Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would implement a database to keep track of Muslims in the United States as part of his immigration policy.
Trump, interviewed by NBC News after a campaign appearance in Iowa on Thursday night, was asked how a database tracking Muslims differed from efforts last century to track Jews in Nazi Germany, and said: "You tell me."
Trump, who has made immigration policy a key part of his campaign for the Republican nomination in the November 2016 presidential election, told NBC a database would be part of his plan. "I would certainly implement that, absolutely," he said, adding that the United States also should control its border with Mexico with a wall, something he has long touted.
"There should be a lot of systems, beyond databases," he said.
Trump said he would use "good management" to register Muslims and that they would be signed up "at different places." When asked whether Muslims should be legally required to register for the database, he said, "They have to be - they have to be."
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/20/us-usa-election-trump-idUSKCN0T91Z220151120
Trump, interviewed by NBC News after a campaign appearance in Iowa on Thursday night, was asked how a database tracking Muslims differed from efforts last century to track Jews in Nazi Germany, and said: "You tell me."
Trump, who has made immigration policy a key part of his campaign for the Republican nomination in the November 2016 presidential election, told NBC a database would be part of his plan. "I would certainly implement that, absolutely," he said, adding that the United States also should control its border with Mexico with a wall, something he has long touted.
"There should be a lot of systems, beyond databases," he said.
Trump said he would use "good management" to register Muslims and that they would be signed up "at different places." When asked whether Muslims should be legally required to register for the database, he said, "They have to be - they have to be."
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/20/us-usa-election-trump-idUSKCN0T91Z220151120
