WEBVTT - Trump Administration Releases New Immigration Order (Audio)

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<v Speaker 1>President Donald Trump signed a new travel order this morning,

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<v Speaker 1>temporarily halting entry into the US by people from six

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<v Speaker 1>predominantly Muslim countries. The directive aims to address legal issues

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<v Speaker 1>with the original order, which caused confusion at airport, sparked

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<v Speaker 1>protests around the country, and was ultimately blocked by a

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<v Speaker 1>federal court of appeals. Our guest is Eric Lawson, a

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg News legal reporter. Eric this news order. This new order,

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<v Speaker 1>which is the first Trump has signed behind closed doors,

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<v Speaker 1>addresses some of the legal concerns of the first, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's still focused on Muslim countries. Will that be the

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<v Speaker 1>basis of legal challenges sure to come? Most likely? We've

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<v Speaker 1>spoken with a range of different legal experts, professors, lawyers, UH,

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<v Speaker 1>and they still continue to say that this is a

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<v Speaker 1>disguised Muslim ban um. They did try to address, like

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<v Speaker 1>you said, some some of the problems by taking out

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<v Speaker 1>the exemption for religious minorities, which was perceived to be

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<v Speaker 1>giving Christians UH greater access to visas under this ban um.

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<v Speaker 1>But there's still language in the in the order and

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<v Speaker 1>in the analysis that was provided to the media that

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<v Speaker 1>seems to continue to single out various aspects of Muslim culture,

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<v Speaker 1>including highlighting honor killings and providing a list of honor

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<v Speaker 1>killings and other types of violence against women that were

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<v Speaker 1>the President will be highlighting going forward. The last time

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<v Speaker 1>that the President did this, when you issue the initial

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<v Speaker 1>executive order, there was a lot of chaos at the airports. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>There have been some reports the White Huh, some in

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<v Speaker 1>the White House wanted that chaos, although it's not really

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<v Speaker 1>clear whether that's true or not, or if everybody agreed

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<v Speaker 1>on that. But in any event, the the we now

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to have litigation to challenge disorder, obviously, as

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<v Speaker 1>we did on the last one. What kind of timing

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<v Speaker 1>is there now for the implementation of this order and

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<v Speaker 1>what can we expect in the meantime, Well, it takes

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<v Speaker 1>effect March six, so there's sometime it's unclear whether or

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<v Speaker 1>not anyone who wants to sue has to wait until then. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>they may they may be able to sue tomorrow. It's

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's unclear. They still have to potentially find new plaintiffs,

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<v Speaker 1>other people who are being impacted in different ways. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>And but for example, we spoke with folks over the

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<v Speaker 1>a c l U say they're going to continue to

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<v Speaker 1>fight this no matter what. Um So, it really is

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<v Speaker 1>round two and this is again just the start of

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<v Speaker 1>another long legal case that's going to be in the

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<v Speaker 1>headlines for quite a while. Eric. They did lay out

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<v Speaker 1>a better case national security justification for the order, saying

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<v Speaker 1>it was need because three hundred people who entered the

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<v Speaker 1>country as refugees were the subject of counter terrorism investigations.

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<v Speaker 1>But as I understand it, they didn't link those three

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<v Speaker 1>hundred people to these countries that are in the order.

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<v Speaker 1>That's correct. So the judges in some of these case

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<v Speaker 1>his already pointed out to the government that they had

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<v Speaker 1>failed to really give any indication of why people from

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<v Speaker 1>these then seven countries were a particular threat. And in

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<v Speaker 1>one case, a federal judge in Alexandria said on the

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<v Speaker 1>bench that she had begged them to give some evidence

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<v Speaker 1>and that they never did. Um So. Uh, And like

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<v Speaker 1>you say, it does it doesn't say exactly where there's

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<v Speaker 1>three people come from, although there is in the guidance

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<v Speaker 1>that the government provided um a reference to a Somali

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<v Speaker 1>refugee who became a naturalized citizen and who was accused

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<v Speaker 1>of trying to blow up the Christmas tree lighting ceremony

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<v Speaker 1>in Portland, Oregon in two thousand ten. Sort of an

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<v Speaker 1>interesting example that they highlighted eric they've now moved from

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<v Speaker 1>having seven countries to six on the list the president

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<v Speaker 1>has and he Iraq is the country that was removed.

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<v Speaker 1>Is there any explanation ast who UM even if they

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<v Speaker 1>didn't link the terror the terrorist incidents that were being

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<v Speaker 1>investigated or possible terrorist instants being investigated to these kind trees.

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<v Speaker 1>Do they explain why it is that Iraq is no

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<v Speaker 1>longer one of the countries included in the order They do?

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<v Speaker 1>They say that they were in negotiations with the Iraqi

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<v Speaker 1>government UM since basically since last month, and that they

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<v Speaker 1>got assurances about their screening procedures, about improvements and how

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<v Speaker 1>they would be tracking people who would come to the

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<v Speaker 1>US from Iraq H. And also they highlighted today and

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<v Speaker 1>at the press conference that you know, they're an ally

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<v Speaker 1>of ours in fighting ISIS and that we need to

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<v Speaker 1>have close cooperation with them, And I think that was

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<v Speaker 1>part of the driving driver for that potentially. But but

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<v Speaker 1>the other countries do have a roadmap as well for

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<v Speaker 1>getting off the list, at least it seems that way.

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<v Speaker 1>On the Q and A that was provided, uh, that

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<v Speaker 1>they will be given fifty days to address shortcomings and

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<v Speaker 1>their procedures and that potentially that's how they'll get off

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<v Speaker 1>the list. Well, that might take care of one of

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<v Speaker 1>the Ninth Circuits objections. Thanks so much for being with us,

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<v Speaker 1>and you are following this every day. I know Eric Larsen,

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<v Speaker 1>he's Bloomberg News legal reporter, talking and writing about the

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<v Speaker 1>Trump travel ban.