It was no surprise that the Ellis Island website, which opened its records on passenger arrivals and other genealogical data to the public in the early 1990s, crashed on the very first day as Americans rushed to discover their history.
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The controversial executive order blocking immigrants and refugees from seven middle eastern countries from entering the United States has been partially shut down.
Islamic societies across the country will also be standing up against this hatred, working with Universities to support for fellow american students on campus. This is not a complete lie because the executive order does not directly ban Muslims. Since there weren’t any refugees named in the case, the Judge didn’t address their status in relation to the executive order. Once the four-month ban on refugees from other countries is lifted, the number of projected refugees will be cut nearly in half and those seeking entry will face a religious test.
I’m terrified, heartbroken, and outraged by Donald Trump’s “Muslim ban”. “I’m also upset knowing that the seven countries that were banned weren’t any of the four that had bombers from 9/11”.
Challengers say the order violates several parts of the Constitution, including the due process and equal protection clauses, and the First Amendment clauses that prohibit Congress from establishing a religion or preventing the free exercise of religion.
A year ago the US accepted a small number of Syrians (10,000 as of August 2016) out of the almost 5 million Syrian refugees.
The narrative link between Islam and violence is used to justify military intervention overseas, which in turn is used to justify suspicion of Muslims at home. Other than 872 refugees who will be allowed to enter the United States this week, the order stops all refugee admissions via the government’s refugee resettlement program for 120 days.
That fact wasn’t lost on House Speaker Paul Ryan, who on Tuesday offered mild criticism of the Trump’s handling of the immigration order, saying that “regrettably, the rollout was confusing”. There have been legal challenges and ongoing protests against the Trump administration already. I don’t disagree with this task, but the way the ban went into effect was not ideal.
More than 1,000 people stranded because of the executive order placed calls to the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
“Religious discrimination is generally unconstitutional”, he said. Victories for immigration are victories for the nation as a whole, yet it is true we must be certain that the values of immigrants can mesh with American values; after all, the visa application form still asks if applicants identify with Nazi ideology.
Orwellian doublespeak can not obscure the hostility toward Muslims and Islam that animates President Trump’s executive order on immigration.
The statutory provision Trump cited as the legal basis for his order (8 U.S. Code § 1182) requires the president to give a reason for suspending visas.
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“One section says “no discrimination” and another section delegates enormous authority to the president, so the courts are going to have to reconcile those two provisions”, said Laycock.
