“Far from being foreign infiltrators, the large majority of jihadist terrorists in the United States have been American citizens or legal residents,” the group said. The six nations affected by President Trump's executive action on immigration are not actually countries where terrorists who have carried out fatal attacks the United States came from. The two more recent mass shootings cited both involved people born in the United States. “Recent history shows that some of those who have entered the United States through our immigration system have proved to be threats to our national security,” the order states. Further reading:Read the full text of the revised executive orderTrump administration fact sheet and Q&A on new travel executive order

Source: Washington Post March 06, 2017 19:44 UTC