President Donald Trump’s executive order barring citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US for 90 days quickly plunged many in the U.S. and around the world into an atmosphere of fear, confusion, and anger. I am an American citizen born in Iran. For more than 30 years I have contributed to the economy and well being of Los Angeles, California, and the nation. I helped build and manage a thriving civil engineering company, I am an employer, pay taxes, I am a homeowner, environmentalist and have even been a soccer mom. As the international chair of Armenia Fund, Inc., a non-governmental and non-political corporation, I have helped lead efforts to raise over $120 million for development assistance and humanitarian efforts
This misguided executive order threatens our world standing, drives away talent and is discriminatory. The ban goes so far as to discriminate by religion affording Christian refugees preference over Muslim refugees. The ban clearly violates the first amendment of the United States Constitution guaranteeing freedom of religion. Christians all over the U.S. have denounced this discriminatory preference. Trump’s Muslim ban also threatens financial markets, the value of the dollar and undermines globalization. It restricts intellectual capital preventing leading technologists, researchers, engineers, academicians and others from entering into the U.S. and has been roundly rebuked by leaders from the Silicon Valley. The blaring reality is that Trump’s Muslim ban targets seven countries--whose citizens were not involved in 9/11. The Global Terrorism Database of the University of Maryland’s National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism found that no American has been killed in a terrorist attack in the United States by a national of the seven banned countries. Yet Trump’s ban used 9/11 as the basis for its enactment, while simultaneously causing a seismic shift in US counter-terrorism tactics. This could pose a real danger for the US with extremist groups now using Trump’s actions as a tool to recruit. The Muslim ban is a clear and present threat to our national
To impel, Trump’s travel ban is flat out illegal. This is in accordance with The Immigration Act of 1965 which was summarized by The New York Times as follows “The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 banned all discrimination against immigrants on the basis
Host: On September the 11th 2001, the notorious terror organisation known as Al-Qaeda struck at the very heart of the United States. The death count was approximately 3,000; a nation was left in panic. To this day, counterterrorism experts and historians alike regard the event surrounding 9/11 as a turning point in US foreign relations. Outraged and fearful of radical terrorism from the middle-east, President Bush declared that in 2001 that it was a matter of freedoms; that “our very freedom has come under attack”. In his eyes, America was simply targeted because of its democratic and western values (CNN News, 2001). In the 14 years following this pivotal declaration, an aggressive, pre-emptive approach to terrorism replaced the traditional
In spectacularly calloused fashion, the Trump administration recently announced the termination of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. With thousands of hard-earned collegiate degrees, blossoming careers and immeasurable amounts of gratitude and patriotism, DACA recipients have inspired the successes of future generations. Yet, with the stunning overconfidence of a seasoned gambler and the bumbling inexperience of an amateur, President Trump may have just jeopardized the futures of thousands of dreamers and America’s identity, gratifying his own electoral base through the destruction of our nation’s identity. A staunch critic of President Obama’s usage of his executive authority, Trump himself seems to have fostered an unhealthy dependency on his own political “power”, in wake of his inability to control his unilateral Republican government.
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The events of September 11th are remembered by all Americans. Our popular memory of this event was that it was an attack on our country and its citizens, and was the start of the war on terror. But looking at the aftermath makes one wonder: who exactly is considered a citizen in the United States? Is it everyone, regardless of color or religion, or is it only those who are viewed by society as “safe”? In Samia Serageldin’s “It’s Not About That”, she explains her experience sheds light on how Muslims today are treated in the USA.
After 9/11 many people thought, people that come from Middle-Eastern decent or people that practice the Islamic region were looking to harm America. It changed these people’s lives and their futures. When someone is looking to get a job, housing or even education, first impressions are crucial. Since people look at them differently they can be denied all of these necessities. If someone is not granted these necessities, it is not fair but more importantly it can be hard to make an adequacy living. In
Did you know that according to the American Community Survey, that the immigrant population was more than 43.3 million in 2015? Many people come to the United States to pursue in a life of liberty, opportunity, equality, rights, and democracy. Throughout history, the United States has done a poor job in living up to these five ideals. Today, we still have trouble in upholding these ideals that our nation was founded on.
