US President Donald Trump says he is
keeping radical Islamic terrorists out
and keeping America safe
critics say he is trampling on the u.s.
tradition of welcoming immigrants Friday
mr. Trump signed sweeping order barring
people from seven predominantly Muslim
nations from entering the u.s. for three
months those countries you see them
they're Libya Sudan Somalia Yemen Syria
Iraq and Iran the order also suspend the
u.s. refugee admissions program for a
hundred and twenty day that for months
syrian refugees are barred from the US
indefinitely
also people holding certain beans will
now have to undergo in-person interviews
in order to renew their visas are Jim
Acosta is joining us now senior White
House correspondent Jim Donald Trump
campaign on controlling borders and a
tougher vetting of people coming into
the u.s. he's delivering on that promise
but that's right Cheryl he is but make
no mistake these are some very sweeping
actions coming from the new president I
sign this executive order earlier in the
day over at the Pentagon we just got our
hands on the executive order this is it
right here but the actions are are
fairly dramatic he's talking about
suspending visas for people coming into
the United States from seven countries
that have links to terrorism Iran Iraq
Syria the Sudan Somalia among those
seven countries of those visas have been
suspended for 90 days as part of this
action there also implementing what
they're referring to as extreme vetting
methods for people coming into the
United States from from Terra phone
parts of the world of that that would
include biometric scanning a more
lengthy interview process it's going to
be a much more draconian step that's
being taken as part of that extreme
vetting process and then I think that
the part that is really going to send
shockwaves around the world and that is
the suspension of the u.s. refugee
program this is for political refugees
religious refugees coming into the
United States of that program is
suspended for a hundred and twenty days
a while they get these new measures up
and running and permanently ended by the
Trump administration is the Syrian
refugee program which was bringing in
people from that part of the world
under the Obama administration that
program now and and so you will not have
Syrian refugees coming into this country
as part of this executive order so it is
a very sweeping decision coming from the
President and Jim you mentioned a
religious refugees during the campaign
Donald Trump raise a lot of eyebrows and
got a lot of criticism for advocating a
ban on Muslims entering the u.s. to what
extent is this executive order a Muslim
bad where all the countries listed in
that that temporary ban on those pieces
coming into the country for 90 days
those are all muslim-majority countries
and so you have critics are already
coming out and making statements about
this senator kamela Harris from
California she's a brand new senator but
she's been talked about as a potential
2020 candidate in the next election if
you can believe it we're still talking
about that even though Donald Trump has
just entered the White House but she
said make no mistake in a statement
tonight this is a Muslim band of the
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer put
out a statement saying that there are
tears are rolling down the cheeks of the
Statue of Liberty so Democrats are
really up in arms about this but as you
said this is something president Trump
campaign Don repeatedly throughout the
election he is delivering on that
promise but it would we have to find out
what the details are in the coming days
of the white house issued this executive
order to put out this paper statement to
everybody detailing somewhat what is it
here but they're so lots of open-ended
questions that the White House did not
sit down with reporters and give us a
briefing that is something you would
have seen in the previous administration
we did not get that today so lots of
questions about what the president
decided to do with this executive order
syrup and look Jim just before I let you
go to be clear different categories of
immigrants refugees are barred from
entering the u.s. for different periods
of pine wild procedures are reviewed
that's what it says in the executive
order is it possible in your mind that
you know in two three four months things
will be back to business as usual once
that review is complete it's possible it
is possible we just don't know at this
point and and one thing that we should
point out about this 90-day suspension
of visas coming in from seven product
countries that have ties to terrorism
those
seven countries may not be all of them
that we've been talking to white house
officials this evening
who said that there may be more
countries added to this list and so I
make no mistake this is a very
aggressive action that's been taken by
the Trump administration they talked at
length during this executive order at
the top of this executive order about
911 something that occurred 16 years ago
and so a president Trump campaign during
that election cycle and such as someone
who is going to crack down I and and
ramp up the war on terrorism the war on
Isis and this is just the beginning of
that process I think so Jim Acosta
senior White House correspondent thank
you very much for your time thank you
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