In leaked document, the case for Trump's 'Muslim ban' takes another huge hit -By Greg Sargent
By Greg Sargent March 3 at 9:36 AM
We keep hearing that President Trump will roll out the new version of his travel ban any day now. The White House delayed it earlier this week, because Trump advisers reportedly thought it could step on the good press hed earned from his speech, thus inadvertently undercutting their own claims that enacting the ban is an urgent national security matter.
Heres the real reason for the delay: The Trump administration cant solve the problem that has always bedeviled this policy, which is that there isnt any credible national security rationale for it. Unlike on the campaign trail, when youre governing, you actually have to have justification for what youre proposing, or you often run into trouble.
MSNBCs Rachel Maddow had an important scoop on Thursday night that further undercuts the substantive case for Trumps ban, which would restrict entry into the country by refugees and migrants from select Muslim-majority countries. Maddow obtained a new internal Department of Homeland Security document that reached this key judgment:
We assess that most foreign-born, US-based violent extremists likely radicalized several years after their entry to the United States, limiting the ability of screening and vetting officials to prevent their entry because of national security concerns.
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Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)I want?"
Guaranteed this happens with the sycophants around him daily.
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(52,163 posts)Jim__
(14,072 posts)And the news media will report all the findings of these investigations.