis With Terrorism Ties Caught After Crossing U.S.-Mexican Border
Germany is learning the consequence...as are other countries.
Immigration control begins with knowing your neighbors.
I believe there are 57 countries of particular concern...at least.
Another day of good news! :0)
Winning!
Please, please. This is too much winning. I’m getting tired now.
/SARC
The only thing better than reading these almost hourly winning updates, orders, directives and plans by Trump is seeing the bleep fits the media whores are having over them.
Fox is reporting that President Trump is delaying his signing of the Executive order until tomorrow.
He must have some idea of how the democrats are going to fight him in court over this issue.
One day’s delay in signing the order will have no impact on whether the Dems sue, or how that plays out.
Woohoo! This ought to be good for some more resignations!
If only we could get the whole immigration department to resign, and we could restaff it with Christian veterans who love America.
The way liberals want to govern is a catastrophe! They have no clue on how to deal with the real world. All they will succeed at is getting a hell of a lot of Americans killed.
I hope to God he sends back all the “refugees” and DACA kids admitted during the Obama Regime.
They cannot fight him or stop him. The president is within his full authority to ban, round up and ship home or lock up ANY non citizen of America if he believes they pose a security threat. He needs no permission from anyone and needs to supply no proof to anyone
FDR did it in WW2 and Carter did it in the 70’s when he banned Iranians from entering the country and sent thousands who were here home.
The USSC ruled on the presints authority too due this.
Only seven nations? The 57 nation group known as the "Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC)" routinely and uniformly votes as a block against American interests in the UN.
The majority of hijackers involved in 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is well known to be a major source of funds for global jihad. Why isn't Qatar, UAE, Pakistan, Oman or any of the remaining Muslim majority nations also listed since they vote as a block against US interests?
Also consider the effort to block migration from select Muslim majority states is defeated when considering the EU's efforts to immediately grant European identities to migrants who manage to reach EU shores.
Consider the fact that every violent jihad incident in the EU was perpetrated by Muslims - who, once each was identified by the media were characterized as Europeans of Asian/Arabic descent. Providing migrants with European identities undermines Trump's efforts to block their continued migration to the US. All a Syrian has to do is migrate to either Italy, Spain, France, Portugal, Belgium, Germany, Bulgaria or the UK and obtain their new cultural identities and then they are set to continue their eventual migration to the US.
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate Trumps efforts - but - this is a much more complicated issue given the EU's current suicidal immigration policies.
DJT’s next job is to repatriate/deport the ones that have already snuck into our country (or been air-freighted in by Obama)
GO TRUMP!
The largest muslim population country of all, Indonesia, is not on the list. Sort of blows the “antimuslim” argument out of the water. Brunei isn’t on the list, Morocco, Phillippines, etc etc.
And if you know any lefties who are havin’ the vapors, remind them their hero jimmah carter did the same for Iran.
DO IT .... and start Rounding up Illegals...to deport them.
NO VACANCY sign needs to be posted!
Thanks to Harry Reid, Obama has had a couple of years to pack the lower courts with Lefty activists.
Trump may experience a setback at the circuit court level, though I expect he’ll ultimately prevail.
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