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  • 2017-01-28 (xsd:date)
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  • Mike Pence Said Calls to Ban Muslims Are 'Offensive and Unconstitutional'? (en)
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  • On 27 January 2017, President Donald Trump signed an executive order entitled Protection Of The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States, which barred entry to the U.S. for foreign nationals from certain countries associated with terrorism. CNN reported: All seven countries targeted by the ban are Muslim majority nations. Trump's order stipulated that Christians and adherents of other minority religions be given priority over Muslims, the New York Times reported. The measures are part of President Trump's promised extreme vetting measures designed to keep terrorists out of the United States: Human rights groups condemned the order as an instance of religious persecution. The American Civil Liberties Union labeled it a euphemism for discriminating against Muslims. As President Trump signed the order, Vice President Mike Pence stood behind him and applauded. Hours later, a tweet purportedly sent by then-Governor of Indiana Mike Pence on 8 December 2015 was resurrected and shared online as proof he had once vehemently disagreed with Trump on the issue of banning entry to the United States on the basis of religion: The tweet, sent from Pence's verified Twitter account, was authentic. His comment was in response to a 7 December 2015 proposal by then-presidential candidate Donald Trump to institute a temporary ban on Muslims entering the country until government officials could figure out what's going on. After Trump nominated Pence as his GOP running-mate in July 2016, Pence backtracked on the issue. When asked in October 2016 why he had stopped condemning the idea of a ban, Pence said he no longer needed to condemn it because Trump had supposedly abandoned the position himself. The most significant difference between the ban instituted by Trump's January 2017 executive order and the one he proposed as a candidate in 2015 is its scope. The earlier proposal called for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States, while the executive order targets residents of seven specific Muslim majority nations. (en)
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