(January 29, 2017 at 2:35 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: For those who don't know the past six Presidents have used EOs to bar certain classes of immigrants from the US. The Repubs used to love to whine when Obama did it and now the Dems are whining because Trump has done it. It's a constant stream of whining that does seem to be going away anytime soon.
http://dailycaller.com/2016/06/16/the-pa...mmigrants/
Presidents Obama, Bush 43, and Clinton did it 6 times each. Reagan did it 5 times. George H.W. Bush & Carter did it once each. Carter barred all Iranians.
Schumer's judge is going to get slapped upside her dummy head by the SCOTUS. It's going to be fun to watch.
AFAIK none of those actions blocked people who had previously been approved for residency, or were already residing in the US. The reason people are complaining is because people who are lawfully allowed to be in the USA were being detained and prevented from entering the country. These people were already vetted, they have their visas, they have permanent residency, most of them don't have another place to go.
(January 29, 2017 at 8:03 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: OK, after some in-depth research I think I've found the answer.
The news accounts are 99% BS and fake news intended to create mass hysteria.
Trump did sign the EO, "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States" on January 27, 2017.
Obama and Congress had previously identified the seven countries of concern on December 18, 2015, when he signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2016, which included the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015. Those seven countries are Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen. That's why none of the countries Trump did business in is on the list. Obama didn't regard them as a concern.
Now in Trump's EO the only country mentioned by name is Syria. He referred to the list that Obama had previously identified.
Under the Act if a citizen from a VWP program country, say England or South Korea, had been in one of those countries on concern that person had to get a visa before visiting the US. The people in the countries of concern always had to have a visa.
Trump's EO now bars those people from the seven countries that Obama had identified until they are more thoroughly "vetted". When they are they might get a visa. However, if it's determined that they have bad behavior (such as doing a honor killing or car bombing) they won't get a visa.
Trump's EO also suspends the plan to import 50,000 Syrian refugees at this time because it's not in our national interest.
So, if anyone is open-minded about the issue he/she should read the EO and this link from Homeland Security that has FAQs about the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act.
https://www.cbp.gov/travel/international...on-act-faq
Pretty sure the fact that otherwise legal residents of the USA were getting detained at airports and denied entry was the reason that there was any kind of hysteria.
