{"id":1028386,"date":"2023-11-30T16:10:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T16:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1028386"},"modified":"2023-11-30T16:10:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T16:10:56","slug":"icymi-nbc-news-before-trump-a-low-profile-congressman-named-ron-desantis-sought-a-muslim-travel-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-nbc-news-before-trump-a-low-profile-congressman-named-ron-desantis-sought-a-muslim-travel-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: NBC News: Before Trump, a Low-Profile Congressman Named Ron DeSantis Sought a &#8216;Muslim Travel Ban&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/New-War-Room-Release-Logo-23.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1028387\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Point: <\/strong>\u201cIn 2017, President Donald Trump triggered national outrage for implementing a so-called Muslim travel ban, blocking U.S. admissions for travelers from predominantly Muslim countries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut even before Trump suggested such a ban, a low-profile congressman named Ron DeSantis quietly introduced what amounted to an early version of that travel order. \u2026 which would have blocked entry of refugees from certain countries \u2018if the alien is a national of, has habitually resided in, or is claiming refugee status due to events in any country containing terrorist-controlled territory.\u2019\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/trump-ron-desantis-muslim-travel-ban-rcna127281\"><strong>NBC News:<\/strong><\/a><strong> Before Trump, a low-profile congressman named Ron DeSantis sought a &#8216;Muslim travel ban&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By: Natasha Korecki<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In 2017, President Donald Trump triggered national outrage for implementing a so-called Muslim travel ban, blocking U.S. admissions for travelers from predominantly Muslim countries. The move prompted widespread protests and legal challenges, and Joe Biden rescinded it in one of his first actions as president.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>But even <strong>before Trump suggested such a ban, a low-profile congressman named Ron DeSantis quietly introduced what amounted to an early version of that travel order.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On Dec. 1, 2015, <strong>DeSantis<\/strong> \u2014 now the governor of Florida and a Republican presidential candidate \u2014 <strong>introduced the Terrorist Refugee Infiltration Prevention Act, which would have blocked entry of refugees from certain countries \u201cif the alien is a national of, has habitually resided in, or is claiming refugee status due to events in any country containing terrorist-controlled territory.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>That history is prescient today as DeSantis seeks the GOP presidential nomination amid turmoil in the Middle East. He has already said he would not accept refugees from Gaza into the U.S., and <strong>Muslim groups warn that he is no different from Trump when it comes to his policies toward majority-Muslim countries.<\/strong> Those policies, they say, damage relations at home and further fuel the potential for threats and violence already targeted at the community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Trump, the far-and-away front-runner in the Republican presidential race, has <strong>said he will seek to reimpose his travel ban<\/strong> \u2014 which Biden overturned after the Supreme Court upheld it \u2014 and would expand it to include refugees from Gaza.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>DeSantis\u2019 campaign would not say whether DeSantis would seek to reimpose Trump\u2019s travel ban or a version of it should he be elected. But<strong> a spokesman did say DeSantis stood by his previously introduced bill.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>DeSantis is already under fire with the Muslim community after <strong>he used the phrase \u201cso-called Islamophobia\u201d<\/strong> on the debate stage on Nov. 8, seeming to raise doubt over whether Islamophobia was a real issue.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The words were deeply offensive to members of the Muslim community, who are grappling with hate incidents since the Israel-Hamas war began, Alzayat said. He said the phrasing and talk of Muslim bans only intensify an already fraught issue, potentially putting Muslims in harm\u2019s way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>DeSantis\u2019 campaign said he stood by his comments.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kakli noted that DeSantis has called for banning pro-Palestinian groups on Florida college campuses, saying he is \u201ctrying to silence voices that he doesn\u2019t agree with.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>DeSantis\u2019 comment also drew a rebuke from the White House and from the Biden campaign, which told NBC News: \u201cRon DeSantis\u2019 xenophobic, hateful rhetoric contributes to the type of violence and hate crimes we\u2019ve seen over recent weeks,\u201d campaign spokesman Ammar Moussa said. \u201cIt\u2019s racist, extreme, and deeply un-American \u2014 and as President Biden has said, has no place in our nation.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Point: \u201cIn 2017, President Donald Trump triggered national outrage for implementing a so-called Muslim travel ban, blocking U.S. admissions for travelers from predominantly Muslim countries.&nbsp; \u201cBut even before Trump suggested such a ban, a low-profile congressman named Ron DeSantis quietly introduced what amounted to an early version of that travel order. \u2026 which would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1028386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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