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What's sheeple about me mentioning that this was President Obama's idea? Sure President Trump actually implemented it, but it was President Obama who thought this idea up.
According to the draft copy of Trump's executive order, the countries whose citizens are barred entirely from entering the United States is based on a bill that Obama signed into law in December 2015.
Obama signed the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act as part of an omnibus spending bill. The legislation restricted access to the Visa Waiver Program, which allows citizens from 38 countries who are visiting the United States for less than 90 days to enter without a visa.
Though outside groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union and NIAC Action — the sister organization of the National Iranian American Council — opposed the act, the bipartisan bill passed through Congress with little pushback.
At the initial signing of the restrictions, foreigners who would normally be deemed eligible for a visa waiver were denied if they had visited Iran, Syria, Sudan or Iraq in the past five years or held dual citizenship from one of those countries.
In February 2016, the Obama administration added Libya, Somali and Yemen to the list of countries one could not have visited — but allowed dual citizens of those countries who had not traveled there access to the Visa Waiver Program. Dual citizens of Syria, Sudan, Iraq and Iran are still ineligible, however.
So, in a nutshell, Obama restricted visa waivers for those seven Muslim-majority countries — Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya and Yemen — and now, Trump is looking to bar immigration and visitors from the same list of countries.
....so if you're mad, be mad at the correct people....President Obama and the media. President Obama for being such a RAGING Islamaphobeand the media for not calling him on it
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You need to °°°°°THANK°°°° me & Lyle for highlighting things about US Law that you wouldn't know about as a British immigrant.
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You guys should do some aged before and after photos similar to what we see after Presidents 4-8 years. Only do it for Trump supporters who are going to spend all their time sighting the loathed Obama for case support and walking back other clusterfucked half thought out plans and policies. The roll out and vetting of this EO had the look and stench of a runaway garbage truck, only lives, some -American- lives, were turned on their head. Visa and green card holders who already jumped thru hoops, U.S Military supporters, 5 year olds kids detained just so numb nuts can beat on his chest from behind his desk. Thankfully they weren't turned around and sent back because half a dozen judges stepped in. Nah man, we don't do that. That's not us. Exactly how much blood does Saudi Arabia have on its hands. What list are they on.
btw Trump needs to send out a team to kneecap Giuliani who relays first hand account of "Muslim Ban". No wonder poor fella didn't get a position after polishing Trumps apples all that time.
Who cares if they were detained for extra screening? Not the end of the world.
By the way to everybody who's jumping around with their signs protesting that Donald Trump must be at off Hitler reincarnated that executive order that he signed is still an executive order and will always be an executive order and the people from those seven countries will still be detained and or forbidden to board flights overseas headed for the United States.
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