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"the number of terrorists who might be stopped by a travel ban like this is probably 0 and maybe as high as 2" Thing is, we'll probably never know. Will that i
by jrnichols 10y ago
"the number of terrorists who might be stopped by a travel ban like this is probably 0 and maybe as high as 2"
Thing is, we'll probably never know. Will that information ever be shared with the public? How many people were prevented from entering the US over the past 8 years for "ties to terrorist organizations?" I have no idea.
It happened in early 2016 to Indian students.
http://fusion.net/story/272029/indian-students-denied-entry-us-visa/ http://fusion.net/story/272029/indian-students-denied-entry-...
Happened in mid 2016 to Syrian refugees.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/2016/08/09/substantial-number-of-syrian-refugee-applicants-have-been-rejected/ https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/2016/08/09/substantial...
A reported 2015 rise in Muslims being denied entry
http://www.dlgvisablog.com/blog/2015/12/29/us-increasingly-denying-entry-to-muslims-and-individuals-of-certain-countries http://www.dlgvisablog.com/blog/2015/12/29/us-increasingly-d...
But without news reports or blog articles, how are we to ever know that X number of travelers were denied entry? We can say it's probably between 0-2, but there's no evidence to back that up and I don't know how we even begin to search for the evidence other than heavily redacted FOIA requests.