Our focus should be on people with suspected links to terrorism. The
President will have no resistance from this Congress--from either side
of the aisle--if he goes after actual suspects of terrorism, but this
should be done regardless of the suspect's religion. This order--the new one--still blocks refugees from coming to the
United States for at least 120 days, and it cuts by more than 50
percent the number of refugees who will be settled in the United States
this year. Turning away innocent people who are fleeing persecution,
genocide, and terror is not the American way. It will not keep us
safer. Sadly, it projects an image of America to the world that is
totally inconsistent with where we have been as a Nation. No matter what spin the White House puts on it, the President's new
Executive order is still fatally flawed. Multiple statements from the
President himself and from several of his advisers have made clear that
his intention is to bar Muslims from entering the United States and to
give priority to Christian refugees. This violates the Constitution's
establishment clause and the equal protection clause. Tweaking the
language of the ban cannot remedy the President's original unlawful
intent.
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