White House considering dramatic expansion of travel ban
Source: AP
The White House is considering dramatically expanding its much-litigated travel ban to additional countries amid a renewed election-year focus on immigration by President Donald Trump, according to six people familiar with the deliberations.
A document outlining the plans timed to coincide with the third anniversary of Trumps January 2017 executive order has been circulating the White House. But the countries that would be affected are blacked out, according to two of the people, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the measure has yet to be finalized.
Its unclear exactly how many countries would be included in the expansion, but two of the people said that seven countries a majority of them Muslim would be added to the list. The most recent iteration of the ban includes restrictions on five majority-Muslim nations: Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen, as well as Venezuela and North Korea.
A different person said the expansion could focus on several countries that were included when Trump announced the first iteration of the ban but later removed amid rounds of contentious litigation. Iraq, Sudan and Chad, for instance, had originally been affected by the order, which the Supreme Court upheld in a 5-4 vote after the administration released a watered-down version intended to withstand legal scrutiny.
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Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Well, the xenophobic Fascists have a one-track mind. Is Miller getting aroused?
Is this another prize for inflaming the Middle East in the exciting game of Scapegoat Du Jour, (available at your local gun shop or Trump rally)?
2naSalit
(86,775 posts)I mean We the People and since we want him impeached/removed, he will go all out to fuck up everything that matters because we don't adore him like he thinks we should.
elleng
(131,102 posts)He/they likely read more polls, and more intensely than anyone, and tailor actions exclusively for that reason.
Trump Ordered Iran Strike Because of Impeachment Fears.
https://www.motherjones.com/impeachment/2020/01/report-trump-ordered-iran-strike-because-of-impeachment-fears/?
NO WAY this 'person' has any interests other than his own 'skin.'