To: Land Shark who wrote (8898 ) 1/31/2017 8:33:30 AM From: gamesmistress Read Replies (1) | Respond to Most Support Temporary Ban on Newcomers from Terrorist Havens rasmussenreports.com Most voters approve of President Trump’s temporary halt to refugees and visitors from several Middle Eastern and African countries until the government can do a better job of keeping out individuals who are terrorist threats. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 57% of Likely U.S. Voters favor a temporary ban on refugees from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen until the federal government approves its ability to screen out potential terrorists from coming here. Thirty-three percent (33%) are opposed, while 10% are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here .) These findings have changed little from August when 59% of voters agreed with Trump’s call for a temporary ban on immigration into the United States from "the most dangerous and volatile regions of the world that have a history of exporting terrorism” until the federal government improves its ability to screen out potential terrorists.nbcconnecticut.com A national Quinnipiac university poll released today says American voters support, 48 - 42 percent, "suspending immigration from 'terror prone' regions, even if it means turning away refugees from those regions." Quinnipiac University conducted the poll between Jan. 5 and Jan. 9, weeks before President Donald Trump issued the recent executive orders, ordering "new vetting measures" to keep "radical Islamic terrorists" out of the United States. orders the president signed last week suspend the U.S.'s refugee program for 120 days and single out Syrian refugees as "detrimental to the interests of the United States," ban the issuance of visas to people from Syria until the president feels the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program's vetting process is strengthened, suspends entry for 90 days for immigrants from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen — all Muslim majority nations — and caps the number of refugees from other countries at 50,000 people in fiscal year 2017. several rallies and protests.
