The Trump administration contends that the bans are for security reasons, that the countries in question cannot or will not provide adequate information about the people wanting to come in. This is entirely reasonable, but for the Left, concern for national security is “racist” and must be done away with.
“Democrats attack Trump as racist after he expands travel ban to six new countries,” by Victor Rantala, BizPacReview, February 2, 2020:
Democrats criticized the White House announcement that the United States will add six more countries to a controversial travel ban that originally was called a “Muslim ban” by the left, and that Joe Biden on Saturday called a new “African Ban.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led the charge in opposition to the travel ban expansion, describing it as “discrimination disguised as policy.”
“The Trump administration’s expansion of its outrageous, un-American travel ban threatens our security, our values and the rule of law,” her statement reads. “The sweeping rule, barring more than 350 million individuals from predominantly African nations from traveling to the United States, is discrimination disguised as policy.”
To no one’s surprise, she added that Democrats will do all in their power to resist the president. “In the Congress and in the Courts, House Democrats will continue to oppose the Administration’s dangerous anti-immigrant agenda. In the coming weeks, the House Judiciary Committee will mark-up and bring to the Floor the NO BAN Act to prohibit religious discrimination in our immigration system and limit the President’s ability to impose such biased and bigoted restrictions.”
On Friday, Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf told reporters that after a “systematic review” of all countries, six nations were added to the travel ban list: Burma, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sudan, and Tanzania.
Today @POTUS signed a proclamation issuing tailored travel restrictions on 6 countries that currently fail to meet the minimum US security standards set by this Administration. Through this action, we are raising the baseline of security around the world. https://t.co/lrlXZDvqB2
— Acting Secretary Chad Wolf (@DHS_Wolf) January 31, 2020
Prior to this latest expansion, restrictions on immigrant and non-immigrant visas were in place for seven countries, to include Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen.
After enduring multiple court challenges to the original travel ban, the Supreme Court upheld its constitutionality in 2018.
According to Wolf, the additional six nations have lighter restrictions than the original seven. “These countries, for the most part, want to be helpful, want to do the right thing, have relationships with the U.S. and are in some cases improving relations, but for a variety of different reasons failed to meet those minimum requirements that we laid out,” he said. “And really the only way to mitigate the risk is to impose these travel restrictions.”…
PRCS says
Despite this hijabi’s opinion, this: which as has been noted many times:
The vetting process does NOT ask about one’s ‘religious’ beliefs: beliefs which come, part and parcel, with the individual and which might already be, or eventually become, everything to them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7dThBMbjp0
somehistory says
Such an arrogant walk. And enough bologna in what she said to feed all of the people who read JW.
cair and their female “directors.” Such a farce.
Naildriver says
Trump, should he achieve a second term, needs to expand his ‘misgivings of Islam statement’ he made prior to his first term, to say he’s examined Islam — and finds Islam to to be in reality a dangerous enemy system– even if under the trappings of religion, and owing to its intractable Koran, writings, and history will persist to create terrorists and devotees intent upon the West’s destruction– or something to clearly reverse Obama’s treason and propaganda in support of Islam.
Sure it might even provoke another impeachment move and given the demographics possibly a successful one, but Islam is this countries most severe problem at present and the populace needs and deserves to see that at least one branch of government is willing to protect them from this enemy, Islam.
Diane flock says
Thank you ! Nigeria has tortured and murdered Christians way to long
Walter Sieruk says
After all this elapsed time since September 11, 2001 there are still some of those specific Democrats who are so stupid that they still fail to understand that Islam is not a Race but instead Islam is a religious/ political /sharia law based tyrannical system that has complete mind control over the heats , minds beliefs , values and behavior of millions of people around the world.
The result of this total mind control had the results of those mass murder affronts which occurred on 9/11.
All of those 9/11 al Qaeda jihadists hand been unvetted Muslim migrants from across the sea.
Concerning having a travel ban to America its very important for the security and safety of America people as well as peaceful visitors this nation and this topic of a travel ban from terrorist hotspot countries in important. This subject had been, somewhat, explained in the book, by Robert Spencer which his entitled THE COMPLETE INFIDEL’S GUIDE TO THE KORAN. For on page 230 it informs the reader “Immigration. Since there is no completely reliable way to tell any given Muslim believer takes the Koran’s dictates about warfare against Infidels literally, immigration of Muslims into the United States should be halted Further, on page 232 of the same book read “The willful blindness of Western leaders threatens us all, and the very survival of free societies.”