Targets of suspicion: the impact of post-9/11 policies on Muslims, Arabs and South Asians in the US. (2004, May 1). Retrieved from http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/special-reports/targets-suspicion-impact-post-911-policies-muslims-arabs-and-south-asians-us
Look around you America. Your world is changing. Suddenly it’s no longer safe to fly in airplanes, attend sporting events, or just open your junk mail. Almost daily, news of threats and security breach’s litter the airwaves, leaving many asking the same question. “How can we make our country safe again?” Unfortunately, there isn’t a simple answer. America is united in the cause, but divided over the methods of preventing terrorism. At this time of uncertainty, many are urging Americans to “give up” some of their freedoms and privacy in exchange for safety. Regrettably, this wave of patriotism has spilled over, and is beginning to infringe on our fundamental liberties as outlined in the Bill of Rights. Since the September 11th terrorist attacks those who have made comments contrary to popular beliefs have prompted much debate about free speech. When America experiences some great trauma, our freedom of speech often faces its own trauma.
In America, there is a hatred lurking around in almost every corner of the nation; a discrimination and social bias that preys on the lives of innocent Muslims. Some people fear for their lives when they see a Muslim board a plane that they’re going to go on. Politicians are using that fear to fuel their popularity in elections. This prejudice even started to become a form of patriotism in the eyes of a concerning number of Americans. A lot of Muslims fear for their own lives in America because they are being looked down upon and even targeted by some people. This fear and hatred against these innocent Muslims are defined as Islamophobia. I believe that this amount of Islamophobia that is happening in America
Muslims should be banned from entering the United States and we should have a database to track every American Muslim” (Healy). This recent statement by the Presidential candidate, Donald Trump asserts that Islamophobia in the United States is not a myth. Islamophobia is a serious issue which distresses many Muslims in the United States today. Thus, creating tension between Muslims and many fellow Americans leading to hate crimes, stereotypes, and inhumanity. This phenomenon is one which was created by Radical Islam and given life by the media.
shook the U.S. and destroyed the country 's trust. Foreigners became an enemy to the public,
The biggest terrorist attack in American history occurred on September 11, 2001. The Islamic al-Qaeda group hijacked four airliners in the United States. Two planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third struck the Pentagon, and the fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people were killed including over 400 police officers and firefighters. America's view on the world and Muslims all over, forever changed. Muslims are judged and criticized still today after these events. Muslim Americans after 9/11 should have a right to live freely in America, can help us stop Islamic terrorism, and can increase unity with American citizens and the communities.
Observations made by International and Scholar Service Students at the University of Missouri-Saint Louis have found that two of America’s values include “Equality” and “Goodness of Humanity” (“Key American Values”). Without remembering their morals, American citizens will lose sight of the United States’s goal of freedom to everybody, even Syrian refugees. Currently, the number of U.S. immigrants and their native born children is about 80 million people, which is over a quarter of our population (Zong). Therefore, if the country can accept all of those former immigrants and their children, why can they not accept a mere ten thousand Syrian immigrants, which would only account for .004% of America’s existing population (Gambino
Post September 11, 2001 the life of a Muslim women living in America changed forever. Islamophobia is the prejudice against Islam or Muslims. Islamophobia is not a new concept, it has roots hundreds of years ago, however after 9/11 it became much more prevalent in America. Following 9/11 Western media used Islam and Muslim women who covered to inflict fear in American citizens. Western media framed Islam as a dangerous and hateful religion that needed to be stopped. At the same time the media became obsessed with Muslim women who veiled and wanted to save these women from their oppression. However, these articles written about the oppressed Muslim women did not feature Muslim women and their experiences veiling. They were not given a voice