By now some Americans are aware that many of the things dastardly Don Trump promised throughout the presidential election were blatant lies to garner votes, and because his malicious mendacity is pathological. One area he is holding fast to is his 2015 statement calling for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims enter[ing] the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on.” That statement is still front and center on the Trump’swebsite.
As recently as last week, Trump reiterated his intent, one that ISIS leaders hope he fulfills, to take some severe action against Muslims he claims are slaughtering Christians. He knows that is not the case, but it didn’t stop him from reminding reporters that he still hates Muslims and intends to punish them as he has indicated to audiences far and wide for the past year-and-a-half.
Last week after being asked if he will “rethink or reevaluate your plans to create a Muslim registry or ban Muslim immigration in the United States,” Trump replied: “Hey, you’ve known my plans all along and it’s, they’ve proven to be right. 100 percent correct. What’s happening is disgraceful.”
It may be the case that one of George W. Bush’s advisors whispering in the Trump’s ear had alerted him to a Bush administration program specifically created to register Muslims in America. It may also be the case that the Trump figured that since there is a Muslim registry program already in place, he could just sign an executive order and proceed terrorizing people he says are involved in the wrong religion. It is too bad for Trump, but that Bush program was quietly, and unceremoniously, dismantled last week by President Barack Obama
Since dirty Donald is so enamored with and embraces the Bush administration actors, advisors, and policies, he likely was planning on using the anti-Muslim “registry” Bush created and implemented shortly after the terror attacks on 9/11 as a tool to terrorize Muslims in America in 2017.
The program, known as the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS), has been in place since a gang of mostly Saudi criminals hijacked and flew commercial passenger jets into American buildings, but its operations were “suspended” in 2011. Although NSEERS was still in place, it was ‘suspended’ after 25 countries, 24 of which were Arab nations or majority Muslim populations, along with North Korea were taken off the registration list. With no list, there was no need for NSEERS.
That program originally required all men over the age of 16 from the “listed countries” to register and be fingerprinted when arriving in America; they also had to regularly “check in” with the immigration police. The initial Bush rules were considered too burdensome so the “regular check-in” aspect of the program was narrowed down to apply only to “targeted check ins” by 2003; eventually, it was entirely suspended.
However, the NSEERS program still existed and no doubt deceitful Donny figured he would take credit for creating it in 2001, and then begin tyrannizing Muslims as he has pledged to do to fulfill ISIS leaders’ expectations of a fascist in the White House. Now, despicable Don will actually have to create his own anti-Muslim registry program in its entirety because President Obama dismantled NSEERS so as not to make Trump’s anti-Muslim crusade any easier.
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