Trump proposes to introduce a test for anti-Semitism for migrants

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Donald Trump’s call for “extreme” changes in the US immigration system explicitly linked the strategy of fighting radical Islam with America’s victory over communism during the Cold War.

The Republican presidential candidate is proposing to introduce tougher ideological tests for immigrants than before.

“During the Cold War, we used ideological testing. It's long past time to develop a new test for the threats we face today, Trump said during a foreign policy speech in Youngstown, Ohio on Monday. “We should only accept into the country those who share our values ​​and respect our people.”

Trump said that his proposal would help identify supporters of terrorist organizations and individuals hostile to the United States and its principles, as well as supporters of Sharia law.

He also said that he would work with immigration services and the Ministry of National Security, seeking to stop issuing visas from countries and regions deemed unsafe due to the fact that the flow of immigrants from these countries is too large to conduct adequate checks.

This proposal builds on Trump’s previous calls from massacre at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida. We are talking about the introduction of a temporary ban on the immigration of Muslims in the United States and the termination of the issuance of visas to residents of countries where terrorist activity was observed.

Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, says it’s difficult to comment only on Trump’s proposals, but admits that they can be unconstitutional, unrealizable politically and only partially effective in identifying potential terrorist threats.

At the same time, he admits that "this will allow weeding out some people, and, more importantly, will give a signal that will keep some people from coming here."

Various ideological restrictions on naturalization in one form or another were present in American immigration law from the first years of the country’s existence, when those who wanted to move here had to agree with the principles laid down in the US Constitution.

Since the early 20th century, interpretations of this requirement have led to a ban on certain ideologies, such as communism or anarchism, which has generally been interpreted as membership in organizations supporting such ideas in the 10 years preceding the application. These provisions were repealed in 1990.

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