Jessica Vaughan

People need to understand that it's almost impossible to vet anyone who's just coming across the border illegally. We have to take them at their word for their identity and their behavior in wherever they were living before.

People need to understand that it's almost impossible to vet anyone who's just coming across the border illegally. We have to take them at their word for their identity and their behavior in wherever they were living before.

And that's why we have to have a legal process where people are vetted at embassies abroad when they apply for a visa and then have their identity verified again when they arrive at a legal port of entry. We cannot continue to just allow people to show up on our doorstep at the land border

And that's why we have to have a legal process where people are vetted at embassies abroad when they apply for a visa and then have their identity verified again when they arrive at a legal port of entry. We cannot continue to just allow people to show up on our doorstep at the land border

And that's why we have to have a legal process where people are vetted at embassies abroad when they apply for a visa and then have their identity verified again when they arrive at a legal port of entry. We cannot continue to just allow people to show up on our doorstep at the land border

and spend an hour asking them questions and then just releasing them to an NGO to go on to their final destination and expect that we're going to keep a good handle on who's coming in. That just doesn't work. And I do think that our government can do reasonable vetting of people when given time and using a visa process and getting the cooperation of other countries.

and spend an hour asking them questions and then just releasing them to an NGO to go on to their final destination and expect that we're going to keep a good handle on who's coming in. That just doesn't work. And I do think that our government can do reasonable vetting of people when given time and using a visa process and getting the cooperation of other countries.

and spend an hour asking them questions and then just releasing them to an NGO to go on to their final destination and expect that we're going to keep a good handle on who's coming in. That just doesn't work. And I do think that our government can do reasonable vetting of people when given time and using a visa process and getting the cooperation of other countries.

And that was the basis for the so-called travel ban that Trump put into place at the beginning of his first term. The whole idea behind that was not a Muslim ban, but instead a ban on travelers who are coming from countries where we are not able to get good information about whether that person is a threat.

And that was the basis for the so-called travel ban that Trump put into place at the beginning of his first term. The whole idea behind that was not a Muslim ban, but instead a ban on travelers who are coming from countries where we are not able to get good information about whether that person is a threat.

And that was the basis for the so-called travel ban that Trump put into place at the beginning of his first term. The whole idea behind that was not a Muslim ban, but instead a ban on travelers who are coming from countries where we are not able to get good information about whether that person is a threat.

And if we cannot do that, then we shouldn't be letting anyone in from those countries unless we can have confidence in our information sharing and our ability to understand who that person is and to verify their purposes for travel.

And if we cannot do that, then we shouldn't be letting anyone in from those countries unless we can have confidence in our information sharing and our ability to understand who that person is and to verify their purposes for travel.

And if we cannot do that, then we shouldn't be letting anyone in from those countries unless we can have confidence in our information sharing and our ability to understand who that person is and to verify their purposes for travel.

And this whole vetting process that was started with the first so-called travel ban, a lot of that was actually preserved by the Biden administration and not scrapped. So that will not be hard to get going again. And I think there's a good case for the whole process to be... sort of upgraded and potentially look at slowing down admissions from even more countries than were on that first list.

And this whole vetting process that was started with the first so-called travel ban, a lot of that was actually preserved by the Biden administration and not scrapped. So that will not be hard to get going again. And I think there's a good case for the whole process to be... sort of upgraded and potentially look at slowing down admissions from even more countries than were on that first list.

And this whole vetting process that was started with the first so-called travel ban, a lot of that was actually preserved by the Biden administration and not scrapped. So that will not be hard to get going again. And I think there's a good case for the whole process to be... sort of upgraded and potentially look at slowing down admissions from even more countries than were on that first list.

Yeah, that's a really good question. And this is an issue that's going to be a problem, especially initially. Each one of these countries, and we call them recalcitrant countries, the countries that won't take their citizens back for deportation. And a lot of times it's criminals that we're talking about, right? It's going to take an individual approach for each country.

Yeah, that's a really good question. And this is an issue that's going to be a problem, especially initially. Each one of these countries, and we call them recalcitrant countries, the countries that won't take their citizens back for deportation. And a lot of times it's criminals that we're talking about, right? It's going to take an individual approach for each country.

Yeah, that's a really good question. And this is an issue that's going to be a problem, especially initially. Each one of these countries, and we call them recalcitrant countries, the countries that won't take their citizens back for deportation. And a lot of times it's criminals that we're talking about, right? It's going to take an individual approach for each country.