Source: RNS
(RNS) Nearly 200 religious and civil rights groups are petitioning President Obama to dismantle the regulatory framework behind a Homeland Security program critics say discriminates against Muslims and Arabs.
President-elect Donald Trump has appointed one of the architects of the program, Kris Kobach, to his transition team. That and Trump’s own calls on the campaign trail for “extreme vetting” of immigrants have led some to believe that he will revive the National Security Exit-Entry Registration System.
Created in the aftermath of 9/11, NSEERS was effectively canceled by Obama in 2011. It had required certain noncitizens who came to the U.S. from 25 mostly Muslim-majority nations to register with immigration officials. Obama reduced the number of countries under NSEERS rules from 25 to zero. But the framework for the program remains.
Categories: America, Immigration, Muslims, Racism, The Muslim Times, USA
Bring it on ! I will be the first to sign up. As long as I can specify “Ahmadi Muslim”, I’m in ! This would be just another way to distinguish the true teachings of Islam from that which is false. We Ahmadi’s want the world to take a closer look at the differences in our beliefs and behaviors. They will come to know who stands for Peace[ Islam],and who fights and terrorizes under a pretext of Islam – totally forgetting what it literally means.