White House Official, in Reversal, Says Green Card Holders Won't Be Barred

[DonViejo]

Source: New York Times

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR JAN. 29, 2017

WASHINGTON A top White House official appeared to reverse a key part of President Trumps immigration order on Sunday, saying that people from the affected countries who hold green cards will not be prevented from returning to the United States.

But the official, Reince Priebus, the White House chief of staff, also said that border agents had discretionary authority to detain and question suspicious travelers from certain countries. That statement seemed to add to the uncertainty over how the executive order will be interpreted and enforced in the days ahead.

Mr. Priebus defended Mr. Trumps order on NBCs Meet the Press program, saying it had been carried out smoothly and was protecting Americans from terrorist threats. On Saturday, a day after the order was issued, airports were marked by scenes of confusion and protest as officials tried to interpret the order, including how to handle green card holders.

On Sunday, Mr. Priebus appeared to announce a dramatic change in those policies, saying that as far as green card holders, moving forward, it doesnt affect them.

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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/us/politics/white-house-official-in-reversal-says-green-card-holders-wont-be-barred.html?emc=edit_na_20170129&nl=breaking-news&nlid=57435284&ref=headline

[SHRED]

1. Carried out "smoothly"???

Now there's a knee slapper.

[Kber]

2. If this is their definition of "well run" what's "a small hiccup" look like?

A mushroom cloud?

[FarPoint]

3. Maybe not today...

make no mistake...it is on the list....

[lark]

6. Totally scary!

Drumpf is partners with a consortium that installs nuclear plants and you know with him his own $$ interests trump everything else. He wants SK to get nukes because he will personally profit. He is too stupid to care about NK's reaction or t he utter destruction this could lead to.

[Hokie]

4. I am confused

Was Priebus just suffering from diarrhea of the mouth or is this really a walk-back on the EO?

[Wounded Bear]

8. RNC PRBS always has diarrhea of the mouth...

and it is generally difficult to figure out what the fuck he just said at all times.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. That

was one of my mother's favorite terms!

My sister and I also call it "verbal vomit".

[Lucky Luciano]

5. Suspicious will still mean "not white" so it is still the same policy. nt

[Wounded Bear]

10. Yep, and "wearing of suspicious apparel" of course...

or carrying the wrong book. Speaking the wrong language is a big one, too.

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. The Gang That Couldn't Hate Straight (nt)

[Dream Girl]

11. Too late. This has woken up a lot of uninterested, apolitical people

Who now are aware of their precarious position. Green card holders have citizen relatives who vote and will care deeply about this issue that has the potential to be huuuge in their lives. Another group that has had a fire lit under them.

[LittleBlue]

12. So he issues an EO causing protest, then the same night guts the Security Council for Bannon

Then the next morning, the order is partially rolled back. Now Bannon is controlling the US Security Council.

Something evil just happened here, and it's not what we think.

[Rex]

13. Just winging it. What a bunch of worthless shitwads.