9/11 Should Be Banned In The United States

Second, President Trump excuses much of the legality of his executive order by saying that it’s a national security; though it is a fear tactic that he has used throughout his presidency, a few Google searches will confirm that there is not a national security risk. After the attacks on September 11, there were many freedoms restricted for a period while the nation worked on increasing national security and diminishing risks. The terrorist attacks instilled fear towards the entire Muslim community and much of the middle east (Kennedy); however, the nations listed on Trump’s immigration ban are not even the same nations that the terrorists behind the September 11 attacks. After the executive order was signed, a news agency from Iran wrote that
“‘This shows who the ban really impacts: the world’s most vulnerable women and children who are fleeing terror,’ said Jennifer Sime, a senior vice president at the International Rescue Committee, a humanitarian organization focused on refugees. ‘America is turning away from its leadership role on refugee settlement, and its the refugees who are paying the price’” (Goldman). The United Nations did an assessment of children in all different countries to find out the ones in the greatest need of emergency international assistance, and they discovered that the top five nations of children in need were in Trump’s list of seven banned countries: Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen (Goldman). The same people in the United States that are preaching from their soap boxes about the importance of child health and welfare are turning their backs on entire nations of children need in critical conditions. Over 5.1 million children are displaced in Iraq, Somalia is described as a state of chronic humanitarian crisis, and Unicef, an organization working internationally advocating for children, says that Syria’s humanitarian crisis is equal to that of World War II (Goldman). America used to be a nation to set a standard of humanitarianism, and after decades of helping countries out when people were in a time of need, the nation has sent people away that are
There has been years of recovery taken to improve relations between the Middle East and the United States; however, the president is ensuring that those will be ruined. A month before the executive order was signed, the president of Syria had said that President Trump would be a naturally ally, but now they are on the list of banned immigrants. The Bashar Assad, Syrian president, even went as far as saying that Trump’s approach to terrorism would prosper (Chappell). The Syrian president, and the entire nation, were taken aback by the executive order since they naturally thought that the two countries were in good standings. In fact, most of the countries that were on Trump’s list of banned nations were offended, and rightly so. According the article by Bill Chappell, an influential Shiite Cleric named Muqtada al-Sadr said, “the ban shows ‘swagger and an arrogance’” (Chappell). He also said that the nation banning immigrants is also allowed to enter other countries freely including those that they have banned list. Iraq has even gone as far as having their parliament set up a reciprocal ban against United States immigrants that enter Iraq (Chappell). The countries on the list are making their own system to keep people out, and it’s almost based on the same reasons. There isn’t valid excuses to prohibit immigration based on