Posted on 01/27/2020 7:01:52 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said the House will consider legislation to repeal the Trump administration’s travel ban on several countries about two years after the Supreme Court upheld the measure.
The initial travel ban, which was implemented in early 2017, placed restrictions on travel to the United States for citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.
The latest iteration of the ban applies to travelers from Libya, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen—four countries that have experienced civil war and rampant terrorist attacks in recent years. In addition, the United States kept its travel restrictions on Iran, which the U.S. State Department has long accused of sponsoring terrorist organizations, while adding two non-Muslim-majority countries—Venezuela and North Korea—to the list. Iraq and Sudan have since been removed.
President Donald Trump told The Wall Street Journal in an interview in Switzerland on Jan. 21 that he is looking to add more countries to the list, but he didn’t specify which ones.
Some reports have said the White House aims to restrict travel from Belarus, Burma, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sudan, and Tanzania, but the White House hasn’t confirmed those details. If true, only two of the new additions—Kyrgyzstan and Sudan—are Muslim-majority countries, although about a third of Nigerians adhere to Islam.
In her statement on Jan. 27, Pelosi accused the White House of discriminating against Muslims with the ban.
“House Democrats continue to stand opposed to President Trump’s cruel, un-American travel ban in all of its iterations,” she stated.
“In the coming weeks, the House Judiciary Committee will mark up and bring to the Floor the NO BAN Act to prohibit religious discrimination in our immigration system and limit the president’s ability.
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Shouldn’t Nazi be working on additional Articles of Impeachment?
America needs to let in more heathens and terrorists.
“”””“House Democrats continue to stand opposed to President Trump’s cruel, un-American travel ban in all of its iterations,” she stated.””””””””””””
She meant...“House Democrats continue to stand opposed to President Trump’s.......everything he says or does or thinks.
Don’t worry they will. Kind of busy with he defense team is making ground meat out of them at the impeachment trial
By all means, let them vote on this stuff, and let the Democrats run this fall on this demonstration of their priorities.
Pelosi spends a lot of time on things she knows will never happen.
another big f***ing waste of time by Pelousy
I’m not sure that ENCOURAGING TRAVEL from Third World countries will play all that well in today’s Coronavirus world...but then again, I’m not a Democrat.
The antipresident at it again. She think it’s her job to protect every terrorist from Trump.
And you can bet if the epidemic hits here, the Rats will be the first to blame Trump for not closing the border.
Democrats doubling down that they support terrorists and enemies of America OVER ACTUAL AMERICAN CITIZENS
Nancy, Thanks for your efforts to make a “Target Rich Opportunity” in the future.
Nancy, Thanks for your efforts to make a “Target Rich Opportunity” in the future.
Democrats think they can create an election day wedge issue for talking points.
She’s got a really bad sense of timing.
Democrats love terrorists.
why does anyone vote democrat...they clearly are not working for the good of us...
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