I agree with the policy of the Executive Order. It is consistent with a memo I drafted with--to then-candidate Trump, with Mayor Giuliani, Attorney General Mukasey, advocating a shift from a Muslim ban, which he was campaigning on, which we thought was unconstitutional, to, rather, an enhanced vetting process of immigrants and refugees based on risk, not religion, from high-threat areas.
Mike McCaul: “I agree with the policy of the Executive Order. It is consistent with a memo I drafted with--to then-candidate Trump…”
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Michael T. McCaul discusses the shift from a Muslim ban to enhanced vetting for immigrants.
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