Anger grow against Donald Trump's immigration ban
18/2/17
Protests against US President Donald Trump's ban on
refugees and immigrants from several Muslim-majority countries have been held
in cities across the United
States.
Thousands of people gathered in Manhattan, New York
where is considered as the symbol of freedom and immigration to protest the
Trump’s travel ban.
The protesters marched to
the headquarters of Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the US, upholding
the slogan "refugees are welcome here" or "there is no ban, no
walls".
One protester said: "These policies do not make sense for America. I
believe that everyone should have an opportunity here, and we should not
separate religion and race"
"This ban will make
us less safe by sowing the seeds of hatred and this is not America. And so
let’s come together to stand up against bigotry ".
New York state government has also
announced to join the case against President
Donald Trump's executive order on immigration that effectively denies entry to
people from seven Muslim-majority countries
New York Attorney General
Eric Schneiderman has criticized the order as "unconstitutional and
illegal". Specifically, New York will
participate in the complaint by the Federation of the American Civil Liberty, Urban Justice
Center and several other
organizations initiated.
Under US
law, federal judges have the right to prevent the decree of the President, and
the Supreme Court can declare as "unconstitutional" a law passed by
the National Assembly and promulgated by the president.
Protests also took place in a lot of cities in the US
such as Atlanta, Boston,
Chicago, Los Angeles,
Philadelphia
.... Protester said that the ban of the President Donald Trump was hurtful to
the families of refugees, who have always believed that they could escape the
carnage to find new hope in the land of freedom, the US.
But above all, it broke
the values of freedom and image of the US over the world. There are about
900 American diplomats also shares the same opinion and have jointly signed a
document to formally protest the ban on entry of President Donald Trump.
They claim that this ban
will harm the country, will not make America
safer, but also send the wrong message to the Muslim world, alienating
relations with the countries that have supported the US in the fight against terrorism.
Meanwhile, outside of the United
States, the UN Secretary General has
criticized the immigration decree of Donald Trump. According to UN Secretary
General Antonio Guterres, all countries have the right, even the obligation, to
manage responsibly the borders to prevent the infiltration of terrorist
elements.
But this can not be done
based on the distinction of religion, ethnicity or nationality, because it is
against the principles and basic values that build up the society.
According to the UN
Secretary General, the ban has "sparked anxiety and spread anger, which
can facilitate a propaganda campaign of the terrorist organizations that we all
want to destroy.
Earlier, many world
leaders have also criticized the decree of the US
President such as Canada's
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Francois Hollande and British
Prime Minister's Office, Theresa May.
The order limits entry for at least 90 days from
Syrian travellers and other Muslim-majority countries, but did not list the
countries by name. The state department said the three-month ban in the
directive applied to Iraq, Syria, Iran,
Sudan, Libya, Somalia
and Yemen
- all Muslim-majority nations./.
All comments [ 10 ]
Is this a Muslim ban?
"Welcome Muslims" and "Let them in."
Does the travel ban affect you, your friends or loved ones?
"I stand with the people gathered across the country tonight defending our values & our Constitution. This is not who we are," said Hilary Clinton
Calls to ban Muslims from entering the US are offensive and unconstitutional,
We're all humans and we all share the same world and deserve a place to be happy and healthy,
No Muslim Ban!!!
This executive order sends a signal, intended or not, that America does not want Muslims coming into the country
In truth, refugees are fleeing terror -- they are not terrorists
It doesn't matter whether you are black or white, Jewish or Muslim, we're all human
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