Barnicle: Has Trump Taken the Time to Think About the Effect of Immigration, Interrogation Exec. Orders?

‘Have they taken the time to think about the impact and effect of what they are doing?’

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SCARBOROUGH: "What we are talking about here, whether it’s building the wall or banning refuges from countries that they think pose a terror threat, this is exactly what — as Steve said, this is exactly what he promised to do 23 million times during the campaign." 
BARNICLE: "Well, all of it is. I mean, there is nothing new in what he has done. The issue is it’s literally a fire hydrant of issues pouring through executive orders. Have they taken the time to think about the impact and the effect of what they are doing? As Cokie raised, and 'The Times' raises it, one of the things that he signed, according to the draft and detention policies, is almost like a bipolar thing that he signed. Here is a paragraph from 'The Times': 'According to a draft, the order in detention policies which started review of whether to reinstate the program of interrogation of program of high value alien terrorists to be operated outside of the United States and whether such a program should include the use of detention facilities —" 
SCARBOROUGH: "So he's going to do a study"? 
BARNICLE: "Yeah. But then it goes on that that section of the draft says, 'But no person in the custody of the U.S. shall, at any time, be subjected to torture or cruel and inhumane treatment.'" 
SCARBOROUGH: "Right." 
BARNICLE: "So it’s like, you know, what are they going to do? How are they going to do it?" 

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