President Trump DID
NOT choose the seven countries to ban in his Executive Order. They were chosen
before he was President and if you read the executive order, the only nation mentioned
by name is Syria. All nations affected by the executive order are referred to
as "countries of concern", a list of six nations named in a 2016
law signed by President Obama concerning immigration Visas. The executive order
temporarily halts immigration or re-entries from several Middle Eastern
countries where ISIS is known to operate, or that are known to be state sponsors
of terrorism. Those countries include Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan,
and Libya.
The Department of
Homeland Security listed those nations in a press release in February of 2016:
The Department of
Homeland Security announced that it is continuing its implementation of the
Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015
with the addition of Libya, Somalia, and Yemenas three countries of
concern, limiting Visa Waiver Program travel for certain individuals who have
traveled to these countries. Travel Prevention Act of 2015 with the addition of Libya,
Somalia, and Yemenas three countries of concern, limiting Visa Waiver
Program travel for certain individuals who have traveled to these countries.
The Department of
Homeland Security listed those nations in a press release in February of 2016:
Last month, the United
States began implementing changes under the Act. The three additional countries
designated today join Iran, Iraq, Sudan and Syria as countries
subject to restrictions for Visa Waiver Program travel for certain individuals.
The left was silent when President Obama banned Iraqi refugees for six months
in 2011 due to concerns that the program was being used by terrorists to
infiltrate the United States:
Worth
noting that Obama Admin stopped processing Iraq refugees for six months in 2011
due to terrorism concerns http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/al-qaeda-kentucky-us-dozens-terrorists-country-refugees/story?id=20931131 …
CARTER
BANNED IRANIANS FROM COMING TO US
During the Islamic
Revolution's Iranian hostage crisis in which Islamists took over the country,
Carter issued a number of orders to put pressure on Iran. Among these, Iranians were banned from entering the United States unless they oppose
the Shiite Islamist regime or had a medical emergency. Here's Jimmy
Carter saying it
back in 1980.
