Analysis Of The Los Angeles Times: Sparks Backlash Of Protests

According to the Los Angeles Times’ article, “Chaos Reigns as Trump’s Travel Ban Sparks Backlash of Protests, Confusion,” published in the January 31st, 2017 issue of the Los Angeles Times, President Trump’s travel ban associated with the Muslim citizens and refugees of seven major nations sparks a controversial and confusing environment across the globe. President Trump recently carried out an executive order which blocked refugees and Muslims from the countries of Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Iran, Iraq, Yemen and Libya from entering the U.S. Though many of the government's officials, along with U.S. representatives, thought that this action would help in protecting the United States borders, and ensuring a safe environment, it only worsened it. “Since its signing, the measure has led to the detention of more than 100 people who
This order was not passed fairly, or with much thought behind its consequences. If all these people were carrying valid entry documents, then there is no reason to be stopping them from reaching their destinations. Secondly, families were not even given a second thought or say about this order before it was passed. Many relatives of Muslim people, and even the fellow Americans of the United States felt hurt and disappointed with the outcome that followed the order. Shay Soltani, a network engineer, shares her thoughts in the article by writing, “ I am so hurt by this… He [ President Trump] is against freedom of speech and the Constitution and everything I believe in as an American.” Soltani’s words hold an emotional depth that is very simply stated in the article, though carries more