About the only policy they disagree with Trump on is building the wall on the U.S. -Mexico border. “Trump is also expected to propose creating a new, ideological test for admission to the country that would assess a candidate’s stances on issues like religious freedom, gender equality and gay rights”, the Associated Press reports.
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Here’s what is known – and not known – about the plan.
Trump says that as soon as he takes office, he would ask the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security to identify “a list of regions where adequate screening can not take place”.
“There are many such regions”.
Clinton herself responded swiftly via Twitter, saying: ‘Whenever you hear Trump talk about foreign policy, picture him in the Situation Room making decisions for all of us’.
“The size of current immigration flows are too large to perform adequate screening”.
What Would They Be Asked? Trump did not identify the countries that would face the immigration and visa scrutiny beyond broadly invoking the middle-east region, although he cited honor killings in Pakistan and said speaking out against the disgusting practice would be a litmus test to determine moderate Muslims, who he said his administration would befriend.
Donald Trump on Monday laid out a United States blueprint for defeating global terrorism in partnership with North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and Middle East allies, demanding extreme restrictions on immigration and likening the fight to the Cold War.
Trump said “the time is overdue” for better screening of extremists trying to enter the country, calling for “extreme vetting”. “I call it extreme vetting”, he said.
This is not the first time Trump has cited a past practice as the grounds for reintroducing certain reforms.
Soon afterward, Trump suggested there could be exceptions to his proposed ban, which Khan rejected.
“Those who do not believe in our Constitution, or who support bigotry and hatred, will not be admitted for immigration into the country”, Trump said.
According to Trump, immigrants who embrace American values and are expected to thrive in the country would be issued visas. Trump did not clarify how USA officials would assess the veracity of responses to the questionnaires or how much manpower it would require to complete such arduous vetting. He said attacks involving “immigrants or the children of immigrants” underscore the need to implement “extreme vetting”.
However, fact checkers said that this claim of Trump is not true. “This commission will be used to develop new protocols for local police officers, federal investigators and immigration screeners”.
The ad release further cements a very strong week for Mr. Trump and the campaign, in which he delivered a definitive message laying out his vision for defeating radical Islamic terrorism and restoring law and order in front of enthusiastic crowds, while also previewing next week’s campaign focus: ending the unfair practice of illegal immigration.
He attacked Hillary Clinton’s push to accept more Syrian refugees in the USA, saying his Democratic rival “wants to be America’s Angela Merkel”.
What would be different under Trump’s plan?
Calling for significant changes in how the United States defines its allies, he urged an end to “nation building” and recommended overhauling how the USA screens people coming in to the country.
Three months later, he added another exception: his friends.
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He said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” previous year that he would not split up families, but instead deport them together. “And you’ll have exceptions”. Trump’s poll numbers have continued to fall in many swing states, causing many Republicans to call on Trump to turn his campaign around.
