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Day 20: Wednesday, February 8, 2017

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Morning

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad finds President Trump’s anti-terror policies “promising” (CNN)

President Trump attacks Nordstorm in tweet, says they treat his daughter Ivanka unfairly (@realDonaldTrump)

President Trump tweets article from The Federalist cataloging 16 fake news stories that major media outlets have run since election night. (@realDonaldTrump) (The Federalist)

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Day 16: Saturday, February 4, 2017

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Morning

President Trump says it’s “big trouble” when a country cannot determine who can, cannot enter (@realDonaldTrump archive) Additional tweet finds it “interesting” that Middle Eastern countries have shown support for the policy (@realDonaldTrump archive)

President Trump blasts “so-called Judge” James Robart, tweets that his stay will be overturned (@realDonaldTrump archive)

President Trump takes a moment to remind everyone the New York Times is fake news (@realDonaldTrump archive)

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Day 12: Tuesday, January 31, 2017

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Morning

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will not help any Filipinos that are illegally in the United States (Inquirer.net)

President Trump begins his morning calling out Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer on twitter, asks Senate Democrats to move forward with his Attorney General confirmation (@realDonaldTrump Tweet 1, Tweet 2)

White House releases statemet on the Trump Administration keeping the Obama Adminstration’s executive order protecting the rights of the LGBTQ community (WhiteHouse.gov)

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Day 10: Sunday, January 29, 2017

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Morning

DHS responds to recent litigation, “No foreign national in a foreign land, without ties to the United States, has any unfettered right to demand entry into the United States or to demand immigration benefits in the United States.” (DHS.gov)

President Trump sends three tweets this morning, the first blasting the NYT, the second calling attention to the persecution of Christians in the Middle East, the third calling for stronger borders, extreme vetting (@realDonaldTrump archives Tweet 1, Tweet 2, Tweet 3)

Kellyanne Conway interview with Fox’s Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday, topics include immigration and Trump’s relationship with the media (YouTube)

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What are “countries of particular concern?”

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On Friday, January 27 President Trump issued an immigration reform effecting Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Syria, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen.  How were these countries selected to undergo the 90-day visa suspension?  Within the text of the executive order, no specific country is listed.  However, the following phrase can be found:

“Suspension of Issuance of Visas and Other Immigration Benefits to Nationals of Countries of Particular Concern.”

“Countries of concern” is a list maintained by the Department of Homeland Security.  The list for these countries comes from H.R.158 introduced in 2015, signed into law by President Barack Obama in December of 2015.  This bill allowed the DHS to change it’s visa waiver program, as seen here.  Beginning January 21, 2016, the DHS stated:

Under the Act, travelers in the following categories are no longer eligible to travel or be admitted to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP):

Nationals of VWP countries who have traveled to or been present in Iran, Iraq, Sudan, or Syria on or after March 1, 2011 (with limited exceptions for travel for diplomatic or military purposes in the service of a VWP country).

Nationals of VWP countries who are also nationals of Iran, Iraq, Sudan, or Syria.

Additionally, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen were added to the list, beginning March, 2016.

The Trump Administration did not create the list for countries of particular concern, this list was created by the Obama Administration.