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Kellyanne Conway: Trump’s Executive Order Isn’t A Muslim Ban

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Juliegrace Brufke Capitol Hill Reporter
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Trump senior adviser Kellyanne Conway said a New York judge’s attempt to block the federal government from deporting citizens from seven countries who were detained at airports following an executive order isn’t valid during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday.”

President Donald Trump’s Friday executive order, which halts visas and immigration from select Middle Eastern countries for 120 days, is a preventative measure aimed at keeping the country safe from potential terror threats, according to Conway.

“The judge in Brooklyn, the Obama appointee judge in Brooklyn’s stay of order really doesn’t affect the executive order at all, because the executive order is meant to be prospective,” she told host Christ Wallace. “It’s preventing not detaining.”

She dispelled the notion it is a Muslim ban, noting the seven countries listed were put forward by the Obama administration in 2015.

“This nonsense that this is a Muslim ban. This is a ban on travel, prospective travel from countries,” she continued. “Trying to prevent terrorists in this country from countries that have a recent history of training and exporting and harboring terrorists.”

Conway noted refugees will be vetted on a case by case basis, and if identified as nonviolent, will not be detained.

“Yes, if they’re vetted it’s a routine screening process that they’ll go through,” she continued. “If they are not dangerous, if they are not a threat, then they will be disposed of in a case by case — their situations will be handled on a case by case basis.”

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