So the need for a national travel ban concerning all those unvetted Muslim migrants who desire to enter the United States of America is very important. Therefore, First, it should not be forgotten that most of the jihadist al Qaeda operatives who were the hijackers and mass murderers came from Saudi Arabia . Second, don’t let them fool you, the many apologists for Islam is will endeavor to set up a smokescreen to hide the reality of the truth about the violence and deadly essence of Islam by making the bogus claim that the al Qaeda operatives mass murderer on 9/11 were not real Muslims and that they were breaking the laws of the Qu ‘ran by their violence and deadly actions.” The apologists for Islam will further make the totally false claim that “Those terrorists on 9/11 were only criminals who hijacked the peaceful religion of Islam for Politics.” Those outrageously false claims are weak attempt of damage control for the image of Islam to the West. For the “holy book” of Islam the Qu ‘ran. For the Qu ‘ran instruct in Sura 9:111. Muslims who are engaging the jihad that “The believer’s fight in Allah’s Cause, they slay and are slain ,they kill and are killed “ That’s just what happened on September 11, 2001 the jihadists of al Qaeda “killed and were killed” in those 9/11 jihad attacks against both humankind and America. The Quran also teaches in Sura 9:123 to that jihad –minded Muslims behavior towards non-Muslims “let them find harshness in you…” Those Islamic attacks on 9/11 were indeed very “harsh.” As Sura 2:191 instructs “kill the disbeliever wherever you find them.” That’s a very strange kind of “peaceful religion” if there ever was one. Just to site one more out on many from the Qu ‘ran about the instruction of deadly violence is Sura 47:4. Which instructs “Whenever you encounter unbelievers strike off their heads until you make a great slaughter among them …” Let’s face it, using jet planes a missiles as those jihadist/ Muslims did of September 11, sure made a greater “slaughter among them” then sword can. Wake up West to the actual nature of Islam before it’s too late.
Peter35 says
Nancy the democRAT still hasn’t discovered what islam is/who moslems are. So many people consider Pelosi smart because she has “been around forever”, but this impeachment nonsense shows the extent of her ‘expertise’.
James Lincoln says
Peter35,
I never realized how stupid “nervous Nancy” was until she started this impeachment nonsense.
I sense a little senile dementia…
Peter35 says
Could be James, she wouldn’t be the first. Seriously, the Democrat Party have become a raving disgrace, and sorely need a thorough overhaul.
gravenimage says
To be fair, Pelosi did drag her feet on impeachment, and obviously thought it was pointless. But she’s buckled to pressure from the far left.
somehistory says
Remember the “fog” she claimed that was around the ahca and her saying that they “had to pass it..the bill… to find out what’s in it”?
And she put moslims on certain committees in the House specifically dealing with security and intelligence. She is a major fool who has a lot of governmental power she constantly misuses.
DHazard says
The Democrats have to shore up their most reliable voting bloc, racial minorities, while also ensuring that the U.S. remains divided along racial and emotional lines. The picture they paint of a country full of racists is belied by the fact that U.S. citizenship is sought after by almost every human being who doesn’t live withing walking distance of Europe.
Lu says
Even we Europeans are interested in becoming Americans 🙂 … I am one of them.
Agreed with what you just said. Language, border, culture. Savage is right …
tgusa says
The most racially segregated areas of the USA are run by democrats. Just visit any of their areas and you will quickly notice that there is this (insert racial classification) part of the city and that (insert racial classification) part of the city.
The democrat racial diversity and inclusion baloney is as phony as a three dollar bill. However, phony as a three dollar bill applies to everything that comes out of the mouths of democrats.
We need to push and push hard for the desegregation of democrat run communities and then stand back and watch them howl.
Wellington says
Proving once again that the Democratic Party of the USA is a greater enemy of America than is Islam itself. Nancy Pelosi (wretched and foolish woman) could serve as the “poster girl” of this verity.
