Summary: In light of Trump's recent call to "extreme vetting", thousands have protested it, calling it the "Muslim Ban", which fits its perimeters quite well. Though the Ban places an extreme weight on Muslim refugees (and not so much for Christians), Trump supporters have assured the country that this is for their safety and they are in fact feeling a lot safer already. A number of supporters promise that "nobody hates [immigrants]" and they "love refugees". They just want to be safer, yet others have pointed out that this could eventually help ISIS find new recruits and strengthen the hatred for America. A Latvian refugee spoke out that if they want to come to America, they can wait. Yet that disregards the fact that it was already hard to get in to America before this order.
Analysis: As I read these peoples' accounts, I begin to understand their viewpoints just a little bit. But as I see them defend it as if it were not discriminatory of Muslims, that understanding fades. There are many sources of violence in America. Another example of such deadliness come from white men shooting up schools, churches, and movie theatres. If white Christian men are killing so many innocent people too, why don't we ban them? Because without them, Trump's ideal America would not have anyone populating it. This has not been the first time a race has been banned from the U.S. In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed, but was eventually ended. Who knows what it will take to stop this unjust exclusion of so many innocent people.
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