travel ban can be reinstated. not on a larger issue of the constitutionality of executive order. the hearing conducted over the phone and live streamed around the world got heated as a three judge panel hammered away at the administration for their motivation on the ban. has the government pointed to any evidence connecting these countries with terrorism? in 2015, and 2016, both congress and the administration made determinations that these seven countries posed the greatest risk of terrorism. and in doing so, restricted visa waivers to people who had even traveled to those countries over the last five or six years. the executive order relies on that determination. the judges also pressed the attorneys from washington state and minnesota to explain why this is being called a muslim ban.
been moving very fast. the strongest point on that is that in 2015 and 2016, both congress and the administration made determinations that these seven countries posed the greatest risk of terrorism. in doing so, restricted visa waivers to people who had even travel to these countries over the last five or six years. the executive order relies on that determination. your honor, it is very clear that to prove religious discrimination, we do not need to prove that this order harms only muslims or that it harms every muslim. we just need to prove that it was motivated, in part, by a desire to harm muslims. we have alleged that how do you infer that desire if, in fact, the vast majority of muslims are unaffected? your honor, in part, you can infer it from intent evidence. there are statements that we quoted in our complaint that are
was to them? i think if you look at what s going on today. i ll be before epw voting for a nominee. it s expected democrats aren t even going to show up for the committee. it s not like we re all working in good spirit here, there s a lot of obstructionism going on that is not of anybody s interest and certainly not in the interest of the country if we can t get the head of these very important agencies. i m a realist. we are where we are, we ve got to move forward. weave got to find a way and i hope the democrats are join us. let s move on to the travel ban. what did you think of president trump s travel ban? good idea, bad idea? i think we have issues with our immigration that we ve put the spotlight on for at least a year, in terms of visa waivers, in terms of countries that are extremely dangerous or harbingers of terrorists. i think we need to work to tighten this up. we re taking a pause.
i can, when it comes to the united states. they go through vetting of a year or two. we had one syrian refugee family that is in turkey at a refugee camp waiting four or five years to come to the united states, and because of president trump s executive order, they ve been stopped. these are carefully vetted. the you meet these people, chris, you realize why we do that chris: so what s going on here? since people are so carefully vetted, what s going on here, senator? you re asking me what s going on this europe? i can t tell you finish. chris: no, no, what s going on here in the united states? what s going on here is he has established a target of refugees, and i don t think that is our vulnerability. if you want to make america safe, the refugee program is the most carefully vetted program in our government. think of the thousands who come in on visa waivers each day at airports all around the united states. think of so many others coming to the united states. serious questions
refugees. i can, when it comes to the united states. they go through vetting of a year or two. we had one syrian refugee family that is in turkey at a refugee camp waiting four or five years to come to the united states, and because of president trump s executive order, they ve been stopped. these are carefully vetted. the you meet these people, chris, you realize why we do that chris: so what s going on here? since people are so carefully vetted, what s going on here, senator? you re asking me what s going on this europe? i can t tell you finish. chris: no, no, what s going on here in the united states? what s going on here is he has established a target of refugees, and i don t think that is our vulnerability. if you want to make america safe, the refugee program is the most carefully vetted program in our government. think of the thousands who come in on visa waivers each day at airports all around the united states. think of so many others coming to the united states. serious