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Originally Posted by mongidig
Have your minds changed yet about the travel ban?
mongidig forgets -
but the Washington Post remembers - the original travel ban was supposed to last 120 days, intentionally meant to be a temporary measure until more extreme vetting could be put in place.
The original travel ban was put in place 129 days ago. That means that, without any interference, it would have expired 9 days ago. The Trump administration, in enacting the original ban, then, claims that enough time has now passed for it to no longer be necessary!
Some members of the administration said the courts hurt that process:
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David Lapan, a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security, told USA Today that the department was not crafting new vetting procedures because the courts had halted the executive order directing them to do so.
But experts are skeptical:
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Lawyers and other experts dispute this characterization of the court order. “I do not think the injunction included not being able to plan for vetting,” said Leon Fresco, an immigration lawyer at Holland & Knight. “What was enjoined was the part of the order that prevented letting in individuals.”
Andrew Rudalevige, a political science professor at Bowdoin, agreed that the White House could have just started vetting procedures while the travel ban was paused: “There was nothing stopping him.”
And fortunately for us all, the moron in chief contradicted his own DHS spokesman:
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This week, Trump tweeted that “extreme vetting” procedures have already been developed, a statement deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed. (Last week, the Trump administration rolled out a new questionnaire for visa applicants, which asks for social media usernames, among other things.)
So, there we go! No more travel ban needed
Thanks for bringing this up agian, mongidig!