The article
that I read started out by stating that President Trump’s attempt to reinstate
a ban on travel into the United States from seven primarily Muslim nations was
appealed by a federal panel on Thursday.
The panel claimed that the Trump administrated had shown “no evidence”
that anyone from the seven nations had actually committed terrorist acts in the
United States. The panel not only
rejected Trump’s bid to reinstate his ban, but also rejected his claim that
courts do not have to power to review a president’s national security
assessments.
The travel
ban was one of the first orders that Trump issued after taking office. It attempted to suspend entry into the United
States for refugees worldwide and restricted visitors from seven primarily Muslim
nations for up to 90 days. The ban
caused nationwide protests and stranded foreign travels at immigration
checkpoints. The State Department
reported that up to 60,000 foreigners’ visas were rejected just days after the
ban was put in place. President Trump’s
ban appears to violate the due process rights of legal residents, people
holding visas, and refugees. I think
that it will be interesting to see how this all turns out. It is a very controversial subject that has
already brought a lot of negative attention and energy to the United States.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/09/us/politics/appeals-court-trump-travel-ban.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=span-ab-top-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
3 comments:
I firmly believe this travel ban will continue to get overturned by the courts because President Trump cannot use executive powers to circumvent the law. There are checks and balances and he has to realize that being president cannot be micromanaged like his business. This travel only creates more hate and fear which doesn't help the fight against terrorism. This also hurts the revenues of colleges that have growing percentages of students from abroad. It'll be interesting to see how far President Trump drags this on for.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out and what happens to our economy during the trial. Immigrants play a big role in our economy and our country as a whole making it beneficial to allow anyone into our country. I understand that the security of our nation is equally important but we cannot be be judging people and denying entry into our country based of country of origin.
Immigrants form the backbone of our economy. The United States political system has certain checks and balances in place for a reason. The President cannot enforce executive power without concrete evidence and support of all three branches of government. While President Trump uses the excuse of national security for his muslim ban he failed to recognize the catastrophic affect of his order on the US economy. Initially when the ban was announced the value of the dollar decline and financial markets responded negatively. Large firms and corporations that have an active role in the global marketplace could face sanctions, taxes and import fees. There is nothing stopping them from stopping the flow of US goods and services into their country. Silicon Valley also faces a serious blow as many CEO's and masterminds behind some of the Valley's biggest corporations are immigrants.
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