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
11 Comments
6/16/2017 06:35:03 am
It is wrong to keep Muslims out of America. Trump is playing on people's fears to commit these injustices. It is wrong to outlaw a group of people based upon what some of them might do.
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Moira Unruh
6/16/2017 07:08:48 am
I think it is wrong to kick people out of a country. Everyone is loved equally the same by God, no matter country, religion, or anything else. We want to show God's love to everyone, and we can't do that if we don't treat and love everyone the same.
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Anonymous
6/18/2017 04:40:45 am
Describing Trump's ban as a Muslim ban very nearly undercuts the severity of the situation. This is not a "Muslim Ban" because if it was then the first country which should have been banned would have been Indonesia which is the country with the world's highest population of Muslims. unfortunately this is not simply a Muslim Ban, but rather this is a Muslim Refugee Ban which is undoubtedly much much more of a problem.
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Cindy Johnson
6/18/2017 04:46:48 am
It is wrong that Trump is doing this ban, since that is really not a way to stop terrorism. All it does is anger more people and put a bigger target on the U.S.'s back. If you look at the history for the US, you would see that recently a lot of the terrorism/shootings have been done by their own people. Which shows that this travel ban isn't worth it in the end.
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I used to complain about the United States because the country always tries to be the police of the world. It was annoying to see the States' influence and power in numerous countries that I have visited. Some third-world African countries seemed to notice the United States as a more authoritarian power over the country than the country's own leaders. I have first-hand experience noticing how the States' aid in these third-world countries hurt them more than help them. When these troubled countries have US troops sent to help and protect them, the citizens view the troops as the problem-solvers, rather than seeing themselves as the problem solvers; the individual citizen should look to herself/himself and the local community as the problem-solvers for their own country, not foreign powers.
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Josiah Hildebrandt
6/20/2017 12:41:03 am
Religious discrimination is never ok, we also see some of this in the Spanish Inquisition, though it may possibly help those in the country it be incredibly harmful for many of those not being allowed to enter. If this is accepted we are simply displaying that we do not care for the many refugees living in terrible conditions that will not be able to experience a better life due to this law.
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6/21/2017 10:50:03 pm
ISLAM IS NOT A PEACEFUL RELIGION!!! If you hurt a Christians feelings, they pray for you! If you hurt a Muslim or threaten their families, they strap a bomb to your bed posts and watch as the sky lights up like the forth of July!!!! BOOM!!!
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Anonymous
6/21/2017 10:50:36 pm
To discriminate against the people of an entire country, based on false prejudices about their religion is completely ridiculous, and it goes against everything that America stands for. Denying access to the country for a refugee or immigrant purely because of their assumed religion is outdated and childish.
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