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Very simply, we cannot have open migration from any country where we cannot safely and reliably vet and screen those who seek to enter the United States
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That is why today I am signing a new executive order placing travel restrictions on countries including Yemen, Somalia, Haiti, Libya and numerous others
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let's turn to dr donna jackson who's an expert on us politics and history at the university of
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chester joins me now well it's one thing for the president to order it or to sign the decree but
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what will happen in the courts do you imagine doctor good morning good morning nick thanks
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for having me on um i think it will be quite interesting i i think one of the problems with
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the courts is they are very much been backed by donald trump so very often the rulings are going
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in his way regardless of what the Constitution might say. So some of the things Trump has been doing is being upheld by the court even though many people are looking that many experts many legal scholars I not a legal expert to the same level as some of them And they saying this There doesn seem to be a constitutional basis for this
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It's more political. And the latest travel ban is just typical of Trump's behavior and his his attitude
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I think to minorities, to people of color, his statement, we don't want them here
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Illegal migration is one thing, and I totally accept that. But this is way beyond that
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And it is targeting people with no reason other than Trump's decided he doesn't like them
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And it's typical of his, he thinks he's a king, he can do what he likes attitude
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rather than doing what is in the best interest of the country
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Are you able to determine why the countries that have been selected were selected
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I'm not able to say definitively. I can give you my opinion. Please. Yes, Doctor
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And I think a lot of it is coming because of the ethnicity
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It targeting people of color He chosen these countries because there has been in the past terrorism associated with some of them but that does not mean that everybody in Eritrea or Somalia is a
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terrorist, or Libya is a terrorist, just because there have been some instances in the past. This
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is targeting a whole country for one or two pieces of behavior, and it doesn't mean they shouldn't
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be screening. I'm not saying that. But this, it goes beyond that. This is bullying. And I, in my
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opinion, vindictive, typical of Trump. I may be slightly incited, but I went to a Bruce Springsteen
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concert last night, and he was very outspoken about Trump and the danger that he poses to America
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And, you know, I totally agree with that. This is, he is dangerous. And this is just another
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example of his whims and his vindictiveness. Just my opinion. I know many people don't have that
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opinion but that is mine Bruce harking back to the glory days gone by There we go I love the boss I envy you that Doctor Presumably was that in no we don get it It was at Anfield in Liverpool In Linfield OK well I hope you had a great It was fantastic Sorry
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Not at all. No, no, not at all. I'm just reminded, of course, in his first term
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he attempted to put a travel ban on Muslim countries. Do you recall that? Can you remember what actually happened with that attempted ban
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It was lifted eventually, but, of course, a lot of it was lifted or completely lifted
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when Joe Biden came in. But there was a travel ban. It was challenged through the courts
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The courts were less packed by Trump at that point. So it was harder for him to get what he wanted
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But that, again, that was anti-Muslim. There have been Muslim terrorists. There have been many non-Muslim terrorists
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But he was using it, I think, as an excuse to target people he does not like
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OK. Dr Donna Jackson, she loves her Springsteen. She's an expert on US politics and history at the University of Chester 743
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What about that idea here? it would never happen of course would it have merit we decided we're not going to allow anybody
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in from i don't know albania afghanistan wherever you want to go can you imagine what would happen here
