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Donald Trump has called for shutting down Muslim immigration into the U.S.
The Republican presidential candidate called for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims” entering the country until the U.S. can “figure out what is going on.” Trump’s proposed ban would apply to “everybody,” including Muslim tourists.
Following the attacks in Paris and in San Bernardino, California, Trump has also called for the surveillance and closure of mosques, expressed support when asked about the possibility of a Muslim registry, and repeatedly and falsely claimed that “thousands” of New Jersey Muslims celebrated the fall of the World Trade Center in 2001, BuzzFeed News reports.
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Trump cited an unreliable June 2015 poll from the Center for Security Policy (a conservative think tank that has long alleged that American Muslims are a threat to U.S. security), claiming that a quarter of Muslim Americans support violence against the U.S., and that more than half believe Muslims should be governed according to Islamic law.
While Trump called his plan a “very important policy statement,” his fellow Republican candidates criticized him, calling it — among other things — “downright dangerous” and “fascist,” The Hill writes.
The British government is facing calls to consider banning Trump from entering Britain for stirring up anti-Muslim prejudice.
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Other Republican presidential candidates also spoke about immigration and refugees following last week’s attack in San Bernardino, The Guardian writes:
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul introduced an amendment to put a moratorium on visas for people from “high risk” countries. The amendment failed.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio on vetting refugees: “You won’t find a lot of the people who are coming here to do terrorism.”
Former neurosurgeon Ben Carson said that last week’s shooting in San Bernardino “should end this whole argument about Syrian refugees.”
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said he wants to see the immigration history of the San Bernardino attackers.
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Prosecutors won’t charge a Chicago police officer for fatally shooting a 25-year-old black man.
Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez said Officer George Hernandez’s actions were “reasonable and permissible” when he fatally shot 25-year-old Ronald Johnson III in October 2014, because the dashcam video showed “Johnson running toward another police vehicle with a gun in his hand,” BuzzFeed News writes.
The decision comes after the U.S. Justice Department announced a broad civil rights investigation into the Chicago Police Department’s use of force.
Johnson was killed just weeks before another black man, Laquan McDonald, was fatally shot 16 times. Jason Van Dyke, the officer who shot