Posted on 04/27/2017 2:21:58 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The United States issued about 40 percent fewer temporary visas in March to citizens of seven countries covered by President Donald Trump's temporary travel bans than it did in an average month last year, according to a Reuters analysis of preliminary government data released on Thursday.
At the same time, the data showed that the total of U.S. non-immigrant visas issued to people from all countries was up by nearly 5 percent in March compared to the 2016 monthly average.
Citizens of the seven Muslim-majority nations under the bans - Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen - received about 3,200 non-immigrant visas in March 2017, compared to about 5,700 on average per month during the 2016 fiscal year and more than 6,000 on average per month in 2015 and 2014. Trump's travel bans were later blocked by the courts.
The State Department released the data to comply with a directive from Trump asking it to publish monthly breakdowns of the number of visas issued around the world.
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Just like the border situation. All he has to do is use the bully pulpit and it happens.
I believe what has happened here is when Trump’s temporary halt was shot down by a lib judge, trump simply changed the vetting process to the level where very few would be able to pass muster.
I believe all that has changed now.
They need mothers doing the interviews. They spot lies instinctively. How do I know?
Those numbers need to drop even further, but it’s a start.
Yup, there is more than one way around a corrupt liberal judge
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