Why Donald Trump Should Be Banned
US President Donald Trump has recently issued a ban on people traveling to the US from seven, mostly Muslim, countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. This ban will last for 90 days. Refugees in general have been banned for 120 days, but refugees from Syria have also been banned for an indefinite amount of time, too. This travel ban has already been the center of worldwide controversy, leading to protests in the US, and world leaders to bash the executive order. The travel ban will be detrimental in the long term for the US because it will not target the biggest source of terrorism, will only lead to the US looking much worse in the future, and will hurt American industries. The purpose of the ban, based on what the
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executive order says, is to protect Americans from foreigners who are allowed entry to the US. The order also allows for waivers to be given to “a religious minority in his country of nationality facing religious persecution as long as they don’t pose a security risk to the U.S." However, there are also mostly Muslim countries that are not included on this ban list. These countries include Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and other countries in which Trump has business ties.
Fifteen of the nineteen 9/11 attackers were from Saudi Arabia, another one was from Egypt, two were from the United Arab Emirates, and the final one was from Lebanon. Of those 19, none were from any of the seven banned countries, but eighteen were from countries where Trump has business interests. Out of 23 major terrorist attacks, two were done by people who had connections to the banned countries, while 18 attacks were done by Americans. If Trump wants to protect the US from terrorism, he should start within the states, not outside of them.
According to epthinktank.eu, "a refugee is defined as a person who ‘owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country.'" Donald Trump has decided to ban everyone who is attempting to enter the country under these conditions from entering.
He is also avoiding breaking the Geneva Conventions, but only narrowly. Article 32 of the Geneva Convention states that, with the exception of threats to a country's security, countries aren't allowed to kick any refugees out. Instead, Trump is kicking the refugees away before they even get a chance to enter the country. However, about 90,000 people have been affected by the travel ban since January 30th. Many of these people were adults trying to go visit their children. Many families were separated by the ban, and are now being forced to deal with the results of the travel ban. Some of these people were also sent back to where they came from. Multiple lawsuits have arisen from people being detained at airports. German Chancellor Angela Merkel personally told Trump that he was forgetting about the US's obligations towards refugees with the Geneva Conventions. This is just one example of world leaders calling Trump out on what the travel ban is making the US look like in their minds. This is less than a month after the travel ban was enacted. There's still about two and half months left on the travel ban for people coming from the seven countries, and about three and a half months left on the travel ban for refugees. It will show the world a lot if the ban is not lifted earlier, and most of what is shown will not be
good. Multiple business people, including the CEOs of Facebook and Google, have already bashed the travel ban, stating their worries about what the ban could mean for America, which is supposed to be a business friendly country. Michael Useem, the management professor of Wharton, said, "In particular, [it is impacting] companies that are doing business with people who are in this category…. So many companies hire refugees, people who are on special visas. It’s just who we are, and this seems to knock the air out of us." While preventing refugees might open up jobs that companies would have refugees do, it would be more likely for these companies to move these jobs to other countries where it would be easier to find people to hire. Even if Trump's proposed tax on companies attempting to leave the country is put into play, said companies might find they will lose more keeping jobs in America. The tourism industry is going to suffer, and it already has. Of the 90,000 visas from the seven affected countries, more than half were business or tourism visas. That is only after about two and a half weeks since the travel ban was signed. There is still two and a half months in which revenue from tourists coming to the US from the seven affected countries will be halted. Amid the chaos that Trump's executive order has caused, families have been separated, refugees have been refused entrance into the US, people are unable to visit their children in the US, and US industries may be in danger. This is because Trump has decided to label everyone attempting to enter the US from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen as potential terrorists, and deny them all entrance. He has decided to label all people who fit into the category of fearing persecution due to their own personal beliefs and looks as potential terrorists, and deny them all entrance. He has decided to ignore the large number of terrorist attacks orchestrated by the Americans, and instead focus on everyone who doesn't live within America's outskirts. The only results that this can get in the long term are increasingly negative views of the US from other countries, and blows to the business and tourism industries of America. It is for these reasons that I propose the travel ban be abolished. So far, the right steps have been taken: "U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle suspended Trump's order after its legality was challenged by Washington state…," and the 9th Circuit Court continued the suspension of the ban. Now, America needs to continue down the path leading to the travel ban's abolishment before things can grow to a scale which Trump is unable to control.
executive order says, is to protect Americans from foreigners who are allowed entry to the US. The order also allows for waivers to be given to “a religious minority in his country of nationality facing religious persecution as long as they don’t pose a security risk to the U.S." However, there are also mostly Muslim countries that are not included on this ban list. These countries include Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and other countries in which Trump has business ties.
