The Associated Press report stated that the document outlining the administration’s plans had been “circulating the White House” and that countries that would be affected were “blacked out,” according to their anonymous sources.
The article continued:
It’s unclear exactly how many countries would be included in the expansion if it proceeds, but two of the people said that seven countries — a majority of them Muslim — would be added to the list. The most recent iteration of the ban includes restrictions on five majority-Muslim nations: Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen, as well as Venezuela and North Korea.
Even though White House principal deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley did not confirm the plan, he told the AP the travel ban made the United States safer.
Gidley commented:
The Travel Ban has been very successful in protecting our Country and raising the security baseline around the world. While there are no new announcements at this time, common-sense and national security both dictate that if a country wants to fully participate in U.S. immigration programs, they should also comply with all security and counter-terrorism measures — because we do not want to import terrorism or any other national security threat into the United States.
However, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) retweeted the article in question and urged her fellow representatives to pass the No Ban Act.
“What do 5 out of 7 of these countries have in common? They are Muslim-majority countries the President already tried to ban. We need to pass the #NoBanAct immediately to stop this madness,” she wrote.
In February, Breitbart News’s John Binder reported that Trump’s travel ban halted almost all legal immigration from countries designated as sponsors of terrorism.
“In total, more than 37,000 visas were denied in 2018 thanks to the travel ban — including about 15,400 foreign nationals seeking to permanently resettle in the U.S. and 21,645 foreign nationals wanting non-immigrant visas,” he concluded.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2020/01/11/rashida-tlaib-calls-trumps-alleged-travel-ban-expansion-straight-up-racism/
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[–] Invicta 0 points 14 points 14 points (+14|-0) ago
Time to put a stop to Muslim immigrants. Islam is a schizophrenic religion. There is the Muhammad of Mecca who supposedly preached peace and had only one wife. Then there is the Muhammad of Medina who is a war lord with 12 more wives; who had slaves; who used violence to convert people and, personally, led 27 military attacks. We don't need an insane religion like this in the US.
[–] mac1221 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
Islam is a political ideology wrapped up with the outward appearance of a religion. It IS incompatable with Western Judeo-Christian culture. Their political agenda is not to live side by side with anyone - but to dominate the world with Islam. This is not racism but a statement of fact. There is not one example where Islam, as the dominant political system, coexists with others in peace. Islam persecutes and represses all views opposed to Islam - at the point of a sword if necessary. Convert or die.
Thank heaven POTUS is trying to protect us from those within that seek to destroy us.
[–] zxcvbnasdf 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
Judeo-Christian culture has nothing to do with modern Jews, as modern, rabbinical Jews claim the lineage of the Pharisees.
So these Pharisees should also be kicked out of our lands, just like Jesus taught us. They are the ones bringing the Muslims and all of the degeneracy, and should be asked to return to their "homeland" which Americans so graciously fought and died for.