All those who still think the Democratic Party worthy of any merit are either: 1) ignorant; 2) foolishly optimistic; or 3) malevolent.
The time has come for the Democratic Party to go the way of the Whig Party. For the preservation of liberty it is essential, I would contend, that the Democratic Party be destroyed. Yeah, it’s become this dire.
Understand, I don’t think this will happen but this doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t happen. Sure wish it would. Have to wonder about anyone who wouldn’t because the Democratic Party of old is no longer—and it’s not coming back—and one knows this or should know it.
Keys says
What happened to the Democratic Party of old ?
One part, and only one, of its demise, I believe, is due to infiltration by political groups that realized they could not win power by running on their pure platforms.
For example, a Socialist Party member could never win by running as a “third party” Socialist, so they became a Democrat with a socialist agenda.
Today we have Democrats with Sharia agendas and Communist agendas. In the Republican Party we have Libertarians, who could never be elected running as a Libertarian candidate, so they run as a Republican; not to mention RINOs, who are embedded Democrats.
There are other factors, as well, like open immigration, lowered voting age, etc.
And, Muslims, through CAIR and other organizations, are “infiltrating” the Democratic Party with their candidates, and no doubt planning to infiltrate the Republican Party, as well. And they all have their useful allies.
Probably not much new here, historians, except for the Muslim aspect with foreign support.
James Lincoln says
Nice analysis, Keys.
Janet says
Well said!
James Lincoln says
Wellington,
Excellent analysis regarding our current Democratic Party.
I think of how it has changed since the days of JFK. In fact, Pres. Kennedy’s wouldn’t make it today in our current Democratic Party – and would probably be more aligned with today’s Republicans.
The current Democratic Party is falling off a cliff, which has accelerated over the past five years. They are literally “off the rails”.
And the United States is only one election away from total anarchy.
Trump 2020 is our only hope. I think that he’ll get reelected by a landslide so we should be good for another four years. I’m just worried about what may follow him after he leaves office.
As an aside, Wellington, you are a gifted writer. Well-crafted writing does not come naturally to me, but I’m working on it.
Best wishes to you and yours.
Janet says
I pray that President Trump wins because if he doesn’t we kiss kiss our country goodbye as we know it! I worry about the Democrats doing a whole lot off cheating to win this election and get rid of Trump once and for all. They are so power hungry and obsessed with the Trump presidency that they are encouraging illegals to vote. I saw an undercover video of them telling them and showing them how to do it. They have other people voting more than once in different places. I can even see them changing votes from Republican to Democrat. Whatever it takes and they truly believe it’s ok because they have to do the right thing even if it’s wrong. That’s how evil and demented they are. Killing babies right up to birth, girls being boys and boys being girls. Or no genders at all. Lol Boys saying they are girls and playing girls sports which of course they win every single time. It’s all total BS and they will make us except it or else. Forget science! They have changed all the rules. Even lying Pocahontas said the other day that she will have a nine year old transgender boy interview people for the department of education position. You can’t make this stuff up! The Democrats are that whacked! What a sorry a** bunch! They are slowly but surely changing the demographics of the country and bring in as many Democratic voters as possible. They do want our guns and they would like to also control our free speech. Hell no!!!
Thomas Richard says
Thank you, Mr. President…….Champagne, anyone? 🙂
tgusa says
“Proving once again that the Democratic Party of the USA is a greater enemy of America than is Islam itself.”
That has been my belief for quite awhile now.
Also, democrats and some republicans are angry that our President was concerned about the money laundering that was going on between foreign countries and government officials. That money was our hard earned tax dollars, grossly abused, but Washington DC wants the President impeached because he was concerned about that. The President was concerned that we the people were being ripped off by elected (and probably non elected) grafters. If that doesn’t tell US citizens what our government truly represents nothing will.
Conclusion; If DC cannot continue on in their criminality they would rather burn the whole thing down. Throughout my entire life I have never been more disgusted by our government.
mortimer says
Exactly what is the ‘RACE’ of Islamic terrorism?
gravenimage says
Exactly–how is this “racist”?
somehistory says
Everyone complains when restrictions are put on people coming into the country…for whatever reason and from whatever country…everyone except those who truly care about their own safety and health, their family’s and friends safety and health and that of the people as a whole.
