How amazing it is that my family has gone from being
persecuted for their religion to being able to hold jobs
protected by the First Amendment? Surely, this is something
my great-grandparents never could've dreamed of when they
came here, and I embrace my career with the intention to
honor their sacrifices. . . . Recently, my heart broke at the
executive order to suspend the entry of refugees,
specifically from Syria. I have looked into this extensively
and recently worked on a story about the vetting process. . .
. Trump's order is nothing but xenophobic and racist. I was
preparing to report on a family that was supposed to be
coming to a community near me, but it seems that family won't
be coming now. How truly American it would've been for the
descendant of Syrian immigrants to welcome a new generation
of Syrians into this country. This is for many cataclysmic because everything they thought about
this country seems to be disappearing in front of us. I understand that
President Trump tries to sell this as something less than it is; that
it isn't a ban on all Muslims entering the United States, it is just a
ban on Muslims from a select set of countries.
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