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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSen. Feinstein Responds to Trump Muslim Ban Today With Legislative Halt and Hurdles
The Hill ?@thehill 23m23 minutes agoTop Dem to introduce bills to kill Trump immigration ban and prevent him from ordering it again http://hill.cm/9eDXMUJ
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) will introduce two bills on Monday in response to President Donald Trumps executive action on immigration and refugees.
The first bill immediately rescinds the order. The second limits executive authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Judiciary Committee ranking member wrote on Twitter Sunday.
Feinstein said her bills would prevent Trump from unilaterally barring factions of immigrants.
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said Democrats may be able to pass legislation overturning the ban if enough Republicans are on board.
read: https://t.co/uCqC87WXjA
Link to tweet
Feinstein to Introduce Bills in Response to Discriminatory Order on Immigration, Refugees
Jan 29 2017
WashingtonSenator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today announced that she will introduce two bills tomorrow in response to President Trumps discriminatory executive order barring immigrants from Muslim-majority countries and suspending the U.S. refugee program.
The executive order prohibits individuals from Iran, Syria, Iraq, Sudan, Somalia, Libya and Yemen218 million peoplefrom entering the country. The order was written so broadly that it bars relatives of American families from these seven countries from visiting the United States. The order also halts the Syrian refugee program.
Reports from media, advocacy groups and family members indicate that around 300 people, including children and elderly individuals, were detained at airports across the country on the first day of implementation. However, Customs and Border Protection has yet to release official information on who was detained, making it impossible to know the exact figures.
Those detained include:
An Iraqi refugee who served as a translator for the U.S. military. (JFK airport)
A 78-year-old legal permanent resident of the United States, originally from Iran. (LAX airport)
A 5-year-old Iranian boy. (Dulles airport)
Feinsteins first bill would rescind the executive order. The second bill would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure additional congressional oversight of the presidents authority to bar classes of people from entering the United States. The president would be required to provide 30 days notice to Congress, rationale for taking such an action and an analysis of the potential effects, including social, economic and demographic. The president would also be required to respond to members questions about the proposed rationale to bar classes of immigrants.
Feinsteins statement follows:
The presidents blatantly discriminatory executive order should be rescinded immediately. The consequences of this order will be far-reaching and were obviously not carefully considered. People all around the world will be affected, including Americans.
Members of the Iraqi parliament have already called for U.S. government officials to be barred from the country, and the Iranian prime minister has said his country will take reciprocal measures. The president should not be able to take this type of action unilaterally, given the severity of the consequences.
Its one thing to screen people before they come to this country. We already do that. Its quite another to say that individuals who are from a particular country, belong to a particular faith or are refugees fleeing conflict are banned from the United States. Under this order, only Syrian Christians could be considered for the refugee program.
There is no legitimate national security reason to ban refugeesthe vast majority of whom are women and children who have experienced the absolute worst of humanity. Refugees undergo a rigorous screening process that takes up to two years to complete, and there has not been a single terrorist attack in this country committed by a refugee since 1980.
Painting more than 200 million people with the same broad brush is contrary to the principles on which this nation was founded and will not make us any safer.
read: http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?id=5E9C9FAC-46B1-4158-8F93-970234D89F06
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Sen. Feinstein Responds to Trump Muslim Ban Today With Legislative Halt and Hurdles (Original Post)
bigtree
Jan 2017
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yardwork
(61,700 posts)1. Call your senators and representatives and ask them to support these bills.
bigtree
(86,005 posts)2. Democrat 'doing something'
Lucky Luciano
(11,258 posts)4. It's early. Kudos to Feinstein for doing something. nt
Last edited Mon Jan 30, 2017, 12:18 PM - Edit history (1)
bucolic_frolic
(43,258 posts)3. Republicans don't have the cajones to pass this
let alone consider it
Turtle Puss will be in denial ... 'not a problem' ... won't bring it to the floor
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)6. They may be able to get a few Republicans to sign on
but, will they be able to get enough to override a veto?
But, kudos to DiFi for starting the ball rolling
Fla Dem
(23,736 posts)7. Yes Di Fi, you go girl. Let her know you support her efforts! nt
panader0
(25,816 posts)9. Put all Senators and Reps on record.
Let the repubs own this and their leader.
mcar
(42,372 posts)10. Thank you, Senator!
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)11. Yurtle the turtle will not allow a vote on it.
MiniMe
(21,718 posts)13. That is the problem
There will be no vote on the bills.