This great Nation born
from the ideas of liberty and freedom--freedom to pray as we want--what
are we to think? Despite all of the evidence to the contrary, just 2 days after
President Trump instituted this ban, he remarked: Hey, this ban is
going ``nicely.'' Earlier today, President Trump's spokesman referred
to those being unlawfully detained as just being ``temporarily
inconvenienced.''
We know that the reality of the situation is much different for the
families and individuals across the globe who are affected. Many of
them are permanent residents and green card holders for whom this
Executive order has amounted to a door slammed in their face by the
country that is supposed to represent the shining beacon on the planet
Earth of liberty and hope. Hundreds of people of seven different nationalities have been trapped
at American airports. Many of them were detained for hours on end
without access to lawyers; they were handcuffed and interrogated; some
were immediately deported, while many more have been turned away at the
doors to their flights bound for the United States. These are people
who followed all of the rules, who went through extensive vetting, who
upended their lives--doors slammed in their faces. I am sorry, but this is not an inconvenience.
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