Fifteen of the nineteen 9/11 attackers were from Saudi Arabia, another one was from Egypt, two were from the United Arab Emirates, and the final one was from Lebanon. Of those 19, none were from any of the seven banned countries, but eighteen were from countries where Trump has business interests. Out of 23 major terrorist attacks, two were done by people who had connections to the banned countries, while 18 attacks were done by Americans. If Trump wants to protect the US from terrorism, he should start within the states, not outside of them.
According to epthinktank.eu, "a refugee is defined as a person who ‘owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country.'" Donald Trump has decided to ban everyone who is attempting to enter the country under these conditions from entering.
He is also avoiding breaking the Geneva Conventions, but only narrowly. Article 32 of the Geneva Convention states that, with the exception of threats to a country's security, countries aren't allowed to kick any refugees out. Instead, Trump is kicking the refugees away before they even get a chance to enter the country. However, about 90,000 people have been affected by the travel ban since January 30th. Many of these people were adults trying to go visit their children. Many families were separated by the ban, and are now being forced to deal with the results of the travel ban. Some of these people were also sent back to where they came from. Multiple lawsuits have arisen from people being detained at airports. German Chancellor Angela Merkel personally told Trump that he was forgetting about the US's obligations towards refugees with the Geneva Conventions. This is just one example of world leaders calling Trump out on what the travel ban is making the US look like in their minds. This is less than a month after the travel ban was enacted. There's still about two and half months left on the travel ban for people coming from the seven countries, and about three and a half months left on the travel ban for refugees. It will show the world a lot if the ban is not lifted earlier, and most of what is shown will not be
good. Multiple business people, including the CEOs of Facebook and Google, have already bashed the travel ban, stating their worries about what the ban could mean for America, which is supposed to be a business friendly country. Michael Useem, the management professor of Wharton, said, "In particular, [it is impacting] companies that are doing business with people who are in this category…. So many companies hire refugees, people who are on special visas. It’s just who we are, and this seems to knock the air out of us." While preventing refugees might open up jobs that companies would have refugees do, it would be more likely for these companies to move these jobs to other countries where it would be easier to find people to hire. Even if Trump's proposed tax on companies attempting to leave the country is put into play, said companies might find they will lose more keeping jobs in America. The tourism industry is going to suffer, and it already has. Of the 90,000 visas from the seven affected countries, more than half were business or tourism visas. That is only after about two and a half weeks since the travel ban was signed. There is still two and a half months in which revenue from tourists coming to the US from the seven affected countries will be halted. Amid the chaos that Trump's executive order has caused, families have been separated, refugees have been refused entrance into the US, people are unable to visit their children in the US, and US industries may be in danger. This is because Trump has decided to label everyone attempting to enter the US from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen as potential terrorists, and deny them all entrance. He has decided to label all people who fit into the category of fearing persecution due to their own personal beliefs and looks as potential terrorists, and deny them all entrance. He has decided to ignore the large number of terrorist attacks orchestrated by the Americans, and instead focus on everyone who doesn't live within America's outskirts. The only results that this can get in the long term are increasingly negative views of the US from other countries, and blows to the business and tourism industries of America. It is for these reasons that I propose the travel ban be abolished. So far, the right steps have been taken: "U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle suspended Trump's order after its legality was challenged by Washington state…," and the 9th Circuit Court continued the suspension of the ban. Now, America needs to continue down the path leading to the travel ban's abolishment before things can grow to a scale which Trump is unable to control.