If I read this correctly, Trump’s latest #Muslimban executive order makes it much easier for Bashar Al-Assad and Bin-Laden’s family to immigrate to the United States.
It also bans all refugee admissions for 120 days — and bans Syrian refugees indefinitely. It slashes the US’s refugee quota for 2017 to less than half of the level set by President Obama, directs the US to prioritize “religious minorities” for the remaining slots, and bars all refugees from countries that aren’t specifically approved by the US government.
Bashar Al-Assad is a dictator of a country under open revolt by Sunnis. Being an Alawite, that makes him a minority in the Sunni-majority country. Similarly, the Islamic Republic of Iran, a majority Shiite nation has been holding under house-arrest various Bin Laden family members for years. The Bin Ladens and Al-Qaeda are exclusively Sunni and therefore a minority in Iran.
In both cases, a large religious majority is hostile to a minority. So, we are expediting them, right?
Same can be said of the Houti rebels in Yemen who are fighting the Sunni Saudis and the Sunni Al Qaeda. Also Shiite minorities in Sudan and Somalia can be refugees.
Does Trump realize this? Do his supporters know this? Do any of them know anything?
(of course I’m being facetious)