UN Ambassador-designate Nikki Haley has said that there is no need for a registry for Muslims as has been proposed by some including President-elect Donald Trump.
The South Carolina Governor, who will make history as the first Indian American to hold a cabinet-rank position if she is confirmed, said during her confirmation hearing at the US Senate in very clear terms that there was no need for a registry.
“This administration and I don’t think there should be any registry on religion,” she said.
She did, however, echo Trump on vetting people coming into the US from areas impacted by terrorism.
“What we do need to do is know which countries are a threat and those are the ones we need to watch and be careful and vet," she said.
The registry, which was suggested by some supporters of Trump, was never really ruled out completely by him. He has since doubled down on his call for extreme vetting of people coming from certain areas of the world.
Last month, the outgoing Obama administration had officially scrapped a post-9/11 requirement for immigrant men from predominantly Muslim countries to register with the government. The US hasn’t used the program since 2011, but a top immigration adviser to President-elect Donald Trump has spoken of renewing it.
