Crystal Raymond![]() The Temporary Trump: The Trump Travel Ban
Firstly, this is not a permanent ban. This is only temporary, and this must be made clear before anything else. The ban will only last for 120 days for all refugees, and three months for immigrants from a list of seven predominantly Muslim countries. Well, to be fair, more or less could be a possibility with the Trump in office. However, these are the timeframes for now, and the countries being “blocked” are Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia. It’s been apparent that Trump has received some nasty backlash from setting the whole restriction up- and for good reason. Many foreign leaders were unsurprisingly furious with this, and the Prime Minister of the UK even made clear her disdain for the whole thing. Thousands of protesters emerged, sweeping the airports across the country, and crowds of people turned up at the whitehouse for the same reason. Again, all for good, plausible reason. One of the most prominent issues with the temporary ban is that many claim this to be discriminatory to Muslims. However, the president himself said that this was not a ban on Muslims as a whole and that it was only meant to keep the country safe from terrorists; he even brought up 9/11 as one of his biggest points. Now, of course he’d say that it isn’t a ban on Muslims. The jarring fact is that although he uses 9/11 as an example, none of the countries that are associated with that catastrophe are listed on the ban. While that is something that a lot of people will bring up to argue that this is indeed discrimination against Muslims, it’s too extreme of a conclusion to be made just from this one detail. Trump picked the seven countries that he did; Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia, because they were already deemed countries of concern for terrorism by the Obama Administration according to the Trump Administration. Admittedly, Trump already has a bad reputation that we’re all aware of. He’s not exactly known as the most tolerant guy, but if what the Trump Administration says is true behind their reasoning, I think that makes rational sense. And it is possible for the countries associated with 9/11 and the more recent attacks to be added to the banned list later or for something to be done about them as time goes on. I think that it’s just easy to be angry at Trump for the things that he says and does because of how controversial he’s been in the past. However, we shouldn’t jump to all these negative conclusions just because we don’t like the guy or because he does things that upset us. That is one stupid mistake to be made in my opinion. Some of us may disagree with his methods, and nobody is obligated to agree with him, but his reasoning is as valid as anybody else’s. He’s the current president whether we like it or not, and I think that a lot of us are forgetting that. I also think that there’s a severe lack of willingness to understand him coming from those that straight up dislike him. This one-sidedness has to stop if we’re to improve the state of the U.S. as a whole. |
Shelby Chapman![]() Trump's Executive Order
Asylum is a granted protection by a nation to someone who has left their native country as a refugee. Asylum in the United States has many advantages. You’re eligible to stay in the United States permanently (after one year of residency, refugees have to wait four years to apply for citizenship). Other advantages are authorization for work, a social security card, and can even petition to bring family members to the United States. In my opinion asylum in the United States isn’t as good as a description on the internet made it seem. Since Donald Trump has become the president of the United States, he has tried to ban Muslims. I do not like the fact that he has this odd hatred towards them. Trump so called “wants to better America.”, but America is supposed to be a country where people, of any race, can seek a better life than before. With Trump in office that can’t happen. With Trump’s Muslim ban, many refugees aren’t allowed to enter the United States. The seven majority Muslim countries that aren’t allowed are Iraq, Iran, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Libya, and Yemen. “Trump had made national security a centerpiece of his election campaign at one point calling for a “total and complete” ban on all Muslims coming into the United States.” (Krishnadev, P2) I don’t approve of Trump trying to ban all Muslims coming into the United States. Why that is other nationalities can’t seek a better life? I feel that whether whatever nationality you are, if you feel that you want a better life for you or your family that should be granted. No matter what your background is, your race, skin color, accent, etc. |