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Many Americans support Trump’s immigration order. Many Americans backed Japanese internment camps, too.

The following article by Steven White was posted on the Washington Post website February 2, 2017:

On Jan. 27, President Trump signed an executive order temporarily prohibiting visa holders and immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States, as well as halting the admission of refugees. Many critics describe the order as effectively a partial Muslim ban, and the American Civil Liberties Union argues it is likely unconstitutional.

Recent polling, however, indicates that at least a plurality of Americans see no problem with it. A Reuters/Ipsos survey found that 49 percent of Americans agreed with Trump’s executive order, while 41 percent disagreed and 10 percent offered no opinion. Continue reading “Many Americans support Trump’s immigration order. Many Americans backed Japanese internment camps, too.”

Tensions erupt on campuses around the country over Trump immigration order

The following article by Ryan Brooks was posted on the USA Today website January 31, 2017:

Students at colleges and universities around the country are protesting against President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily banning citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.

With a few strokes of his pen on Friday Trump barred citizens from Iraq, Iran, Syria, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen from entering the United States. The executive order also suspended the refugee resettlement program for 120 days and indefinitely barred Syrian refugees from entering the country. Continue reading “Tensions erupt on campuses around the country over Trump immigration order”

Minnesota suing Trump administration over refugee order

In a statement, Attorney General Lori Swanson called the executive order banning refugees and travelers from a list of predominantly Muslim nations “unconstitutional.”

The following article by Karen Zamora and Mary Lynn Smith was posted on the Star Tribune website February 2, 2017:

The state of Minnesota is suing the Trump administration over the president’s executive order that temporarily bans refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations from entering the United States.

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson on Wednesday night joined the attorneys general of Washington state, New York, Virginia and Massachusetts in taking legal action against the ban.

“The executive order that imposes blanket entry restrictions to the United States for people from certain countries is unconstitutional,” Swanson said in a statement. Continue reading “Minnesota suing Trump administration over refugee order”

Fate Of Trump’s Immigration Order Is Up To The Courts — And It’s Already 0-5

The following article by Michael Doyle with the McClatchy Washington Bureau was posted on the National Memo website January 31, 2017:

President Trump signs an executive order Friday, January 27, at the Pentagon that temporarily bans people from seven mostly Muslim countries from entering the United States. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)

President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting refugee admissions faces broad new legal challenges with the filing Monday of multiple far-reaching lawsuits possibly destined for the Supreme Court.

Five different federal courts have already weighed in, each targeting part of the order. Monday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations challenged the entire order in federal court in Northern Virginia. Though filed on behalf of named individuals, including Sacramento, Calif., resident Basim Elkarra, the CAIR lawsuit casts a wider net. Continue reading “Fate Of Trump’s Immigration Order Is Up To The Courts — And It’s Already 0-5”

The number of people affected by Trump’s travel ban: About 90,000

“Only 109 people out of 325,000 were detained and held for questioning.”
— President Trump, tweet, Jan, 30, 2017

“Remember we’re talking about a universe of 109 people. There were 325,000 people that came into this country over a 24 hour period from another country. 109 of them were stopped for additional screening.”
— White House press secretary Sean Spicer, press briefing, Jan. 30, 2017

President Trump and his aides love to cite a small number and a big number in order to minimize the impact of the president’s executive order suspending the visas of citizens of seven countries.

But these figures are incredibly misleading, so let’s go through the math. Continue reading “The number of people affected by Trump’s travel ban: About 90,000”

The Saudi Hypocrisy Behind Trump’s Muslim Ban

The following article by Ahmed Khan was posted on the National Memo website January 31, 2017:

Ivanka Trump, DAMAC CEO Hussain Sajwani, and Donald Trump (trumpgolfdubai.com)

Last Friday, President Trump delivered on one of his most controversial campaign pledges by banning citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. He claims that the ban will protect America from terrorists. Yet, shockingly, the ban doesn’t include citizens of arguably the world’s largest exporter of “Islamic” terror—the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, home of 15 of the 9/11 hijackers and global financier of the extremist Wahhabi sect of Islam.

Why isn’t the Kingdom on the list? The reason is as simple as it is disturbing: Saudi leaders have helped the president and his friends make billions. Now, thanks to Trump, a Syrian widow and her children, running for their lives, will encounter a locked door in America — while a Saudi oil tycoon kicks back and relaxes at Trump Tower. Continue reading “The Saudi Hypocrisy Behind Trump’s Muslim Ban”

Obama rejects comparison between Trump’s immigration policy and his own, encourages protests

The following article by Juliet Ellperin was posted on the Washington Post website January 30, 2017:

Then-President Barack Obama holds a year-end news conference in Washington, D.C., Dec. 16, 2016. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

Trump has said that his move to ban the entry of migrants from seven Muslim-majority countries into the United States, and to suspend temporarily the admission of refugees, was based in part on a decision in 2011 by then-President Obama to ban the admission of Iraqis to the country after evidence surfaced that two Iraqis seeking resettlement had been linked to terrorist activity in their homeland. The Obama and Trump administrations also identified the same seven countries as harboring terrorism threats. Continue reading “Obama rejects comparison between Trump’s immigration policy and his own, encourages protests”

Jihadist groups hail Trump’s travel ban as a victory

The following article by Joby Warrick was posted on the Washington Post website January 29, 2017:

President Trump signs an executive order Friday at the Pentagon that temporarily bans people from seven mostly Muslim countries from entering the United States. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)

Jihadist groups on Sunday celebrated the Trump administration’s ban on travel from seven Muslim-majority countries, saying the new policy validates their claim that the United States is at war with Islam.

Comments posted to pro-Islamic State social media accounts predicted that President Trump’s executive order would persuade American Muslims to side with the extremists. One posting hailed the U.S. president as “the best caller to Islam,” while others predicted that Trump would soon launch a new war in the Middle East. Continue reading “Jihadist groups hail Trump’s travel ban as a victory”

Officials worry that U.S counterterrorism defenses will be weakened by Trump actions

The following article by Greg Miller and Missy Ryan was posted on the Washington Post website January 29, 2017:

President Trump signs an executive order Friday at the Pentagon that temporarily bans people from seven mostly Muslim countries from entering the United States. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)

Though cast as measures meant to make the country safe, the Trump administration’s moves during its first week in office are more likely to weaken the counterterrorism defenses the United States has erected over the past 16 years, several current and former U.S. officials said.

Through inflammatory rhetoric and hastily drawn executive orders, the administration has alienated allies, including Iraq, provided propaganda fodder to terrorist networks that frequently portray U.S. involvement in the Middle East as a religious crusade, and endangered critical cooperation from often-hidden U.S. partners — whether the leader of a mosque in an American suburb or the head of a Middle East intelligence service. Continue reading “Officials worry that U.S counterterrorism defenses will be weakened by Trump actions”