terror list

The United States started putting countries on the terror watch list in 1979. It started with Libya, Syria, South Yemen and Iraq. Later Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Sudan were added. Various countries have been on the list. Trump has added Somalia. Since Indonesia is the world’s largest Muslim country and it was not banned along with Afghanistan, Pakistan and the other 3 stans from Asia and Saudi Arabia and Kiewit this is not a ban against Muslims but against countries on the terror watch list. Recall that in 2011 President Obama stopped Iraqis from entering the US for 6 months. Back in 1979 President Carter banned Iranians from the US unless they opposed the Shite regime. The order was ruled unconstitutional initially by federal judge Joyce Hens Green, but was reversed less than a year later in September 1980. By then, almost 60,000 students were registered as requested, 430 were deported and 5,000 left voluntarily, PolitiFact reported.