PROTECTING THE NATION FROM FOREIGN TERRORIST ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES
So I've been watching the epic meltdowns, predominately coming from the left, over President Trump's EO on immigration and did a little further digging around. Btw, when did we as a nation just start believing in horse poop being spouted around without doing our own research?
It seems the most egregious complaints primarily concern these sections:
Sec.3.
(c) To temporarily reduce investigative burdens on relevant agencies during the review period described in subsection (a) of this section, to ensure the proper review and maximum utilization of available resources for the screening of foreign nationals, and to ensure that adequate standards are established to prevent infiltration by foreign terrorists or criminals, pursuant to section 212(f) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f), I hereby proclaim that the immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United States of aliens from countries referred to in section 217(a)(12) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1187(a)(12), would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, and I hereby suspend entry into the United States, as immigrants and nonimmigrants, of such persons for 90 days from the date of this order (excluding those foreign nationals traveling on diplomatic visas, North Atlantic Treaty Organization visas, C-2 visas for travel to the United Nations, and G-1, G-2, G-3, and G-4 visas).
AND
Sec.5.
(c) Pursuant to section 212(f) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f), I hereby proclaim that the entry of nationals of Syria as refugees is detrimental to the interests of the United States and thus suspend any such entry until such time as I have determined that sufficient changes have been made to the USRAP to ensure that admission of Syrian refugees is consistent with the national interest.
Sec.3.(c) is reestablishing, under the Trump administration, INA, 8 U.S.C which was passed by Congress and signed by President Obama.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1187
Sec.5.(c) is the only place in the EO that lists a specific foreign country, although it and the other countries the uproar is about are outlined in INA, 8 U.S.C and expanded upon in a release from Obama's DHS.
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2016/02/18/dhs-announces-further-travel-restrictions-visa-waiver-program
tl:dr -Trump didn't leave out any countries he does business with, as a matter of fact he just used those that Congress, Obama and DHS had already targeted. All these nitwits from the left appear to be howling bloody murder over Trump upholding and using, pretty much point for point, a law enacted and signed under their darling Obama's administration.
It's time to grab the snacks folks, this is likely to get real interesting.