Trump administration working on improvements for extreme vetting procedures

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Trump administration officials are developing stronger procedures to vet individuals entering the U.S. in light of the Supreme Court’s move to lift parts of a legal block on President Trump’s so-called “travel ban,” homeland security adviser Tom Bossert said Friday.

“There’s a number of efforts ongoing to implement the president’s executive order, especially now that it is been freed from legal constraint by the Supreme Court,” Bossert told reporters aboard Air Force One on Friday. “Of course, we’re improving — constantly, regularly — our policies and our capabilities to better vet people seeking entry into the United States. And that’s ongoing.”

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