Posted on 01/30/2017 6:43:38 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Edited on 01/30/2017 7:54:25 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
President Trump defended his new extreme vetting policy Sunday in the face of severe pushback from judges, members of Congress and the press, saying President Obama did much the same thing when he put a pause on Iraqi refugees for six months in 2011.
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It’s only okay when Obama does it.
President Trump didn’t designate those 7 countries in banning their people from flying to America, President Obama did!
Epic – Is Team Trump Baiting Liberal Media and Refugee Protesters By Using Obama’s Own Policy?…
Posted on January 28, 2017 by sundance
Why would the text of President Trump’s Executive Order suspending travel visas be readily available on CNN , New York Times, Wall Street Journal , but not on the White House page?
I don’t think it’s accidental. The limiting Visa program was President Obama’s action, not President Trump. See link below for full story!
Trump didn’t ban just Muslims. His order bans all people from Obama’s list of 7 terrorist countries like Obama did.
President Obama has barred huge groups of potentially dangerous immigrants from entering the United States at least six times, undercutting his claim that barring Muslims from terrorist countries as Donald Trump has proposed is un-American.
In his first ban, according to a search of White House records, Obama instituted a ban on "immigrants or nonimmigrants" covered by a larger United Nations travel ban. He also included those on an economic sanctions list. Most countries were Muslim.
He cited the very same section of law that many critics of his policies have asked him to use, "section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952." It says, "Whenever the president finds that the entry of aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, the president may, by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or non-immigrant's or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate."
He used the same provision five other times, one more in 2011, twice in 2012 and twice in 2014. In those, he targeted people aiding Iran, Syria, Crimea, and those involved in war crimes.
In reaction to the Orlando terror attack, Trump said, "When I'm elected, I will suspend immigration from areas of the world where there is a proven history of terrorism against the United States, Europe or our allies until we fully understand how to end these threats."
Obama ripped him. "That's not the America we want," he said. "It doesn't reflect our democratic ideals. It will make us less safe."
White House documents also show that former President Bill Clinton issued six immigrant bans; George W. Bush six immigrant bans; and former President Ronald Reagan four. And in 1980, former President Jimmy Carter banned Iranians after Tehran seized the U.S. embassy.
Below are Obama's actions:
— July 25, 2011. Barred those under a UN travel ban, or who broke 29 executive orders covering transactions with terrorists.
— Aug. 4, 2012. Banned anybody involved in war crimes, or just about any other crime including human rights violations.
— April 23, 2012. Barred those helping Syria or Iran, or involved in human rights abuses for those governments.
— May 1, 2012. Another block on those helping Iran and Syria.
— April 3, 2014. Banned anyone known to threaten South Sudan.
— March 6, 2014 . Barred entry of those claiming government authority in the Crimea region of Ukraine, presumably on behalf of Moscow.
And this was after Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. There was nary a peep about his executive actions.
It appears that President Trump carefully researched past administrations, especially Clinton and Obama, and crafted his executive order based upon those of Clinton/Obama. All are based in a 1952 law, giving POTUS authority over immigration. IMHO Trump knew the Left would predictably pounce with the one thing they plenty of… outrage.
Knowing when the past actions of President’s Clinton, Obama and Democrat leaders were exposed… their anger would again make them look like hypocrites with selective and politically motivated indignation. Trump (again) throws the stick… Leftists go chasing like trained puppies! They hate him but he owns them. #RustyIrony
How come MSM doesn’t respond to this comparison?
Not doing so further cements the Fake News indentity they are trying to shake off.
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