Trump goes to full-blown police with ‘ideological’ journey ban

Donald Trump’s journey ban is again, and extra excessive than ever.

The previous president rolled out a brand new, extra ideologically oriented model of his 2017 coverage at a rally in Iowa on Monday, first revealed in excerpts launched by the Trump marketing campaign.

He known as for “strong ideological screening” of all immigrants coming into the US, in addition to suspending refugee resettlement by reimposing the Trump administration’s 2017 journey ban, which primarily focused Muslim-majority international locations. Trump linked the brand new journey ban to the current Hamas terrorist assaults in Israel.

Trump has listed a number of ideologies that will “deny” anybody from immigrating to the US.

“In case you sympathize with terrorists and radical Islamic extremists, you’re disqualified — and if you wish to abolish the State of Israel, you’re disqualified,” Trump’s ready speech mentioned. “In case you assist Hamas or the ideology behind Hamas, you’re disqualified – and in case you are a communist, Marxist or fascist, you’re disqualified.”

Trump additionally promised to “start the biggest inner deportation operation in American historical past,” particularly concentrating on “all unlawful aliens from international locations that hate us.”

The rhetoric in Trump’s speech dates again to his 2016 election marketing campaign, but it surely was noticeably extra excessive.

“Below my administration, we are going to proactively ship ICE to pro-jihadist demonstrations to implement our immigration legal guidelines and take away violators from our nation,” one other a part of the letter mentioned.

Past the 2017 journey ban, Trump is not specializing in international locations of origin that he considers hostile to the US, however is as an alternative proposing some form of check to find out what individuals consider earlier than they grow to be eligible for citizenship.

“Folks say, ‘Oh, that is so despicable,’ however I feel what’s much more despicable is when it kills 1000’s of individuals far and wide,” Trump mentioned Monday of the proposal. “It is a type of issues.”

It’s price noting that in America’s present citizenship check, immigrants are requested whether or not they’re affiliated with the Communist Occasion or one other totalitarian social gathering – referring to actions, not beliefs.

Trump on Monday additionally started fundraising for the partial gag order imposed on him by US District Choose Tanya Chutkan earlier within the day, although his ready remarks didn’t embody a reference to the choice.