Wednesday, February 01, 2017

Trump says his ban will protect Christian refugees. He just sent 6 back to the Middle East.

Jeff Stein · Sunday, January 29, 2017, 12:27 pm

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that forced six Christian refugees from Syria to return to the region they were trying to escape.

On Sunday, Trump took to Twitter defending his order as necessary to protect Christian refugees from the Middle East.

Christians in the Middle-East have been executed in large numbers. We cannot allow this horror to continue!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 29, 2017
On Friday, Trump banned immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries — an order that stranded hundreds of green card holders caught en route to the United States. It also blocked refugees who arrived on legitimate visas. Thousands of people rushed to more than 10 major airports to defend these legal permanent residents, leading to wall-to-wall national media attention.

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http://www.vox.com/2017/1/29/14429844/trump-christians-refugee-ban

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