Posted on 01/21/2021 6:52:15 AM PST by SJackson
Even as most of the nations on that list have just appeared on another more troubling list.
No sooner did Joseph Biden enter the White House on January 20, 20201, before he began rescinding some of his predecessor’s strong immigration policies.
In early 2017, for example, Trump issued travel restrictions into the U.S. from various nations. They are currently eight: Chad, Iran, Somalia, Libya, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen. Although North Korea and Venezuela have nothing to do with Islam, in an effort to present Trump’s policy as “Islamophobic,” then and now his enemies refer to it as a “Muslim Ban.” Or, in the words of the Biden White House, it was “rooted in religious animus and xenophobia.”
In reality, Trump banned entry from those eight nations because they were all to various degrees either state sponsors of terrorism and/or posed a serious security threat to the U.S; most or all of them regularly appear on the State Department’s list of “countries of particular concern,” while others are known state sponsors of terrorism.
Interestingly, and perhaps even more tellingly, most of these eight nations appeared on another list just a few days ago. On January, 18, 2021, Open Doors, an international human rights organization that annually ranks the 50 worst nations that persecute Christians, published its latest findings. Six of the eight nations affected by Trump’s so-called “Muslim ban”—that is, 75 percent of them—are on this list.
North Korea (#1) is the worst: “Being discovered as a Christian is a death sentence.” The other nations—Somalia (#3), Libya (#4), Yemen (#7), Iran (#8), Syria (#12)—are not much better. As with North Korea, they too, as part of the absolute worst 12, are all categorized as nations where “extreme persecution” occurs.
For the record, Open Doors, which compiled this list, is critical of Trump, i.e., its findings are not politically motivated.
Of course, you may not be nor care much about what happens to Christians; even so, rest assured that these aforementioned nations that persecute Christians do so less because they know or care about Christianity, and more because they simply hate “the other”—that is, you, if you’re not Muslim.
Despite all this, Biden has denounced Trump’s strict travel measures against these eight nations as “inconsistent with American values.” Moreover, and as one of his very first acts, Biden has just issued an order that “instructs the State Department to restart visa processing for affected countries and to swiftly develop a proposal to restore fairness,” as well as to increase “information sharing” with foreign governments and nations.
Only time will tell what the ramifications of this ease on travel restrictions will be.
By the way, and in closing, that six of the eight nations on Trump’s “ban” are Muslim—and that nearly 80 percent of the nations that persecute and maul Christians and other minorities are Islamic—is and always has been less a reflection of “Islamophobia” and more a reflection of why fear of Islam exists in the first place.
Let me guess. Muslims on international flights will be exempted from COVID vaccinations on religious grounds.
A judge should block Biden from doing this, as they tried to stop Trump from implementing them.
So dipshit biden sits at his desk with his mask on and starts to destroy America.
WONDERFUL START MORON!
Given that President Trump never invoked a “Muslim travel ban”, I would argue that Senile Joe’s lie about this is the only affront to America’s Values in play here.
The travel ban was country-based, not religion-based.
“North Korea (#1) is the worst: “Being discovered as a Christian is a death sentence.” The other nations—Somalia (#3), Libya (#4), Yemen (#7), Iran (#8), Syria (#12)—are not much better.”
Just think of all the scientific advances, medical breakthroughs, and beautiful literature we will attain by allowing these diverse beings in...
They were not included in the travel ban!
Cleary it was NOT a "Muslim travel ban".
Trumps’ travel ban will be reversed because is is inconsistent with the global elite’s divide and conquer strategy. The more diverse a population, the easier it is for them to manipulate people for political purposes. Admitting those with a propensity for terrorism is just plain stupid.
>>The travel ban was country-based, not religion-based.<<
It was also done by Obama, Trump just added a few more countries to the list.
Allowing migrants from FAILED STATES is national security suicide. And incredibly STUPID.
U.N. ity.
And Venezuela and North Korea are not Muslim. And there are 57 Muslim countries.
I believe Biden can't just cancel the ban. That's not how executive orders work...and while he gave a reason, it's really going to be up to the USSC...if it gets challenged.
“Islam is a religion of peace.”
-W
It should be. Islam is subjugation to evil.
The fear of telling what should be is destroying us.
President Trump banned travel from these countries because each one did not have any infrastructure that would screen those who were violent, criminals or jihadis . all of whom would hurt Americans if they came here.
Countries all around the world refuse entry to those with criminal records, including the United States.
The bans were not inconsistent with American values or American law.
Now we will have travel from nations who have no way of reporting on a travelers record of activity in terms of crime or violence. The result will be IEDs manufactured here in the USA, and episodes like the Tsarnaev brothers at the Boston marathon.
Thank you so much Stealer Joe. At least if the next jihadi attack is on Hunter, he earned it.
We re-enter another era of appeasement towards our enemies.
That’ll work! ( sarc.)
That was one prong of the multi pronged approach to destroying America.
These “tourists” may be helpful in future false flags.
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