Not a very good policy position, but I suspect that Newt knows that. There is no way you could make a test like that effective let alone Constitutional. The violent ones would lie, the ones that were relatively peaceful believers would admit it and get deported. If the courts allowed that sort of religious test, which they wouldn’t.
Keep in mind that the executive branch has the power to cut off all immigration. Just say that our security procedures can”t adequately vet those coming here and we have to wait until they can. Which will be in, oh, maybe another 20 years. I think that’s a better place to start from. Why do we need the immigrants we have, let alone any more?
The 1st thing to understand is islam is NOT a religion...Its a POLITICAL MOVEMENT.....