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comment by steve

So.... Probably not an April Fool's joke...

And weird:

    Sec. 4. I hereby find that the unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United States of aliens determined to meet one or more of the criteria in section 1(a) of this order would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, and I hereby suspend entry into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of such persons. Such persons shall be treated as persons covered by section 1 of Proclamation 8693 of July 24, 2011 (Suspension of Entry of Aliens Subject to United Nations Security Council Travel Bans and International Emergency Economic Powers Act Sanctions).
I don't know - I'm prolly just tired - but that seems like a really weird section.




user-inactivated  ·  3599 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The weird part for me is the "Executive Order" part. They are the new "I'm just a bill up on Capitol Hill."

This is how republics become dictatorships.

coffeesp00ns  ·  3599 days ago  ·  link  ·  

exectuive orders have been part of your political landscape pretty much since the start, afaik.

mk  ·  3599 days ago  ·  link  ·  

People have been donating BTC to Snowden in response:

https://blockchain.info/address/1snowqQP5VmZgU47i5AWwz9fsgHQg94Fa

Quatrarius  ·  3599 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Doesn't the U.S. already block criminals from entering? The only possible worrying part is who counts as a criminal.