Drew Johnson
Trump and Immigration Ban
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Impeachment Memo The executive order put in place by President Trump banning certain Muslim based countries sparked controversy across the U.S. because the ban seems like a ban based on religion, but it is masked by saying it is only for the countries and not religion. This executive order essentially is just banning Muslim refugees from a certain grouping of countries and those who have dual citizenship with those countries as well. This ban, according to T. Alexander Aleinkoff a professor and a former general counsel member to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, in a quote from the New York Times states, “The ban could conflict with both federal and constitutional law” (Aleinkoff,
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Another major factor that could lead to this executive order being illegal would be how the President told the agency to deal with those travelling from and to these countries when they are at an airport. In section 2 of the executive order, President Trump states,” It is the policy of the United States to protect its citizen from foreign nationals who intend to commit terrorist attacks in the United States; and to prevent the admission of foreign nationals who intent to exploit United States Immigration laws for malevolent purposes” (Trump, Executive Order 13769). This wording and language could lead to another case of illegal search of people based on appearance or any other factors. This could lead to the government agencies violating the fourth …show more content…
Order No. 13769, 3 C.F.R. (2017)
@realDonaldTrump ”Study what General Pershing of the United States did to terrorists when caught. There was no more Radical Islamic Terror for 35 years!” Twitter, 17 August 2017, 2:45 p.m., https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/898254409511129088
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As America continued to recruit workers from other countries, they continually worried about an immigration problem. In 1924, the Federal government passed the Immigration Act which officially barred further immigration from Asia and Europe to the U.S.
-The 1921 Immigration Act was the first to include any quantitative restrictions on immigration. The Asian “barred zone” was upheld, but all other immigration was limited to three percent of the foreign-born population of any given group in the United States at the time of the 1910 census.
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Only three times in the 226 year history of the office of the President of the United States has the idea of impeachment reared its head. Only twice has a president been impeached, and only one president has been driven out of office due to possible high crimes and misdemeanors. Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton both were impeached by the House of Representatives, and faced trial in the Senate. Both presidents were acquitted of their supposed transgressions, and were allowed to remain in office. Richard Nixon, despite never experiencing impeachment, vacated his office due to increasing pressure to resign and spare the Senate from going through the process due to his obvious guilt. Nixon was actually in violation of his duties as President, but Clinton and Johnson were impeached by political rivals. Nixon’s actions were considered in such grave violation of the Constitution, that he did not keep his office, whereas Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton stayed.
In 1986, President Reagan addressed the American citizens about his concern that the 1965 Immigration Act’s loose structure and the illegal immigrants that it allowed to enter the United States may threaten national security. Later on, in 1992, a governor of California promoted his call - to - action in the Congress. He wanted to stop illegal immigration, saying that people in California did not like that they were the ones who paid billions of dollars to take care of the illegal immigrants crossing the border.
Hennessey, Kathleen and Brian Bennett. "Obama urged to reduce deportations; Immigration reform advocates push the president to take executive action, or risk losing Latino voters' support." Los Angeles Times 8 March 2014: A.7.
The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, otherwise known as the USA Patriot Act of 2001, President Bush signed into law October 26, 2001. The act is a response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States. Not without controversy, the act allowed for surveillance of citizens and non-citizens alike all to detect and prevent terrorist activities within the borders of the United States. It extended powers to the Justice Department deemed necessary to combat what “had not existed before. The presence of terrorists within national borders along with the need to apprehend and prosecute them, hopefully before rather than after they acted” (Rouse, 2010). The broad reach of the act allowed for message interception, telephone line taps or any form of communication deemed relevant in the ongoing fight against terrorist activity in the United States.
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The checks and balances provided by the Federal appeals court and the Justice department have ruled multiple times against his ordered travel ban, which targets Muslims and refugees trying to enter the country. There have been non stop protests in airports nationwide with crowds of people cheering as Muslim-American citizens
Have you ever been blamed for something you never did, how would it feel to be judged just because of your background. Imagine not being able to see your family just because you don’t share the same beliefs. Should people be kept away from their families for something they haven’t done? As a Muslim-American I believe no one should have the right to keep anyone away from the ones they love. Last month on January 27th President Donald Trump signed an executive order which bans people from 7 major Muslim countries from coming to the United States. The seven major countries are Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. There are over 200 million Muslims who live in those countries, and the executive order will affect millions of Muslims who won’t be able to visit the U.S. anymore or see their relatives who live in America