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==Bush administration==

==Bush administration==

The closest thing to a "Muslim registry" was a database of immigrant man from Muslim-majority countries created by the Bush administration, shortly after  after the [[9-11]] attacks.

The closest thing to a "Muslim registry" was a database of immigrant man from Muslim-majority countries created by the Bush administration<ref> [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/22/obama-ditches-registry-focused-on-immigrant-men-from-muslim-countries.html Obama ditches registry focused on immigrant men from Muslim countries]</ref>, shortly after  after the [[9-11]] attacks.

The Bush administration created the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS), requiring all males 16 years of age or older visiting from 25 countries to register. Although no religious groups were explicitly targeted, 24 countries had Muslim-majorities; the 25th, [[North Korea]], did not. 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 (2 or 3 percent of the US Muslim population). The report stated that more than 13,000 of those registrants were placed in deportation proceedings (around 16 percent).<ref name=cnn/>

The Bush administration created the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS), requiring all males 16 years of age or older visiting from 25 countries to register. Although no religious groups were explicitly targeted, 24 countries had Muslim-majorities; the 25th, [[North Korea]], did not. 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 (2 or 3 percent of the US Muslim population). The report stated that more than 13,000 of those registrants were placed in deportation proceedings (around 16 percent).<ref name=cnn/>