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There are people on both sides of the issues. The law will prevail, but only by due process. That must be given time.
After banning asylum seekers from 7 Muslim-majority countries from entering USA, it seems President Donald Trump and his team have just started.
There are worrying signs that Trump’s initial #MuslimBan may be expanded to other countries. White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus responded to CBS News during an interview, saying:
You can point to other countries that have similar problems like Pakistan and others – perhaps we need to take it further. For now, immediate steps, pulling the Band-Aid off, is to do further vetting for people traveling in and out of those countries.
List of Entry Banned Countries
President Trump signed an executive order on Friday to immediately halt the entry of people coming from:
The entry ban is to be effective for at least 90 days although we can’t say for sure if it will last longer than that. The ban was enacted immediately causing confusion and problems among travellers coming from the aforementioned 7 countries.
- Iran
- Iraq
- Libya
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Syria
- and Yemen
Defending his position the chief of staff said,
This was a promise that President Trump had made and it’s a promise that he’s going to keep. And he’s not willing to be wrong on this subject — we need to do our best to be vigilant and protect Americans.
Green Card Holders Will Also Be Detained
There’s another side to this ban as well. Valid green card holders (some of them having full citizenships) will also be detained if they belong from one of the seven banned countries. Priebus added that Customs and Border Patrol always had wide discretion when asking questions about the people coming to the United States.
“Not a Muslim Ban”
When asked whether this was the Muslim ban Trump had mentioned during his presidential campaign, Prebius said,
This is not a Muslim ban. All this is identifying the seven countries — and the reason we chose those seven countries is those were the seven countries that both the Congress and the Obama administration identified as being the seven countries that were most identifiable with dangerous terrorism taking place in their country.
In other words, even if Pakistan is not going to face a ban, Pakistanis travelling to USA will face ‘extreme vetting’ by the authorities. This may be subject to change in the future however, and there’s no telling if it will be for the worse or better.
It should also be mentioned that a US court has suspended Trump’s immigration ban for now.
https://propakistani.pk/2017/01/30/trumps-us-visa-ban-going-include-pakistan-soon/
Islamabad warns against move to extend US travel ban to Pakistan
https://www.ft.com/content/5fbdac22-e6c2-11e6-893c-082c54a7f539
Bro, can you post the article?
Too many threads on the SAME DAMN TOPIC!
I doubt Pakistan will be banned , because of few reasons ..
1- Pakistani Business man often go to US for trading
2- Military Ties on WoT
3- CPEC investments
4- keeping China and Pakistan in check from afghanistan
5- Keeping the supply lines open for US troops in Afghanistan
etc ..
Ban Pakistan it will Force Pakistan to throw every American Out , alone with Halting the US supply lines in Afghanistan and we all know the result of that..
You have raised some good points, but we cannot rule out a ban. It is becoming clear that the Americans are torn apart on whether to include Pakistan on this list. You have raised some points which might be dissuading the Trump administration to include Pakistan. They are threatening, but it remains to be seen.
The relationship between Trump and Pakistan will nosedive after the ban.
Bro Trump is like a kid with his new Toy .. when a kid buy a new toy gun he shoot " Dishum Dishum " to all he can find .. and that's what Trump is doing . as soon as he realize he is just a Public servant who have no power over People and Supreme Court of US he will settle down . Banning countries like Pakistan will make CIA and Pentagon efforts of almost 2 decades in vein .. no more support in Afghanistan , and if they have alternative they would have taken it when Salala incident happen, and imagine if he banned 15 Islamic countries , and they ban US it will hurt US super Power image , and China and Russia is already ready to fill that gap ..
I couldn't agree more. This is the reason why they have refrained from putting Pakistan on the list. They have cited extreme vetting as an excuse.
Let's be clear about one thing. Trumpland is racist. The ban and extreme vetting is in essence aimed at any person of color. If you happen to be Muslim it just makes matters worse. Add Iranian, Pakistani or any other such nationality to the mix and the Americans have found their ideal hatred and enmity.
Of course it is going to hurt their image and it already is hurting. Trump has been on the defensive calling it not a Muslim ban, but who is he kidding.