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Thread #161183   Message #3828045
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
22-Dec-16 - 12:09 PM
Thread Name: BS: A new political low take 2
Subject: RE: BS: A new political low take 2
Meanwhile, good news on this side of the pond (from your same news source):

Thursday's announcement by the Department of Homeland Security that it is tearing down the remnants of the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (Nseers) marks the most audacious attempt yet by Barack Obama to place roadblocks in the way of his successor's declared intentions. A key element of Trump's bid for the White House was his threat to prevent non-citizen Muslims from entering the US and to keep them under surveillance once inside the country.

The Nseers program was one of the most contentious – and widely hated – elements of the Bush administration's anti-terror policies in the wake of 9/11. More than 80,000 people from 25 listed countries, 24 of which had majority Muslim or Arab populations, were forced onto the scheme in which they were required to provide fingerprints and a photograph and periodically present themselves for in-person interviews with DHS officers.

About 14,000 of those individuals were placed into deportation proceedings. Yet not a single individual was found to have any links to terrorist or violent activities.


It's way more than time for that to go away. Many of the Bush-era moves that involved Homeland Security were too far-reaching and discriminatory.