By Judah Breitbach
The spirit of America is emblazoned at the feet of the Statue of Liberty.
It’s called the New Colossus, written by Emma Lazarus.
It reads: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest- tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”
“America is meant to bring people together,” says Dynara Rystrom, green building student and confessed Trump supporter.
“But if we can save one life through the prevention of an attack with this ban I think it would be worth it,” said Rystorm, referring to President Trump’s recent executive order that was refuted in the Supreme Court and later replaced with an amended order.
“It’s been proven that President Trump means well. I think that the mishaps are just mistakes because he’s new to politics,” said Rystrom.
President Trump’s neophyte rank in the world of politics was a major draw- ing point for many voters during the campaign.
Rystrom says in mention of mistakes, “It wouldn’t be surprising if Trump knew the immigration ban was unconstitutional. But he needs to do something. He can’t just sit back.”
Tripping and falling are mistakes. The procedure followed by the Oval Office was less than regulatory, however.
Purportedly, the order was kept under lock and key before it’s signing a few days after The President’s inauguration.
An Executive Order isn’t something kept hush-hush between a few policy writers.
It’s Customary for the State Department and others to review the language prior to signing.
After noting the illegality of the executive order, Rystorm noted, “He’s trying to get terrorists out of the U.S., and most often, they come from the middle east, hiding under the veil of Islam.”
“The same has happened in the past with Christians. Where they hide behind their religion to cause destruction,” Rystorm said, remembering particularly a certain shooting at a Planned Parenthood in the name of ending abortion.
The act was perpetuated by a proclaimed Christian.
“I think if we kept the two-year visa wait, but made sure terrorists couldn’t enter, that might be better than the current ban,” says Rystrom on how the immigration policy may be better implemented.
The current protocol is one that has been in place for many years.
Rystrom also points out that the Obama administration implemented a similar plan affecting a few of the seven countries named in Trump’s Executive Order.
As may be noted, Rystrom sees both pros and cons in Trump’s administration thus far.
The immigration ban is just one of the issues she sees both sides of.
“Obamacare helped me by getting me off the streets. Now I’m taking classes and have a full-time job,” Rystorm said of the health care plan that was also applied during the Obama years, and currently in the process of being rewritten.
“I think too often we see the negativity come out through the media,” Rystorm said, “the media has a tendency to take things and run with them and sensationalize things.”
Editor’s note:
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