Trump’s Muslim ban was an extreme version of bipartisan prior refugee restrictions.
Evidence
A recent use of immigration authority to exclude Muslims is the infamous “Muslim Ban.” On January 29, 2017, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order indefinitely halting admission of Syrian refugees and barring entry of all nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries for ninety days. Citizens of Syria, Yemen, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, and Sudan were denied entry even if they were students, workers, or permanent residents who had lawfully lived in the United States for years. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 914 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Trump’s Muslim ban built on parallel Clinton, Bush, and Obama refugee restriction policies. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 629; Trump’s Muslim ban extended bipartisan precedents set by Clinton, Bush, and Obama; Trump’s Muslim ban escalated Islamophobia to overt racial-nationalist action (+8 more)
Broader Connections
- Trump’s Muslim ban extended bipartisan precedents set by Clinton, Bush, and Obama
#corroborates(1.00) - Trump’s Muslim ban escalated Islamophobia to overt racial-nationalist action
#corroborates(0.85) - Trump’s 2017 executive order barred even lawful long-term US residents from seven Muslim-majority countries
#expands(0.80) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 914 - Trump’s presidency legitimated overt anti-Muslim racism and drove a spike in hate crimes.
#corroborates(0.80) - Trump legitimated overt anti-Muslim racism that post-civil-rights Republicans only dog-whistled
#complicates(0.80) - The travel ban instantiated a broader structural Islamophobia tying Muslim identity to terror suspicion
#expands(0.80) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 469 - Trump’s agenda threatened Muslims through surveillance, registry, and civic repression
#expands(0.75) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 56 - Muslim bans reclassified several nationalities as threatening enough to exclude.
#complicates(0.75) — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 291 - Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric increased American hostility toward Muslims.
#complicates(0.75) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 261