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AP FACT CHECK: Trump claims on travel ban misleading, wrong
ALICIA A. CALDWELL, Associated Press
18 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the face of widespread criticism, President Donald
Trump has staunchly defended his order temporarily banning refugees and
nearly all citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries. But in a statement
Sunday and tweets Monday, Trump misstated the facts multiple times.
What Trump said and how it compares with the facts:
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TRUMP: In a Twitter message Monday, he said "Only 109 people out of 325,000
were detained and held for questioning. Big problems at airports were caused
by Delta computer outage."
THE FACTS: According to a federal law enforcement official briefed on the
implementation of the order, nearly 400 green-card holders actually were
delayed after arriving at U.S. airports after the travel ban was signed. As
of Sunday afternoon, one legal permanent resident had been denied entry as a
result of the order, according to the official, who spoke on the condition
of anonymity because the person wasn't allowed to discuss the matter
publicly.
Delta Airlines did report a computer problem that forced the cancellation of
more than 150 flights on Sunday. The chaos and protests at airports around
the country began before that happened and were related to the travel ban,
not delayed or cancelled flights.
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TRUMP: In a White House statement Sunday, he said "My policy is similar to
what President (Barack) Obama did in 2011 when he banned visas for refugees
from Iraq for six months."
THE FACTS: That's not exactly what happened. According to State Department
data, 9,388 Iraqi refugees were admitted to the United States during the
2011 budget year. The data also show that Iraqi refugees were admitted every
month during the 2011 calendar year.
The Obama administration did slow processing for Iraqi nationals seeking
refuge in the U.S. under the government's Special Immigrant Visa program for
translators and interpreters who worked with American troops in Afghanistan
and Iraq. That happened after two Iraqi nationals were arrested on
terrorism-related charges. But that year, 618 Iraqis were allowed to enter
the U.S. with that special visa.
Government data show that during the 2011 budget year, more than 7,800
Iraqis were allowed into the United States on non-immigrant visas, including
tourists.
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TRUMP: In the same statement, he said "The seven countries named in the
Executive Order are the same countries previously identified by the Obama
administration as sources of terror."
THE FACTS: That is misleading. The Republican-led Congress in 2015 voted to
require visas and additional security checks for foreign citizens who
normally wouldn't need visas — such as those from Britain — if they had
visited the seven countries: Iraq, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and
Yemen. This was included in a large spending bill passed overwhelmingly by
Congress and signed by Obama.
As the law was enacted, the Obama administration announced that journalists,
aid workers and others who traveled to the listed countries for official
work could apply for exemptions. There were no special U.S. travel
restrictions on citizens of those seven countries.
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TRUMP, also in Sunday's statement: "To be clear, this is not a Muslim ban,
as the media is falsely reporting. This is not about religion — this is
about terror and keeping our country safe. There are over 40 different
countries worldwide that are majority Muslim that are not affected by this
order."
THE FACTS: Trump is right that there are many majority-Muslim countries that
have not been included in the travel ban. But he's also being misleading.
The executive order signed Friday does not specifically say Muslims can't
visit the U.S., but it does create a temporary total travel ban for citizens
of seven majority-Muslim countries. It also indefinitely bans Syrians.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani recently told Fox News that Trump
had asked him to create a plan for a Muslim ban that would meet legal tests.
Giuliani said he ultimately made recommendations that focused on security
and what countries posed security threats.
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TRUMP: The president also tweeted, "If the ban were announced with a one
week notice, the 'bad' would rush into our country during that week. A lot
of bad 'dudes' out there!"
THE FACTS: The immigration system doesn't allow the kind of "rush" Trump is
describing. There are 38 countries, mostly European, whose citizens can
visit the U.S. without a visa. But they must be approved for travel in
advance by supplying background information to the U.S. government. Any
other foreigner looking to visit or move to America for school or work has
to get in line for a visa and be subjected to a variety of background checks
, including reviews by federal law enforcement and intelligence. Before
Trump's executive order was signed, some people were eligible to skip an in-
person interview if they met a variety of requirements.
And the U.S. can always stop a foreigner from boarding a U.S.-bound flight
or cancel a visa upon someone's arrival. A visa is not a guarantee that a
foreigner will be allowed into the U.S.
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Follow Alicia A. Caldwell on Twitter at www.twitter.com/acaldwellap
EDITOR'S NOTE _ A look at the veracity of claims by political figures
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