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Fully KeptForeign Policy, Defense & Wars

We must immediately suspend immigration from any nation that has been compromised by terrorism until such time as proven vetting mechanisms have been put in place.

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Fully KeptFact-checker reviewConfidence: 90%

Independently verified. Seven days into his term, Trump personally signed Executive Order 13769 (Jan 27, 2017) suspending entry from seven terrorism-associated nations pending new 'extreme vetting' — the 'immediately suspend' element. After litigation he reissued it as EO 13780 (March 2017) and, following a DHS-led worldwide vetting review, as Proclamation 9645 (Sept 24, 2017), 'Enhancing Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry Into the United States by Terrorists or Other Public-Safety Threats' — mapping directly onto 'until proven vetting mechanisms have been put in place.' The Supreme Court upheld the policy 5-4 in Trump v. Hawaii (June 26, 2018); it remained in effect the rest of his term and was expanded to six additional countries in January 2020. This is a self-driven, fully enacted, court-sustained fulfillment of the exact action promised, so FULL is correct rather than CHAMPIONED (which is for efforts not fully enacted). Mirror-test consistent: an official of either party who enacted, litigated to victory, and sustained precisely the promised suspension would earn FULL. The 'not comprehensive' critique (e.g., Saudi Arabia never listed) does not reduce the grade because which nations qualified was itself the output of the promised vetting review. The prior rating's outcome and confidence are sound; sources firmed up to independently reachable ones (the supremecourt.gov PDF is genuine but bot-blocked to fetch).

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