Apparently DHS Secretary John Kelly has just ruled that Lawful Permanent Residents — aka Green Card holders — from the 7 banned countries will be allowed into the country:
Update on @POTUS EO Implementation: Secretary Kelly judges entry of #LPRs to be in the national interest: https://t.co/Es1qivoR3J
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) January 29, 2017
Statement By Secretary John Kelly On The Entry Of Lawful Permanent Residents Into The United States → https://t.co/Es1qivoR3J pic.twitter.com/hffMK2MOQC
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) January 29, 2017
DHS also wants everyone to know that the agency is in compliance with the court orders:
DHS Statement on Compliance with Court Orders and the President's Executive Orders → https://t.co/zCqQxUhbPd
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) January 30, 2017
DHS Statement on Compliance with Court Orders and the President's Executive Orders → https://t.co/zCqQxUhbPd
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) January 30, 2017
DHS claims to be in compliance with court orders pic.twitter.com/51XzvzTmJC
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) January 30, 2017
A Senior Administration Official (SAO) went on to brief reporters, calling the EO “a massive success story on implementation on every single level”:
SAO: All three of President Trump’s EOs were reviewed by OLC
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) January 29, 2017
SAO on green card holders: “~170 people had applied and 170 people had received that waiver”
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) January 29, 2017
SAO explains that green card holders are covered, but policy is to grant waiver unless "derogatory information" is found.
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) January 29, 2017
SAO on those set aside for additional screening “fractional marginal miniscule percentage” of travelers
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) January 29, 2017
SAO: “It really is a massive success story on implementation on every single level”
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) January 29, 2017
SAO recasts the EO as “essentially a 90 day pause on non-essential travel and most new ordinary migration”
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) January 29, 2017
SAO: “The actual op of the waiver is such that in the absence of derogatory info, the waiver is approved, ergo they are exempt from the EO”
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) January 29, 2017
Townhall’s Guy Benson weighs in on how President Trump could have avoided the “worst optics imaginable”:
WH has backtracked on EO barring entry for LPR/green card holders. What a massive, unforced, idiotic initial error. https://t.co/voICyDijqJ
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) January 29, 2017
imagine if they'd consulted relevant agencies & lawyers, avoided LPR debacle, exempted ppl in transit & limited pause to new issuances…
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) January 29, 2017
…and given Congressional allies a heads up & furnished supporters w/ citations of how Obama-era list of countries was selected…
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) January 29, 2017
…instead, this inept mess & the worst optics imaginable, atop sloppy policy. ?
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) January 29, 2017
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