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==Bush administration==
==Bush administration==
Shortly after 9-11 the Bush administration created the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS). NSEERS required all males 16 years of age or older from 25 countries to register. Although no religious groups were explicitly targeted, except for [[North Korea]], the other 24 countries had Muslim-majorities. The countries included: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Egypt, Eritrea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.<ref name=cnn>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/18/politics/nseers-muslim-database-qa-trnd/|title=The Bush-era Muslim registry failed. Yet the US could be trying it again|work=cnn|date=December 22, 2016|accessdate=December 25, 2016}}</ref> The NSEERS program registered and monitored more than 80,000 men and boys, according to a 2012 report by Penn State Law and Rights Working Group, a coalition of local, state and national rights organizations. The report stated that more than 13,000 of those registrants were placed in deportation proceedings.<ref name=cnn/>
Shortly after 9-11 the Bush administration created the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS). NSEERS required all males 16 years of age or older from 25 countries to register. Although no religious groups were explicitly targeted, except for [[North Korea]], the other 24 countries had Muslim-majorities. The countries included: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Egypt, Eritrea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.<ref name=cnn>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/18/politics/nseers-muslim-database-qa-trnd/|title=The Bush-era Muslim registry failed. Yet the US could be trying it again|work=cnn|date=December 22, 2016|accessdate=December 25, 2016}}</ref> The NSEERS program registered and monitored more than 80,000 men and boys, according to a 2012 report by Penn State Law and Rights Working Group, a coalition of local, state and national rights organizations. The report stated that more than 13,000 of those registrants were placed in deportation proceedings.<ref name=cnn/>
United States citizens who are muslims were not covered by NSEERS. In fact, the people who carried out domestic terrorism in the United States since September 11, 2016, including the Boston Marathon bombings, the San Bernadino attack, and the Orlando Florida attack were not covered by the scope of NSEERS.
==Obama administration==
==Obama administration==
In 2011, the Obama administration suspended NSEERS by taking all 25 countries off its list. In December 2016, it finally ended it.<ref name=cnn/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/12/obama-just-made-it-harder-for-trump-to-create-a-muslim-registry/511505/|title=Obama Just Made It Harder for Trump to Create a Muslim Registry|work=The Atlantic|accessdate=December 25, 2016}}</ref>
In 2011, the Obama administration suspended NSEERS by taking all 25 countries off its list. In December 2016, it finally ended it.<ref name=cnn/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/12/obama-just-made-it-harder-for-trump-to-create-a-muslim-registry/511505/|title=Obama Just Made It Harder for Trump to Create a Muslim Registry|work=The Atlantic|accessdate=December 25, 2016}}</ref>