Chloe Noghreh
Writer '19
Chaos erupted after the executive order was signed, keeping refugees from entering the United States for 120 days, and immigrants from seven nations out of the United States for three months. Signed by Trump on January 27, 2017, the order was implemented to prevent terrorism in the United States. For 90 days, people with the nationality or dual nationality of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen were blocked from entering the United States. In addition, the people from these 7 nations were not allowed to be issued neither an immigrant nor nonimmigrant visa.
Trump’s travel ban has sparked more than 40 protests across the country. During these protests, large crowds of Americans expressed their opposition towards the travel ban through the use of chants and signs. Protests also occurred in many airports where detainees were being held. For example, there were protests in the airports in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, Dalla, Seattle, New York, and more. Indeed, protesters also convened outside of the monumental White House to demonstrate their disapproval towards the ban. Not only were there protests in the United States, there were global protests as well. Tens of thousands of people protested in London, Berlin, Paris, Sydney, Manila, and Jakarta against President Trump’s recently signed executive order.
Many protesters believe that the travel ban is discriminatory and offensive since the seven nations included in the ban are Muslim-majority nations. When Trump was asked if the travel ban was a “Muslim Ban”, Trump responded that “It’s not a Muslim ban. We were totally prepared. It’s working out very nicely. You see it at the airports. You see it all over. It’s working out very nicely and we’re going to have a very, very strict ban, and we’re going to have extreme vetting, which we should have had in this country for many years.” The Trump administration explains that the countries that were chosen were based off of the Obama administration’s previous actions. The Obama administration had already placed restrictions on some travellers who visited those seven countries because they were countries of concern to the Obama administration. The Trump administration used Obama’s actions as a basis for the selection of the seven countries. In the majority of these countries, there are conflicts which involves large terrorist organizations. Additionally, the U.S. State Department appoints Iran, Sudan and Syria as benefactors of terrorism.
President Trump defended the executive order, explaining that it was a move that would keep the United States safe from terrorists.
Writer '19
Chaos erupted after the executive order was signed, keeping refugees from entering the United States for 120 days, and immigrants from seven nations out of the United States for three months. Signed by Trump on January 27, 2017, the order was implemented to prevent terrorism in the United States. For 90 days, people with the nationality or dual nationality of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen were blocked from entering the United States. In addition, the people from these 7 nations were not allowed to be issued neither an immigrant nor nonimmigrant visa.
Trump’s travel ban has sparked more than 40 protests across the country. During these protests, large crowds of Americans expressed their opposition towards the travel ban through the use of chants and signs. Protests also occurred in many airports where detainees were being held. For example, there were protests in the airports in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, Dalla, Seattle, New York, and more. Indeed, protesters also convened outside of the monumental White House to demonstrate their disapproval towards the ban. Not only were there protests in the United States, there were global protests as well. Tens of thousands of people protested in London, Berlin, Paris, Sydney, Manila, and Jakarta against President Trump’s recently signed executive order.
Many protesters believe that the travel ban is discriminatory and offensive since the seven nations included in the ban are Muslim-majority nations. When Trump was asked if the travel ban was a “Muslim Ban”, Trump responded that “It’s not a Muslim ban. We were totally prepared. It’s working out very nicely. You see it at the airports. You see it all over. It’s working out very nicely and we’re going to have a very, very strict ban, and we’re going to have extreme vetting, which we should have had in this country for many years.” The Trump administration explains that the countries that were chosen were based off of the Obama administration’s previous actions. The Obama administration had already placed restrictions on some travellers who visited those seven countries because they were countries of concern to the Obama administration. The Trump administration used Obama’s actions as a basis for the selection of the seven countries. In the majority of these countries, there are conflicts which involves large terrorist organizations. Additionally, the U.S. State Department appoints Iran, Sudan and Syria as benefactors of terrorism.
President Trump defended the executive order, explaining that it was a move that would keep the United States safe from terrorists.