Obama’s team cancels Muslim registry to foil Trump’s plans for ‘extreme vetting’

The Obama administration rushed Thursday to cancel a program set up to track Muslim and Arab men in the wake of the Sept. 11

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terrorist attacks, hoping to hamstring President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to impose “extreme vetting” on Muslim visitors. Known as the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS), the program went dormant in 2011, but civil rights groups had feared Mr. Trump could kick-start it as the backbone of his new vetting plans. Homeland Security said the program is being ended immediately. “DHS ceased use of NSEERS more than five years ago, after it was determined the program was redundant, inefficient and provided no increase in security,” the department said in a statement. “The intervening years have shown that NSEERS is not only obsolete, but that its use would divert limited personnel and resources from more effective measures.”….Please click to read more of the story from Stephen Dinan – The Washington Times