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posted by janrinok on Monday January 30 2017, @11:14PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-separation-of-powers dept.

From the what-separation-of-powers department:

The Department of Homeland Security has an update on the entry ban:

The Department of Homeland Security will continue to enforce all of President Trump's Executive Orders in a manner that ensures the safety and security of the American people. President Trump's Executive Orders remain in place—prohibited travel will remain prohibited, and the U.S. government retains its right to revoke visas at any time if required for national security or public safety. President Trump's Executive Order affects a minor portion of international travelers, and is a first step towards reestablishing control over America's borders and national security.

The NY Post adds:

The ACLU is getting "multiple reports" that federal customs agents are siding with President Trump — and willfully ignoring a Brooklyn federal judge's demand that travelers from seven Muslim countries not be deported from the nation's airports.


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 31 2017, @01:11AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 31 2017, @01:11AM (#460908)

    Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan.

    Here's a map with banned countries in red, and trump countries in yellow. [bloomberg.com]
    No overlap. How convenient.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 31 2017, @01:50AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 31 2017, @01:50AM (#460930)

    The wonderful Trump would never do business in a bad country, thus he didn't need to ban any which intersect with his businesses. Discussion solved. Next issue?

  • (Score: 1) by tftp on Tuesday January 31 2017, @06:57AM

    by tftp (806) on Tuesday January 31 2017, @06:57AM (#461097) Homepage

    Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that countries in red have some sort of civil war or instability within? Well, Iran is stable, but who is going to be surprised that it was swept into the new axis of evil?

    • (Score: 2) by zocalo on Tuesday January 31 2017, @10:34AM

      by zocalo (302) on Tuesday January 31 2017, @10:34AM (#461138)

      Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that countries in red have some sort of civil war or instability within?

      That does seem like a reasonable way to draw a line - a somewhat arbitrary one, but a line non-the-less. So why isn't Turkey on the list?

      Turkey is a majority Muslim country, had an attempted coup a little over six months ago, have a on-going violent insurgency with elements of their Kurdish populace in the East, suffers repeated and regular attacks from Daesh extemist, has its own Muslim extremists, and President Erdogan is engaged in a a crackdown on pretty much any form of political dissent without any due process; suspects are just detained to await trial, and with many judges also locked up that's essentially arbitrary and indefinite detention. Sounds like it ought to be a shoo-in to me, so, does the US *really* need the use of Incirlik to attack various groups in the Middle East that much, or is it just a case of follow the money to Trump Tower?

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