{"id":2071344,"date":"2023-10-18T07:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T11:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-presidential-contenders-bring-idea-of-banning-some-muslims-into-mainstream\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T07:10:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T11:10:05","slug":"republican-presidential-contenders-bring-idea-of-banning-some-muslims-into-mainstream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-presidential-contenders-bring-idea-of-banning-some-muslims-into-mainstream\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP candidates popularize idea of banning Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublican-presidential-contenders-bring-idea-of-banning-some-muslims-into-mainstream%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2071344&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Republican Presidential Candidates Unite in Opposition to Admitting Gaza Refugees to the US<\/h2>\n<h3>GOP Leaders Express Concerns \u2064over \u2063Safety and Cultural Differences<\/h3>\n<p>Republican presidential candidates are coming together to advocate for strict restrictions on immigrants and refugees from\u2064 Gaza, citing concerns about the\u2062 safety and \u200ccultural \u200ccompatibility of\u2062 admitting individuals from the Hamas-controlled territory into the United States.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI am not going\u200c to do \u2063that,\u201d said Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL)\u2062 during a campaign event on Saturday. \u201cYou don\u2019t fly\u200d people and \u200cimport \u200cthem into the United States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis reiterated his stance in an interview on CBS\u200c News, emphasizing that nearby Arab nations should be responsible for taking in displaced people from Gaza while the Israel-Hamas conflict persists.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThose Gaza refugees, Palestinian Arabs, should go to \u200cArab countries. The U.S. should not be\u200b absorbing any of those,\u201d DeSantis stated. \u201cThey elected Hamas. Let&#8217;s just\u2064 be clear about\u2064 that. Not everyone&#8217;s a member of Hamas \u2014 most probably aren&#8217;t \u2014 but they did elect Hamas.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis pointed out the \u2063&#8221;toxic culture&#8221; in \u2064the Gaza Strip, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-presidential-contenders-bring-idea-of-banning-some-muslims-into-mainstream\/\" title=\"GOP candidates popularize idea of banning Muslims\">schools allegedly promote hatred<\/a> towards Jews and textbooks exclude Israel from maps.<\/p>\n<p>Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley also voiced her opposition to accepting refugees from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/world-seeks-to-bypass-surrogacy-laws-by-renting-wombs-in-war-torn-ukraine\/\" title=\"World circumvents surrogacy laws by renting wombs in Ukraine's war-torn regions.\">war-torn regions<\/a>, including Gaza.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve always said \u2062we shouldn\u2019t take\u200d any Gazan refugees in the U.S. I\u2064 said it \u2064when I was at \u2063the U.N. that we \u200bshouldn\u2019t take Syrian refugees into the U.S. I believe that those in the region should take them,&#8221;\u2063 Haley expressed on Fox News. &#8220;I said that about Syria then. That\u2019s why Jordan and Turkey took the bulk of the refugees there,\u2063 and I think honestly \u200dthe Hamas-sympathizing \u2064countries should take these Gazans now.\u2062 We&#8217;re\u2063 talking about Qatar. We&#8217;re talking about Iran. We&#8217;re talking\u200c about\u200b Turkey. They\u2064 should stay\u200d in the region. There\u2019s no\u2063 reason for any refugees to come to America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump joined the conversation, proposing\u200b comprehensive admission screenings for all immigrants and\u2064 a focused effort to identify and deport non-U.S. citizens sympathetic to Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Tim Scott also expressed support for implementing stricter immigration limits, emphasizing the need to protect national security.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHow do we make sure that our nation remains the greatest nation \u200bon God\u2019s green Earth if we have no ability \u200cto discern \u2063who\u2019s coming\u200c in our \u2064country?\u201d Scott questioned \u200bduring an \u2063event in Washington.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump went a step \u200cfurther, pledging\u2064 to expand the ban on immigration from certain countries, targeting the entire \u200cregion.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;If you want to abolish the state of Israel, \u2063you&#8217;re disqualified, if you support Hamas or the ideology behind Hamas, you&#8217;re disqualified, and if you&#8217;re a communist, Marxist, or fascist, you are disqualified,\u201d Trump declared.\u2064 \u201cWe aren&#8217;t\u200d bringing in anyone from Gaza, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, or Libya or anywhere else that threatens\u2064 our security.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump also vowed to deploy federal officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement\u200d to pro-jihadist demonstrations in the U.S. to enforce immigration laws.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic National Committee criticized\u2064 Trump&#8217;s rhetoric as xenophobic, while the campaigns for President Joe Biden, independent \u2063Robert F. Kennedy, and Republicans Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy did not provide comments.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u2062 What are the concerns raised by Haley and Senator Ted Cruz regarding refugees and the need for thorough vetting processes?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Efugees because we don&#8217;t\u2064 know enough about them,&#8221; Haley \u200dstated during an interview on \u200bFox News.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Haley\u200c emphasized the\u2062 need \u2063for thorough\u200b vetting processes to ensure the safety and security of American citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns over cultural compatibility were also \u200cexpressed by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), who argued that admitting \u200brefugees from\u200c Gaza could \u2062lead to cultural\u2063 clashes and the erosion of American values.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve seen in Europe the consequences when \u2062you have uncontrolled immigration. You \u200dsee crime rates skyrocketing, you see terror attacks skyrocketing,&#8221; Cruz stated during a campaign rally \u200cin Iowa. &#8220;We should\u2062 not \u200dimport those\u2064 problems into \u2062America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cruz further explained that while the United States\u2064 has a long\u2064 history of providing refuge to those in need, it\u200b must prioritize its own security and interests.<\/p>\n<p>This \u2062united\u200c opposition from Republican presidential candidates reflects the broader concerns\u200b within the\u2062 party regarding immigration and national security. \u200bThe GOP has long advocated for stricter immigration policies and \u200dborder control, arguing that it is necessary to protect American citizens from potential threats.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u2062critics argue \u2062that these stances \u200care rooted in discrimination and xenophobia.\u2064 They claim that denying refuge \u200dto individuals \u2062fleeing conflict and persecution goes against American\u200c values of \u200bcompassion and inclusivity.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-dont-ask-him-even-trump-doesnt-know-if-desantis-is-running-in-24\/\" title=\"\u2018I Don\u2019t Ask Him\u2019: Even Trump Doesn\u2019t Know If DeSantis Is Running In \u201924\">2024 presidential election approaches<\/a>, the\u2062 question of immigration and\u2063 refugee policies\u200b will\u200d continue to \u2063be a contentious issue. It remains to be seen \u2062how \u2063these debates\u2063 will\u2062 shape the Republican Party&#8217;s \u200dplatform \u2062and influence the upcoming election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican presidential candidates are rallying behind strict measures to limit immigrants and refugees from Gaza. Concerns over the safety of admitting individuals from the Hamas-controlled region have prompted Gov. Ron DeSantis, former President Donald Trump, former U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley, and Sen. Tim Scott to join forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2071345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2071344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2071344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2071345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2071344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2071344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2071344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}