Trump's Travel BAn
Background
During Donald Trump’s political campaign, he promised his supporters a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” Later on, once he was elected, he issued a travel ban which was blocked by a judge in Seattle on the basis that it could potentially violate a persons’ due rights to a valid acceptance into a country. Most recently, the 9th U.S. Circuit of Court of Appeals ruled against the ban as it would restrict refugees and others from entering the United States form six predominantly Muslim countries. In Trump’s defense, he has made the continued push of the ban out of the need to protect the nation from outside threats. He believes that it is Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen that cause the biggest fears to the American people and hopes that with the ban a more substantial foot will be able to be put forward in the fight against terror. So the question posed is, is Trump justified in his fight to try and keep the American people safe from these Muslim nations or is the federal court just in their continued blocking of the ban on the basis of human rights violations? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40252724 http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-s-revised-travel-ban-blocked-federal-appeals-court-n771091 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/us/politics/trump-travel-ban-court-of-appeals.html?_r=0 http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/12/politics/9th-circuit-travel-ban/index.html Historical Background Another time in which we can see similar events happen is after the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese during WWII. As part of the war, the Japanese took on the offensive as they showed the Americans the extent of their military power and prowess. Following this event, the U.S. retaliated by rounding up Japanese Americans and keeping them in camps in a move that has widely been seen as more racist and xenophobic, rather than helpful for the peace and stability of the nation. The U.S. have denied this allegation and chalked the decision up to the attempt at preventing any American Japanese from retaliating in defense of their fellow countrymen. The move created a name for the U.S. as its actions infringed on the rights of the people they incarcerated creating hostility between the two people that can still be remembered to this day. https://www.thoughtco.com/an-overview-of-xenophobia-2834977
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