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Experts Say Trump's Muslim Ban Would Cripple Immigration System
NBC News ^ | August 3,2016 | by ARI MELBER

Posted on 08/03/2016 11:57:39 AM PDT by Hojczyk

The popularity depends on whether its described as a ban of "all Muslims from entering the U.S." — a bridge too far for many — or whether the plan is narrowed to "temporarily banning" non-citizens who are Muslim.

If nothing else, Trump's unusual campaign appears to have normalized the once-maligned notion of the government applying a religious test. Millions of Americans are now intrigued by the idea, which has largely been debated without any detailed effort to reckon with its implementation or cost.

According to the officials who handle U.S. immigration and security, however, the most practical problem with Trump's plan is not about social controversy or discrimination.

It's about governing — and whether a plan that may cripple the immigration system could actually be implemented.

It is a major question in this year's politics, a field long known as the "art of the possible."

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


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To: Hojczyk

Experts? Says who? We don’t need experts, we need people who know how to get things done.


61 posted on 08/03/2016 12:42:06 PM PDT by semaj (Audentes fortuna juvat: Fortune favors the bold. Be Bold FRiends.)
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To: Hojczyk

Oh look! The experts are talking again!


62 posted on 08/03/2016 12:43:23 PM PDT by Enduro Guy (Trump/Pence 2016)
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To: Hojczyk

They will use any turn of phrase, any amount of guilt, surmise to any conclusion if they think a single person will change their mind because of it. It doesn’t matter if it’s true, close to true or 100% made up.


63 posted on 08/03/2016 12:43:38 PM PDT by Personal Responsibility (We need a separation of press and state!)
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To: Hojczyk

LOL truly demented NBC.


64 posted on 08/03/2016 12:44:05 PM PDT by angcat (TRUMP!)
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To: Hojczyk

Let’s make it simple and say no entry from the 57 Moslem countries effective immediately. Easy-peasy.


65 posted on 08/03/2016 12:45:36 PM PDT by Oratam
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To: Hojczyk

So, as bad as it is now this would obviously take it to blind quadruple amputee level?

Seriously, this is merely an “oh, with less work we couldn’t justify our budget and it’d get cut” whine from career bureaucrats.

These people are our SERVANTS. Every citizen should look at government verbalizations from the lens of how they would like their hired help to respond to them, and treat them as such. Efficient, courteous performance should be praised and rewarded and rude pilfering douchebaggery should get a foot in the ass...


66 posted on 08/03/2016 12:47:43 PM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: Hojczyk

Experts? For the right payoff you can get an “expert” to back any position.


67 posted on 08/03/2016 12:48:29 PM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: Hojczyk

Do they mean Trump’s temporary hold until a reliable vetting system is in place?


68 posted on 08/03/2016 12:49:12 PM PDT by xzins ( Free Republic Gives YOU a voice heard around the globe. Support the Freepathon!)
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To: Hojczyk

“experts”? More imaginary people talking to NBC every day it seems.

Vote Trump 2016


69 posted on 08/03/2016 12:49:34 PM PDT by TheStickman (Trump will be the 1st Pro America president since Reagan)
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To: Hojczyk

“Expert” Freeper STARS & STRIPES says, “TRUMP has a sound immigration policy for a safer, stronger United States.”

(It all depends on what “expert” is. We should all to ourselves as “experts.”)


70 posted on 08/03/2016 12:52:37 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: stars & stripes forever

We should all refer to ourselves as “experts.”


71 posted on 08/03/2016 12:54:20 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: Hojczyk

It’s impossible to “cripple the immigration system” - it’s already dead, and Obama killed it.


72 posted on 08/03/2016 12:55:46 PM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: Hojczyk

That would fine with me. Cripple the immigration system.


73 posted on 08/03/2016 12:55:52 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Hojczyk

It has already been crippled by the Democrats.


74 posted on 08/03/2016 12:56:42 PM PDT by amnestynone (We are asked by people who do not tolerate us to tolerate the intolerable in the name of tolerance.)
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It’s crippled already

My first thought as well...they are always telling us the immigration system is broken and that's why we need amnesty, now they're saying Trump's going to break it...I'm confused.
75 posted on 08/03/2016 12:57:17 PM PDT by notdownwidems (Washington DC has become the enemy of free people everywhere)
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To: politicianslie

Yeah...

/s


76 posted on 08/03/2016 12:58:59 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
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To: Hojczyk

Experts say” is code words for “liberals say”.


77 posted on 08/03/2016 1:03:23 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Socialism is always just one or a thousand or a million more murders away from utopia.)
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To: Hojczyk

they say that like its a bad thing


78 posted on 08/03/2016 1:03:27 PM PDT by jneesy (I want my country back and Trump is gonna give it to me)
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To: Hojczyk

How would a ban on immigrants cripple or be costly to an immigration system?

A ban on immigration might cripple an economy (in theory) or cripple an industry (taxi driving, convenience stores, construction labor, software developers, again in theory), but I don’t see how it would cripple an immigration system.

An increase in immigrants might cripple an immigration system. Not a decrease.


79 posted on 08/03/2016 1:09:32 PM PDT by mbarker12474
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To: Hojczyk

Experts?

Barbara Streisand.


80 posted on 08/03/2016 1:09:32 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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