Monday, January 30, 2017

Trump's Muslim Ban Is Just the Beginning

President Trump has been busy fulfilling his campaign promises. Following the inaugurations of Presidents, it seems like a prudent thing to do. The nature of the promise, however, must be justifiable. If there were terrorist activity in the United States caused directly because of failures in our immigration system, Trump's ban would be justifiable. But that has not happened. Trump and his administration claim his recent executive order to suspend entry for immigrants from seven Muslim countries and refugees from Syria to the United States is not a Muslim ban, but many believe, me included, that it is, and this is just the beginning.

This what Robert Reich has to say: