Myths and Facts about Trump Executive Order
Misnamed "Muslim Ban" by Mainstream Media:
1) Which countries are affected? 7: Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen(Temp for 90 days)
2) What percent of that world's Muslim population resides in those countries?
Iran: 4.6% ; Iraq 1.9% ; Sudan: 1.9% ; Yemen: 1.5% ; Syria: 1.3% ; Somalia: 0.6% ; Libya: 0.4%
(Per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_by_country)
Total percent of the world's Muslims living in affected countries:
4.6+1.9+1.9+1.5+1.3+0.6+0.4 = 12.2% or less than 1/8.
More than 7/8, or almost ninety percent (87.8%) of Muslims live in
countries not covered (Almost 1/4 of the world's Muslims live
in Indonesia and Pakistan; Add India, Bangladesh, and Egypt and you're
almost at 50%. Add Nigeria and you're well over half. None of those
countries are included)
3) Q: But it's discrimination, targeting Muslims, so is religious persecution!
A: The word "Muslim" doesn't appear in the Exec. Order. At all. Anywhere. Nor does the word "Islam" Nor "Islamic"
See copy at:
www.lesserevil2016.com/4gab/notmuslimban.html
4) Q: Yeah, right, as if this applies to non-Muslims in those countries..
A: Yes, it applies to countries, and therefore it applies to
non-Muslims in those countries, too
5) Q: And there's probably what, 1% or less non-Muslims living in those
countries, right?
A: Not so. In Syria, about 10% or more are Christian. Another 3% are
Druze (not Muslim) so at least 13% are non-Muslim.
6)Q: Are you saying you support everything
in this Muslim Ban? Ok, it's not a "Muslim
Ban" but everything in this temp immigration halt? (No, I'm correcting MSM spin)
Shouldn't terrorist-funding Saudi Arabia be included? (good point, but
that has nothing to do with Islam or race, but with the enormous power
of that country over both of Washington's parties) Shouldn't we help
Christians and others in Syria?
A: This is central and critical. It's the biggest
Trump-bashers who have been the main cheerleaders for the current
Neocon policy (supported by Neocon Democrats like HRC and Keith
Ellison) for endless war-mongering based on Regime Change while we
are in bed with Saudi Arabia (which Podesta emails show it and Qatar
are directly funding and helping ISIS! Not merely "rich people in
those countries" as often claimed but the governments themselves,
per HRC's briefing in Podesta emails) This policy is based on being
in bed with the WORST human rights violator of the middle east:
Saudi Arabia, where women cannot drive or vote nationally, where
beheadings aren't just events people read in newspapers about ISIS
act, but official Saudi policy; where hands are cut off from
poor criminals suspected of stealing in medieval fashion, a country
where 4 daughters of the late king are languishing in miserable and
harsh house arrest for over fifteen(15) years now -- they make Iran
(never mind Secular multi-ethnic pluralistic Syria) look like Cub
Scouts by comparison -- but it's an
extremely oil-rich country that promised to sell oil only in dollars
in a 1970s deal where the Washington insiders in return agreed to
keep the rules of this most brutal Saudi dictatorship -- the Al Saud
family dictatorship, literally that's what "Saudi Arabia" means --
and that regime has been funding their own extremist Wahabi
interpretation of Sunni Islam funding extremist Imams and Madrassas
and funding terrorist groups including ISIS (see above) AND working
with the ugliest forces in the U.S., Qatar, Turkey, and also Israel
and the UK, those ugly forces who prefer to back the most extreme
terrorists, just to "win" another regime change.
Think "we" would
never do that? Recall the 1980s when we funded and armed to the tune
of millions and billions the parent organization of the Taleban --
as a "clever" and completely amoral way to "fight the USSR". The
Deep State and Republican President Eisenhower's phrase, the
Military Industrial Complex, we might add Military-Intelligence
since CIA etc are deeply involved in illegal acts, drug-running,
coups, etc -- and anyone who really cares about Muslim civilians
(and all civilians) in Syria and Iraq and elsewhere as well as
security for the U.S. needs to work to end this madness. Including
those who think they are "Friends of Israel" who somehow miss that,
just as there are leaders in the U.S. whose hubris and greed or
short-sightedness or amoral lust for geopolitical gain can actually
HARM Americans -- need to realize the same can happen, and does
happen, in other countries, including Israel, whose leaders prefer
being in bed with the most extremist of radical Islamists (Saudis
and Qatar especially) to aim for short-term gains so they don't
have to compromise as much in negotiations with far more moderate
factions. Same with those countries and with Turkey: betraying the
Turkish people by being allied with radical jihadists terrorist
groups and deliberately using the Turkey-Syria border to smuggle help
to them including helping ISIS, in a political Chess game.
That's
why the establishment here in the US is to angry at "Putin" -- he
not only helped halt but also expose their under-the-table
alliance with radical jihadists in Syria -- criminal acts of helping
terrorists. Whether the fake non-existent "moderate" rebels which
include U.S.-taxpayer funded groups like Al Zinki who beheaded a BOY
in a selfie-video, or outright helping Al Qaeda and ISIS -- these
are criminal acts by our leaders.
Full Text got (from either CNN or
NY Times)) of Executive Order
PROTECTING THE NATION FROM FOREIGN TERRORIST ENTRY INTO THE
UNITED STATES
By the
authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of
the United States of America, including the Immigration and
Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., and section 301 of
title 3, United States Code, and to protect the American people from
terrorist attacks by foreign nationals admitted to the United
States, it is hereby ordered as
follows:
Section 1.
Purpose. The visa-issuance process plays a crucial role in
detecting individuals with terrorist ties and stopping them from
entering the United States. Perhaps in no instance was that more
apparent than the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, when
State Department policy prevented consular officers from properly
scrutinizing the visa applications of several of the 19 foreign
nationals who went on to murder nearly 3,000 Americans. And while
the visa-issuance process was reviewed and amended after the
September 11 attacks to better detect would-be terrorists from
receiving visas, these measures did not stop attacks by foreign
nationals who were admitted to the United
States.
Numerous foreign-born
individuals have been convicted or implicated in terrorism-related
crimes since September 11, 2001, including foreign nationals who
entered the United States after receiving visitor, student, or
employment visas, or who entered through the United States refugee
resettlement program. Deteriorating conditions in certain countries
due to war, strife, disaster, and civil unrest increase the
likelihood that terrorists will use any means possible to enter the
United States. The United States must be vigilant during the
visa-issuance process to ensure that those approved for admission do
not intend to harm Americans and that they have no ties to terrorism.
In order to protect Americans, the
United States must ensure that those admitted to this country do not
bear hostile attitudes toward it and its founding principles. The
United States cannot, and should not, admit those who do not support
the Constitution, or those who would place violent ideologies over
American law. In addition, the United States should not admit those
who engage in acts of bigotry or hatred (including "honor" killings,
other forms of violence against women, or the persecution of those
who practice religions different from their own) or those who would
oppress Americans of any race, gender, or sexual
orientation.
Sec. 2. Policy. It
is the policy of the United States to protect its citizens from
foreign nationals who intend to commit terrorist attacks in the
United States; and to prevent the admission of foreign nationals who
intend to exploit United States immigration laws for malevolent
purposes.
Sec. 3. Suspension
of Issuance of Visas and Other Immigration Benefits to Nationals of
Countries of Particular Concern. (a) The Secretary of
Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State and
the Director of National Intelligence, shall immediately conduct a
review to determine the information needed from any country to
adjudicate any visa, admission, or other benefit under the INA
(adjudications) in order to determine that the individual seeking
the benefit is who the individual claims to be and is not a security
or public-safety threat.
(b)
The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the
Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, shall
submit to the President a report on the results of the review
described in subsection (a) of this section, including the Secretary
of Homeland Security's determination of the information needed for
adjudications and a list of countries that do not provide adequate
information, within 30 days of the date of this order. The
Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide a copy of the report to
the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence.
(c) To temporarily reduce
investigative burdens on relevant agencies during the review period
described in subsection (a) of this section, to ensure the proper
review and maximum utilization of available resources for the
screening of foreign nationals, and to ensure that adequate
standards are established to prevent infiltration by foreign
terrorists or criminals, pursuant to section 212(f) of the INA, 8
U.S.C. 1182(f), I hereby proclaim that the immigrant and
nonimmigrant entry into the United States of aliens from countries
referred to in section 217(a)(12) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1187(a)(12),
would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, and I
hereby suspend entry into the United States, as immigrants and
nonimmigrants, of such persons for 90 days from the date of this
order (excluding those foreign nationals traveling on diplomatic
visas, North Atlantic Treaty Organization visas, C-2 visas for
travel to the United Nations, and G-1, G-2, G-3, and G-4
visas).
(d) Immediately upon
receipt of the report described in subsection (b) of this section
regarding the information needed for adjudications, the Secretary of
State shall request all foreign governments that do not supply such
information to start providing such information regarding their
nationals within 60 days of
notification.
(e) After the
60-day period described in subsection (d) of this section expires,
the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, shall submit to the President a list of
countries recommended for inclusion on a Presidential proclamation
that would prohibit the entry of foreign nationals (excluding those
foreign nationals traveling on diplomatic visas, North Atlantic
Treaty Organization visas, C-2 visas for travel to the United
Nations, and G-1, G-2, G-3, and G-4 visas) from countries that do
not provide the information requested pursuant to subsection (d) of
this section until compliance
occurs.
(f) At any point after
submitting the list described in subsection (e) of this section, the
Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security may submit
to the President the names of any additional countries recommended
for similar treatment.
(g)
Notwithstanding a suspension pursuant to subsection (c) of this
section or pursuant to a Presidential proclamation described in
subsection (e) of this section, the Secretaries of State and
Homeland Security may, on a case-by-case basis, and when in the
national interest, issue visas or other immigration benefits to
nationals of countries for which visas and benefits are otherwise
blocked.
(h) The Secretaries
of State and Homeland Security shall submit to the President a joint
report on the progress in implementing this order within 30 days of
the date of this order, a second report within 60 days of the date
of this order, a third report within 90 days of the date of this
order, and a fourth report within 120 days of the date of this
order.
Sec. 4. Implementing
Uniform Screening Standards for All Immigration Programs.
(a) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the
Director of National Intelligence, and the Director of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation shall implement a program, as part of the
adjudication process for immigration benefits, to identify
individuals seeking to enter the United States on a fraudulent basis
with the intent to cause harm, or who are at risk of causing harm
subsequent to their admission. This program will include the
development of a uniform screening standard and procedure, such as
in-person interviews; a database of identity documents proffered by
applicants to ensure that duplicate documents are not used by
multiple applicants; amended application forms that include
questions aimed at identifying fraudulent answers and malicious
intent; a mechanism to ensure that the applicant is who the
applicant claims to be; a process to evaluate the applicant's
likelihood of becoming a positively contributing member of society
and the applicant's ability to make contributions to the national
interest; and a mechanism to assess whether or not the applicant has
the intent to commit criminal or terrorist acts after entering the
United States.
(b) The
Secretary of Homeland Security, in conjunction with the Secretary of
State, the Director of National Intelligence, and the Director of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall submit to the President
an initial report on the progress of this directive within 60 days
of the date of this order, a second report within 100 days of the
date of this order, and a third report within 200 days of the date
of this
order.
Sec. 5. Realignment
of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program for Fiscal Year
2017. (a) The Secretary of State shall suspend the
U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) for 120 days. During the
120-day period, the Secretary of State, in conjunction with the
Secretary of Homeland Security and in consultation with the Director
of National Intelligence, shall review the USRAP application and
adjudication process to determine what additional procedures should
be taken to ensure that those approved for refugee admission do not
pose a threat to the security and welfare of the United States, and
shall implement such additional procedures. Refugee applicants who
are already in the USRAP process may be admitted upon the initiation
and completion of these revised procedures. Upon the date that is
120 days after the date of this order, the Secretary of State shall
resume USRAP admissions only for nationals of countries for which
the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the
Director of National Intelligence have jointly determined that such
additional procedures are adequate to ensure the security and
welfare of the United
States.
(b) Upon the
resumption of USRAP admissions, the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, is further
directed to make changes, to the extent permitted by law, to
prioritize refugee claims made by individuals on the basis of
religious-based persecution, provided that the religion of the
individual is a minority religion in the individual's country of
nationality. Where necessary and appropriate, the Secretaries of
State and Homeland Security shall recommend legislation to the
President that would assist with such
prioritization.
(c) Pursuant
to section 212(f) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f), I hereby proclaim
that the entry of nationals of Syria as refugees is detrimental to
the interests of the United States and thus suspend any such entry
until such time as I have determined that sufficient changes have
been made to the USRAP to ensure that admission of Syrian refugees
is consistent with the national
interest.
(d) Pursuant to
section 212(f) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f), I hereby proclaim that
the entry of more than 50,000 refugees in fiscal year 2017 would be
detrimental to the interests of the United States, and thus suspend
any such entry until such time as I determine that additional
admissions would be in the national
interest.
(e) Notwithstanding
the temporary suspension imposed pursuant to subsection (a) of this
section, the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security may jointly
determine to admit individuals to the United States as refugees on a
case-by-case basis, in their discretion, but only so long as they
determine that the admission of such individuals as refugees is in
the national interest -- including when the person is a religious
minority in his country of nationality facing religious persecution,
when admitting the person would enable the United States to conform
its conduct to a preexisting international agreement, or when the
person is already in transit and denying admission would cause undue
hardship -- and it would not pose a risk to the security or welfare
of the United States.
(f) The
Secretary of State shall submit to the President an initial report
on the progress of the directive in subsection (b) of this section
regarding prioritization of claims made by individuals on the basis
of religious-based persecution within 100 days of the date of this
order and shall submit a second report within 200 days of the date
of this order.
(g) It is the
policy of the executive branch that, to the extent permitted by law
and as practicable, State and local jurisdictions be granted a role
in the process of determining the placement or settlement in their
jurisdictions of aliens eligible to be admitted to the United States
as refugees. To that end, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
examine existing law to determine the extent to which, consistent
with applicable law, State and local jurisdictions may have greater
involvement in the process of determining the placement or
resettlement of refugees in their jurisdictions, and shall devise a
proposal to lawfully promote such
involvement.
Sec. 6. Rescission
of Exercise of Authority Relating to the Terrorism Grounds of
Inadmissibility. The Secretaries of State and Homeland
Security shall, in consultation with the Attorney General, consider
rescinding the exercises of authority in section 212 of the INA, 8
U.S.C. 1182, relating to the terrorism grounds of inadmissibility,
as well as any related implementing
memoranda.
Sec. 7. Expedited
Completion of the Biometric Entry-Exit Tracking
System. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
expedite the completion and implementation of a biometric entry-exit
tracking system for all travelers to the United States, as
recommended by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the
United States.
(b) The
Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the President
periodic reports on the progress of the directive contained in
subsection (a) of this section. The initial report shall be
submitted within 100 days of the date of this order, a second report
shall be submitted within 200 days of the date of this order, and a
third report shall be submitted within 365 days of the date of this
order. Further, the Secretary shall submit a report every 180 days
thereafter until the system is fully deployed and
operational.
Sec. 8. Visa
Interview Security. (a) The Secretary of State shall
immediately suspend the Visa Interview Waiver Program and ensure
compliance with section 222 of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1222, which
requires that all individuals seeking a nonimmigrant visa undergo an
in-person interview, subject to specific statutory
exceptions.
(b) To the extent
permitted by law and subject to the availability of appropriations,
the Secretary of State shall immediately expand the Consular Fellows
Program, including by substantially increasing the number of
Fellows, lengthening or making permanent the period of service, and
making language training at the Foreign Service Institute available
to Fellows for assignment to posts outside of their area of core
linguistic ability, to ensure that non-immigrant visa-interview wait
times are not unduly
affected.
Sec. 9. Visa
Validity Reciprocity. The Secretary of State shall review
all nonimmigrant visa reciprocity agreements to ensure that they
are, with respect to each visa classification, truly reciprocal
insofar as practicable with respect to validity period and fees, as
required by sections 221(c) and 281 of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1201(c) and
1351, and other treatment. If a country does not treat United
States nationals seeking nonimmigrant visas in a reciprocal manner,
the Secretary of State shall adjust the visa validity period, fee
schedule, or other treatment to match the treatment of United States
nationals by the foreign country, to the extent
practicable.
Sec. 10. Transparency
and Data Collection. (a) To be more transparent with the
American people, and to more effectively implement policies and
practices that serve the national interest, the Secretary of
Homeland Security, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall,
consistent with applicable law and national security, collect and
make publicly available within 180 days, and every 180 days
thereafter:
(i) information
regarding the number of foreign nationals in the United States who
have been charged with terrorism-related offenses while in the
United States; convicted of terrorism-related offenses while in the
United States; or removed from the United States based on
terrorism-related activity, affiliation, or material support to a
terrorism-related organization, or any other national security
reasons since the date of this order or the last reporting period,
whichever is later;
(ii)
information regarding the number of foreign nationals in the United
States who have been radicalized after entry into the United States
and engaged in terrorism-related acts, or who have provided material
support to terrorism-related organizations in countries that pose a
threat to the United States, since the date of this order or the
last reporting period, whichever is later;
and
(iii) information
regarding the number and types of acts of gender-based violence
against women, including honor killings, in the United States by
foreign nationals, since the date of this order or the last
reporting period, whichever is later;
and
(iv) any other
information relevant to public safety and security as determined by
the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General,
including information on the immigration status of foreign nationals
charged with major
offenses.
(b) The Secretary of
State shall, within one year of the date of this order, provide a
report on the estimated long-term costs of the USRAP at the Federal,
State, and local
levels.
Sec. 11. General
Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to
impair or otherwise affect:
(i)
the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency,
or the head thereof; or
(ii)
the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative
proposals.
(b) This order
shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to
the availability of
appropriations.
(c) This order
is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit,
substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any
party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE
WHITE HOUSE, January 27, 2017