By Parnia Mazhar
Executive Opinion Editor
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts swore President Donald Trump into office on Jan. 20. Days after the inauguration, the new leader of the United States of America managed to directly disgrace an entire culture, undermine the very principles this nation was built upon and dramatically damage the country’s economic prospects.
An executive order was signed by Trump on Jan. 27. The order suspended the country’s general refugee program for 120 days; halted the Syrian refugee program indefinitely; and made it exceedingly difficult for those living in Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen to enter the U.S. for at least 90 days. The temporary ban was blocked by the United States of America District Court in Washington Sate and may be reviewed by the Supreme Court in the near future.
As a student in a U.S. history course, I am aware that this order runs counter to the principles that the country was built upon. According to the Library of Congress, those seeking a sanctuary after being outcast by their own societies were the ones who first occupied this nation. As a daughter of Iranian immigrants and a niece and cousin of Iranian citizens, I believe that this ban is an ignorant and heartless decision made by an administration that attempts to exercise much more power than it should according to the Constitution.
According to Trump, this order was a result of his concerns about terrorism, and he is doing what he deemed necessary to protect the lives of the American people. However, there are flaws in his plan that prove he is either blatantly ignorant or does not have the best interests of the American people in mind, or maybe even both.
As stated by Vox, a news media site, none of the terrorist attacks that have occurred within at least the past 16 years have come from a nation on the ban list. The terrorists responsible for the 2001 World Trade Center attacks came from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, all countries that have been unaffected by the ban.
New York Times explains the specific details behind Trump’s proposed immigration ban.
Statistically speaking, Trump’s ban will likely prove highly ineffective, as it targets a random group of people and works to spread messages of xenophobia throughout the nation. This could lead to more discrimination in the country.
What is even more surprising about Trump’s proposed order is its financial effects. Trump’s reckless financial behavior was shown through the fact that, according to the Cable News Network (CNN), Trump’s executive order is likely to inhibit the growth of booming businesses across the globe, as companies like Apple, Oracle and eBay were founded by immigrants or the children of immigrants from nations on Trump’s list.
Muhammad Ali’s son gets detained due to Trump’s immigration ban.
Thus, Trump’s ban proposal may work to prohibit some of the world’s most educated and experienced workers from bolstering the success of some of the largest companies in America. As a man who, according to biography site Bio, has dedicated a majority of his work life to growing companies throughout America and the world, Trump’s new policies are cruel and impractical as well as contradictory to his life’s profession.
Whether it be economically, socially or politically, the effects of Trump’s temporary immigration ban proposal are detrimental, not only to those across the ocean, but to Americans as well.
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