Thread by @MsJamshidi

Trump has issued an Executive Order that revives his Muslim Ban but is also much much worse. Here’s a thread on key aspects of the new ban /1 whitehouse.gov/presidential-a…

The admin has clearly learned from its earlier efforts 2 ban natls from Muslim maj countries by issuing a “facially neutral” order that appears 2 create a non-arbitrary process 4 its various action items. This is procedural process washing of what it still a discriminatory ban /2

The new ban has many troubling provisions the old versions of the ban didn’t have, like this provision

Together these provisions suggest that foreign nationals from countries subject to the new ban that was admitted to the US in the last 4 yrs could be subject to deportation. Is this a blanket, automatic deportation order? /3

Or is it more particularized? Hard to provide answers since this provision is written in a deliberately vague way. Either way, it places countless foreign nationals present in the US in a precarious position - including over 40,000 Iranians holding non-visitor visas /4

One of my smart immigration colleagues has pointed out that the authority for this ban - 212(f) - creates some hurdles to treating this as a blanket deportation clause: hopefully he’s right /5

Then there’s this provision - which is also new

This seems quite clearly targeted to foreign nationals involved in pro-Palestine protests, in particular, foreign students on visas. Pro-Israel folks have been demanding the deportation of these protestors since Oct 7 /7newarab.com/news/will-dona…

Then there’s my personal favorite - a call to force foreign nationals to “assimilate” /8

There is also a provision on refugees - as there was in previous versions of the Muslim
Ban. Don’t know off the top of my head whether this is any worse than those bans or current processes
for vetting asylum seekers. I believe the “stateless” lang is new, tho I could be wrong /9

The stateless language will undoubtedly impact many Palestinians likely by design /10

Ok those are the very frightening highlights. The whole order is insane, unnecessary, and racist. The end /11

1 last thing which others have also mentioned - 2(c) could also be the basis for a new-NSEERS like registry 4 foreign nationals already present in the US. NSEERS was a program started shortly after 9/11, req males of a certain age from almost only Muslim maj countries 2 register

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