Trump Says He'll Ban Immigrants Who 'Don't Like Our Religion' [View all]
Source: rolling stone
Not-So-Free Speech
The former president vowed to subject immigrants to "ideological screening" before allowing them into the United States
October 23, 2023
Donald Trump has long been painting a picture of what he’ll do to the United States should he win back the White House next November. His plans include everything from pulling America out of NATO, as Rolling Stone reported on Monday, to a sweeping, multi-faceted crackdown on immigration — which he elaborated on during a campaign speech in New Hampshire.
“I will implement strong ideological screening of all immigrants,” the former president vowed. “If you hate America, if you want to abolish Israel, if you don’t like our religion (which a lot of them don’t), if you sympathize with jihadists, then we don’t want you in our country and you are not getting in.”
The First Amendment is widely interpreted to ensure the separation of church and state, and screening immigrants over their religious beliefs would appear to stand in pretty clear violation of the nation’s founding principles. It’s of little concern to Trump, who has made abundantly clear that his first term in office was only a warm-up for the anti-immigrant measures he’s ready to implement if he’s reelected. Rolling Stone reported in May that Trump is also planning on expanding the Muslim ban he instituted during his first term in office. ........................
Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/donald-trump-ban-immigrants-religion-campaign-speech-1234860524/
Trump is stirring up more hate --each time he opens his trap!!
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DERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE - OCTOBER 23: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump points during a campaign event on October 23, 2023 in Derry, New Hampshire. Trump officially filed for the first-in-the-nation primary on Monday at the New Hampshire State House. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
Donald Trump points during a campaign event on Oct. 23, 2023 in Derry, New Hampshire. Scott Eisen/Getty Images
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