Donald’s Immigration Ban: The Response

It’s easy to get hung up on the emotional reaction to Donald’s immigration ban of people from the countries of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia. This includes visa and green card holders from these countries as well, which completely contradicts with the fabric of the American dream, and all things this country was built upon. Instead of focusing on the hate flowing from the White House, let’s focus on the wonderful, and awe inspiring response from those fighting for American democracy.

The first organization to thank, and the one that is going to be fighting for our rights the next four years is the ACLU. The first people greatly affected by this ban were two Iraqi men named Hameed Khalid Darweesh and Haider Sameer Abdulkhaleq Alshawi, both of these men had the right to be in the United States, yet they were detained. Immediately the ACLU responded by sending lawyers to JFK to fight for these men. At the time of writing this artcile Mr. Darweesh has been released, but Mr. Alshawi and others remain in detention. You can follow the ACLU’s response to this here. In addition to this I urge anyone that can to donate to the ACLU. This is the best organization to fight against those trying to destroy our liberties and I believe in them wholeheartedly.

The next people to thank are your everyday citizens whom are showing up to airports to exercise their first amendment rights to show peaceful that what Donald has done is wrong.

 

Crowds at JFK honking to support protesters #RefugeesWelcome #MuslimBan #jfkterminal4 pic.twitter.com/JK8u5X4bY9

— ACLU National (@ACLU) January 28, 2017

Reactions like this, like the wonderful women’s march, show that the hope that our previous President, Mr. Barack Obama instilled in us reigns supreme, and that we can move forward as a more unified country, against hate. The speed at which these protestors assembled is phenomenal, with only three hours since the executive order was executed at the writing of this article, and mass crowds assembling.

The last group of people I would like to thank is those Democratic Congressmen and Senators who aren’t being silenced by the party in power, and those that are realizing that despite all electoral efforts, the Democratic party represent the majority of Americans, and they will fight for all Americans. The support of those speaking out is needed, and we as Americans need to stick together to fight for the fabric of democracy.

At this point, it’s not the semantics of policy that the parties are arguing, it’s the essence of our American democracy. Let’s not forget this fact, and let’s not let false equivalencies reign in an error of the war on information.