Posted on 02/09/2017 8:40:31 PM PST by Olog-hai
In multiple congressional testimonies last year, then-Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson hyped the action he was taking—under a law signed by President Barack Obama—to deny visa-free travel to the United States to citizens of Visa Waiver Program (VWP) countries who had visited Syria, Sudan, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Somalia or Libya. […]
When President Donald Trump signed an executive order on January 27 temporarily suspending entry to the United States for most—but not all—nationals of these same seven countries, the New York Times immediately described them as “Muslim countries” and “Muslim-majority countries.”
However, in February 2016, when Johnson announced he was using the discretionary power he had under a law Obama had signed in December 2015 to add Yemen, Somalia and Libya to the list of the four other countries already covered under that law, the New York Times published a story listing all seven countries that made no mention of religion whatsoever. …
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Well, that’s just ducky...
And he is a Muzzie!
The same seven countries were covered under a policy that was not exactly the same. One policy covered visitors to those countries and the other is for nationals of those countries.
Hear Jeh hisself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miRv13G2pCo
bump
Certainly is still salient and relevant.
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