by Ganesh Sahathevan
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Muslim Community Leaders to React to Repeal of Muslim Ban at Inaugural Town Hall has announced:
On Inauguration Day (Jan. 20), the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will co-host a live one hour "Muslim Community Priorities Town Hall" at 4 p.m. (ET) on Facebook and YouTube with other national Muslim community groups during which community leaders will offer their reaction to President Biden's promised day-one repeal of the "Muslim Ban" put in place by the previous administration.
However, the Trump "Muslim ban", which seems to have confused even prominent Australian jurists has its roots in legislation introduced by Nobel Prize winner , the 44th President Of The United States, Barak Hussein Obama.
TO BE READ WITH
by Ganesh Sahathevan
Much is being said of President Trump's Executive Order Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States or “Refugee/Muslim Ban” , but precious little about the legislation which empowers it.
Examples of "expert" commentary:
President Trump's Muslim ban excludes countries linked to his sprawling business empire
by Ganesh Sahathevan
Much is being said of President Trump's Executive Order Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States or “Refugee/Muslim Ban” , but precious little about the legislation which empowers it.
Examples of "expert" commentary:
President Trump's Muslim ban excludes countries linked to his sprawling business empire
Trump left countries with high terror risk off his banned list
What the Obama era legislation which binds Trump's executive order actually says:
What the Obama era legislation which binds Trump's executive order actually says:
(A)In general
The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of State, shall evaluate program countries on an annual basis based on the criteria described in subparagraph (B) and shall identify any program country, the admission of nationals from which under the visa waiver program under this section, the Secretary determines presents a high risk to the national security of the United States.
(B)CriteriaIn evaluating program countries under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of State, shall consider the following criteria:
(i)
The number of nationals of the country determined to be ineligible to travel to the United States under the program during the previous year.
(ii)
The number of nationals of the country who were identified in United States Government databases related to the identities of known or suspected terrorists during the previous year.
(iii)
The estimated number of nationals of the country who have traveled to Iraq or Syria at any time on or after March 1, 2011 to engage in terrorism.
(C)Suspension of designation
The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may suspend the designation of a program country based on a determination that the country presents a high risk to the national security of the United States under subparagraph (A) until such time as the Secretary determines that the country no longer presents such a risk.
In other words,an Executive Order aimed precisely at US visa waivers. The matter of jihadis from Saudi Arabia ,Pakistan, Afghanistan and other countries are not dealt with in this executive order, but that does not mean it is not being dealt with at all.
Posters of this sort do nothing to tell us anything at all about the Executive Order.
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