And, it’s always referred to as “un-Constitutional,” “bigoted,” “racist,” and how many other hot words might stick in the minds of the people who aren’t really paying attention.
And, it’s always funny…to me…that the person born in some other country tries to dictate what is “American,’ or “Lawful,” are to claim that it is against the Constitution, the president doesn’t have that power, and lately, “that’s not who we are.” Not funny in the humorous sense, of course.
According to the way things have been done since man started “nations,” it has been that each nation decides just who can enter and become a citizen. In recent times, esp, everyone not a U.S. citizen believes they have the right to be, and many who manages to get here…esp moslims…see that as a legal right for all of their family and males they wish to marry their girl children.
It’s still basically a “free country,”…people are “free to leave.” If they don’t like the restrictions, go someplace else that might allow anyone entry, any time for any reason.
somehistory says
pelosi should be made to explain how this is so: “un-American travel ban threatens our security, our values and the rule of law,”
How, nancy, how does it “threaten our ***security*** or “our* (whose is she referencing here?) values” and the “rule of law”? She should be made to answer.
gravenimage says
Democrats call Trump “racist” again as he adds six new countries to “outrageous, un-American” travel ban
…………………….
I heard about his expansion of the travel ban and am so glad to see it! Muslim immigration to the US is already down 90%.
Of course, this response from the Dems was to be expected–they have little interest in protecting Americans from Jihad terror when they can pander to Muslims instead.
Mo says
“Democrats call Trump “racist” again as he adds six new countries to “outrageous, un-American” travel ban”
In other words, just another day ending in “Y”.
Harry Again says
SO.. Why no ban on Saudi Arabia, home of the 9-11 terrorists?
gravenimage says
I hope Saudi Arabia is added in the next round.
Terry Gain says
Since all enlightened democracies require freedom of speech, freedom of and from religion, gender equality and equality of citizenship, I have a modest proposal, as follows:
Immigration from Muslim majority countries should be temporarily suspended until such time as: 1. The Grand Sheik of the Al-Azhar Mosque issues a ruling requiring all Muslim majority countries to pass legislation making the 4 values list above to be Islamic values.
2. All Muslim majority counties pass legislation adopting such ruling as. the law of their land; and
3. All Muslim majority countries recognize the right of the Jewish people to live in peace in the tiny sanctuary of their ancestral homeland, namely Israel.
Gamaliel Isaac says
Before I read this I was wondering if the Democrats would attack Trump for keeping people with the corona virus out of the country. I thought “How could they do that when the Corona virus is killing so many people?” Even they want to live right?
jca reid says
A bit of a waste of time. After all, they are ALL MUSLIMS! They swop Nationalities more often than ordinary people change their underwear! You will have Somalis, Libyans, Jordanians etc. travelling on GENUINE Syrian documentation & the circle goes on! On these pages a few days ago, (today’s date 4/FEB/20), a Middle Eastern Muslim was arrested attempting to enter the USA with a genuine COLUMBIAN Passport. Very severe action has to be taken. This pussyfooting around is not & will not work! It is lamentable & laughable. As for President Trump being Racist – he IS NOT!! He has stood on the same platform as the Rev. Jesse Jackson to receive awards for him for helping the African American communities. It is well documented. As always it is the dingbats who call any move to make their own people & country secure Racist.
E T says
The Communist Revolution people’s mantra. “No border, no wall, no USA at all.
CAIR/ Muslim Brotherhood hoods: Migrate, dominate, and annihilate. “Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. Qur’an is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the name of Allah is our hightest hope”.
OLD GUY says
Saudi Arabia should be added to the banned list.
Kavan Sherwood (@TattoedMan77) says
When liberals pronounce everything they disagree with is “way-cist”, then TRUE EXAMPLES of racism slip through the cracks.
When someone calls an idea,person,film,etc, “way-cist” then most people switch off as it’s now just another example of Virtue-Signalling.
Marigold says
Nancy Pelosi tore up President Trumps state of the union speech showing herself up for what she is a spoilt, selfish woman who throws childish tantrums when she can’t get what she wants.