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December 23, 2016

Obama Dismantles Idled Muslim Registry Ahead of Trump Inauguration
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The Obama administration has moved to formally end the national registry
program for immigrants from majority-Muslim countries, known as the
National Security Entry-Exit Registration System, or NSEERS. The
Department of Homeland Security on Thursday submitted a rule change in
an effort to dismantle the legal framework for the registry, apparently
in order to prevent Donald Trump from reviving it. The move comes only
one day after Trump appeared to reiterate his pledge to reinstate the
registry. The registry was created after the September 11 attacks. The
Department of Homeland Security idled the program in 2011 under massive
pressure from civil rights groups.


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