Trump defends travel ban and lashes out at GOP critics McCain and Graham Day 10
Channel: Trump Speech
Date: 2017-02-08

Trump defends travel ban and lashes out at GOP critics McCain and Graham Day 10 :

Donald Trump and his advisers have stood firm after a weekend of outrage over his vague and chaotically enforced ban on travel from seven Muslim-majority countries.

On Sunday afternoon, while attorneys argued with customs and border officials over the fate of people still detained at airports around the country, the US president released a statement that insisted on the legality – and non-religious premise – of his orders to temporarily halt the admission of refugees and ban some travel.

“To be clear, this is not a Muslim ban, as the media is falsely reporting,” Trump said.

Democrat Don Beyer says ‘we have a constitutional crisis’ over refusal to release travellers from Muslim-majority countries after temporary stay

During his campaign, Trump promised a “complete and total shutdown of Muslims entering the United States”. On Friday he said he would prioritize Christian refugees. In his statement on Sunday, the president compared his order to a 2011 decision by Barack Obama to delay visas for Iraqis, and said Obama’s White House had chosen the seven countries singled out in his order.

“This is not about religion – this is about terror and keeping our country safe,” Trump said, pledging to issue visas again “once we are sure we have reviewed and implemented the most secure policies over the next 90 days”.

He also expressed “tremendous feeling” for men, women and children fleeing civil war in Syria and said: “I will find ways to help all those who are suffering.” Trump’s order imposed an indefinite freeze on refugee admissions from the country.

Travel authorities were thrown into confusion by the travel ban, with people unable to enter the US after landing, unable to board flights, or unsure whether they could return if they left.

Trump did not acknowledge the federal judges who in emergency hearings on Saturday night blocked parts of his orders and opened the door to a battle over the president’s constitutional powers.

Earlier on Sunday, two prominent Republican senators broke with the president over his order, warning that it betrayed American values by turning away refugees and green-card holders.

“Such a hasty process risks harmful results,” John McCain and Lindsey Graham said in a joint statement. “We fear this executive order will become a self-inflicted wound in the fight against terrorism.”

In an interview with CBS’s Face the Nation, McCain said that the order “in some areas will give Isis some more propaganda”.

Shortly after releasing his official statement, Trump used Twitter to denigrate the senators, calling them “wrong” and “sadly weak on immigration”.

“Senators should focus their energies on ISIS, illegal immigration and border security instead of always looking to start World War III,” the president tweeted.

He had earlier insisted that only draconian measures could protect the US from outside tumult. “Our country needs strong borders and extreme vetting, NOW,” he tweeted. “Look what is happening all over Europe and, indeed, the world – a horrible mess!”

Attorneys, meanwhile, told reporters “rogue” border agents around the country were still detaining people or trying to deport them. Large protests at major airports that began on Saturday carried into Sunday, and in Washington hundreds of protesters marched on the White House and the Capitol, chanting “let them in” and “Paul Ryan sucks”.

Ryan, the House speaker, has not commented on the court orders to stop deportations, or the defiance of some customs and border officials. A spokeswoman said on Saturday that he supported the order and does not consider it a religious test.

Trump’s White House advisers defended the president’s orders, which suspended the US refugee program for 120 days, ended the Syrian refugee program indefinitely, and halted travel from seven countries – cutting off legal residents from their families and jobs.

Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press, White House chief of staff Reince Priebus said 325,000 travelers had entered the US on Saturday and that 109 were detained.


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