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Which law does it violate?

• village-idiot 10y ago
  All the complaints rest on the Immigration and Nationalization Bill of 1965 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1965 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Nationality_Ac...), which from a high level makes it pretty clear that you cannot discriminate by nation of origin/birth.
  • zeroer 10y ago
    Thanks for that reply. It looks like the text of the relevant law is here: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1152 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1152 The law as written references a lot of other sections, but it seems pretty straightforward. My interpretation is that Trump's order is illegal.
    • zeroer 10y ago
      After thinking about it for a while, I realized the law is about issuance of visas. Trump is disallowing people with valid visas from entering the country. It's not clear to me that there is a conflict here.
      • village-idiot 10y ago
        Good on you for actually reading the law rather than just skimming Wikipedia like I did. I'm going to defer with the ACLU's assertion that it's unconstitutional/illegal because I trust them and they know a lot more about the law than I do. Here's their explanation for why they think it's illegal: https://www.aclu.org/blog/speak-freely/well-see-you-court-why-trumps-executive-order-refugees-violates-establishment https://www.aclu.org/blog/speak-freely/well-see-you-court-wh...
        • zeroer 10y ago
          This past election season has taught me that you really can't trust anything written anymore. If you really want to understand you have to follow the links to source material. It's time-consuming.