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TexasTowelie

(112,150 posts)
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 07:49 AM Jan 2017

Labrador issues statement on President Trump's executive order

Labrador issues statement on President Trump's executive order regarding refugees and non-immigrants seeking entry into U.S.

MERIDIAN – U.S. Rep. Raúl Labrador, R-Idaho, issued the following statement on President Trump’s executive order on admissions to the United States:

“Congress has identified significant flaws with the vetting process for those seeking entry into the United States. The prior administration failed to adequately address security concerns. President Trump has finally taken necessary national security and public safety measures regarding refugees and non-immigrants seeking entry. The media’s mischaracterization of the order as a ‘ban on Muslims’ is not only false, it is intentionally designed to mislead the public and to undermine the President's agenda. The ban is temporary and does not exclude any particular group based on religion.”

Labrador continued, “The President of the United States has sweeping powers to suspend the entry into the United States of aliens if their entry is detrimental to the interests of the United States. The Administration, however, could have done a better job of implementing this executive order. They failed to provide clear guidance on the policy which caused substantial confusion at the ports of entry. I urge the Administration to revisit the order's applicability to legal permanent residents of the United States, and exercise great care before taking future action. Inadequate review and poor implementation of this executive action threatens to undermine otherwise sound policy. I remain a strong supporter of President Trump’s bold efforts to keep America safe, but they must be legally sound and uniformly enforced. I look forward to working with the President on these issues.”

http://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/labrador-issues-statement-on-president-trump-s-executive-order-regarding/article_fc7ff465-4878-5961-8976-a1ae59187c56.html
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Labrador issues statement on President Trump's executive order (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2017 OP
The idiots who voted for Comrade Trumpsky & this guy will believe this statement & think it's all Pachamama Jan 2017 #1
Labrador has proven to be a cruel carpetbagger, nilesobek Feb 2017 #2

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
1. The idiots who voted for Comrade Trumpsky & this guy will believe this statement & think it's all
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 08:03 AM
Jan 2017

...great what this order does and argue that we who protest or oppose don't want to protect our country or make America great again or don't put America first....

I wanted to scream as I read that because it's not accurate and is pure propaganda and it's also designed (likely by Trump's propaganda team led by Bannon) to throw in at the end where the Congressman says how he supports Trump and urges him to change the rules to consider green card holders and residents, as if he is taking some big stand. It also LIES when he states there is no religious test.

nilesobek

(1,423 posts)
2. Labrador has proven to be a cruel carpetbagger,
Thu Feb 2, 2017, 07:50 AM
Feb 2017

who basically runs unopposed here in Idaho. Who would want to be a client of Raul Labrador, an immigration lawyer who takes a stance like this?

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