# Trump's Executive Order on Immigration - Let it Rip Dopers **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 29, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-executive-order-on-immigration-let-it-rip-dopers/778468 "2017-01-29T01:44:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 501
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-executive-order-on-immigration-let-it-rip-dopers/778468/501 "2017-02-01T10:47:44Z")
A thought for you all: Suppose the intelligence services told Trump that there was a specific imminent terrorist threat by X, Y, and Z. However, to ban them specifically would tip them off to America’s sources of information or get them to engage other actors in their stead or both. Fortunately, there’s a previous Executive Order - signed by Obama, even - which could be extended and give the US time to zap the terrorists. Hmm… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-executive-order-on-immigration-let-it-rip-dopers/778468)._