2023-10-16 22:44:00
(CNN) –– Former President Donald Trump said Monday that if he wins the election again as president of the United States, he would reinstate and expand the travel ban on people from predominantly Muslim countries, suspend refugee resettlements and aggressively deport those he characterized as having “ jihadist sympathies.”
During a campaign event in Clive, Iowa, Trump mentioned deadly Hamas attacks in Israel and raised fears about a possible attack on the United States, as he sought to defend his hardline immigration policies. His proposals would amount to a radical overhaul of the US immigration system and would almost certainly face legal challenges if implemented.
During his presidency, Trump’s travel ban was a signature policy that limited travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Libya, Iraq, Sudan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen. The government later expanded the ban to include several African countries. President Joe Biden repealed the measure after taking office in 2021.
Trump also said he would implement “strong ideological control of all immigrants to the United States” and said the US would block “dangerous lunatics, enemies, fanatics and maniacs from obtaining residency in our country.”
He also said he would ban travel from Gaza, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, Libya “or any other place that threatens our security.”
The former president added that he would revoke the visas of students of “radical anti-American and anti-Semitic foreigners” enrolled in American colleges and universities and deport them. Trump criticized the pro-Palestinian protests and said he would send Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to what he described as “pro-jihadist demonstrations.”
“We have to protect our own country,” Trump said.
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