| " It has explicit exceptions for "religious minorities"." That doesn't make his EO illegal, and doesn't contradict the commenters statement. The exception for religious minorities is clear: they are targeted in genocidal acts. Christians, Yazidis and others face acutely disproportionate and targeted violence because of their religion - so in this case, it's warranted. The Yazidis in particular, faced outright genocide - ISIS came for them, killed the men, took the women and children into slavery, those that could flee, fled. The are a persecuted minority group, and I don't think anyone would question the need there. Governments around the world including the US make special arrangements for persecuted minority groups - I don't think anyone has a problem with this. |
Yes, it does. The executive order "singles people out" based on their religion.
It doesn't matter what the motive is (and I think your take on the motive is naive, but that's beside the point).