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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Tue Nov 15, 2016, 10:40 PM Nov 2016

Immigration hardliner says Trump team preparing plans for wall, mulling Muslim registry

By Mica Rosenberg and Julia Edwards Ainsley | NEW YORK/WASHINGTON
An architect of anti-immigration efforts who says he is advising President-elect Donald Trump said the new administration could push ahead rapidly on construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall without seeking immediate congressional approval.

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who helped write tough immigration laws in Arizona and elsewhere, said in an interview that Trump's policy advisers had also discussed drafting a proposal for his consideration to reinstate a registry for immigrants from Muslim countries.

Kobach, who media reports say is a key member of Trump's transition team, said he had participated in regular conference calls with about a dozen Trump immigration advisers for the past two to three months.

Trump's transition team did not respond to requests for confirmation of Kobach's role. The president-elect has not committed to following any specific recommendations from advisory groups.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-idUSKBN13B05C?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social

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Immigration hardliner says Trump team preparing plans for wall, mulling Muslim registry (Original Post) hrmjustin Nov 2016 OP

I'm listening to Matthews saying "it all was a game" in a MSNBC commercial as if he thinks uponit7771 Nov 2016 #1

I've always thought sex offender registries were sort of a dry run for things like this... 47of74 Nov 2016 #2

I need to believe that decent people will rise up against a registry. madaboutharry Nov 2016 #3

There is a good response if Trump has a registry started flyingfysh Nov 2016 #4

If there is a Muslim registry. we all must register BainsBane Nov 2016 #5

uponit7771

(90,348 posts)

1. I'm listening to Matthews saying "it all was a game" in a MSNBC commercial as if he thinks

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Tue Nov 15, 2016, 10:41 PM

Nov 2016

... racism isn't real.

That guy and America is in for a rude awakening

47of74

(18,470 posts)

2. I've always thought sex offender registries were sort of a dry run for things like this...

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Tue Nov 15, 2016, 10:43 PM

Nov 2016

....iron out the kinks, as it were, on a group of people very few people would get worked up about before using registries and the like to attack one's enemies and carry out Nazi like policies.

madaboutharry

(40,216 posts)

3. I need to believe that decent people will rise up against a registry.

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Tue Nov 15, 2016, 10:45 PM

Nov 2016

That is how the Germans knew where all the Jews lived.

flyingfysh

(1,990 posts)

4. There is a good response if Trump has a registry started

Reply to madaboutharry (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 15, 2016, 11:27 PM

Nov 2016

In World War II, when the Nazis took over Norway, they demanded that all Jews wear an armband with a Star of David (or something like that). So the king of Norway appeared in public, wearing such an armband, and soon after all Norwegians were also wearing them. This made the Nazi registry idea useless.

If Trump starts a Muslim registry, we should all register as Muslim.

BainsBane

(53,041 posts)

5. If there is a Muslim registry. we all must register

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Tue Nov 15, 2016, 11:35 PM

Nov 2016

I will.

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