President Donald Trump
Closes the Borders of the United States of America
When I first heard that newly elected
Donald J. Trump decided to close the borders to our great nation, I knew that
it would cause a lot of recourse.
Before giving you any further details,
allow me to share with you what I found when I decided to research the
information online. The first place that I found had 77,888 views today as I
write this on February 19, 2017. People are making more than just noise over
this event. The page: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/254391-trump-ill-close-us-borders-in-my-first-day
as it states: ‘Trump: I’ll close the borders ‘in my first day.’ From the site www.thehill.com
This he vowed when he was just a candidate, and yet once he was elected into
office, and did just that. Exactly what he promised.
So, for those of you who are acting like:
“Where did this come from?” You knew he was going to do it, you voted for him,
and he made it a promise. At least he upheld one of his promises, not many of
the promises that candidates make get kept. Were you not expecting him to keep
any of them?
"People can come into our country, but only legally. I will close
up those borders," added Trump in his video answer, returning to an issue
that accompanied his initial jump to the top of polls. Quoted per the
above-mentioned site to www.twitter.com interviewer.
On January 28, 2017 www.TheWashingtonPost.com posted an article whereas approved
refugees who were already authorized to enter the United States were being
detained because of Presidents Trump closing of the borders. The article is
located here: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/28/refugees-detained-and-rejected-after-trump-abruptl/ .
The ban eliminated entry from seven Middle Eastern Countries. It became
apparent immediately after the order went into effect Friday when reports
emerged of refugees, green card holders and foreign nationals with otherwise
valid visas suddenly finding themselves unable to enter our great country,
found themselves persecuted.
“Denying thousands of the most
persecuted refugees the chance to reach safety is an irresponsible and
dangerous move that undermines American values and imperils our foreign
relations and national security.” the International Refugee Assistance Project
said in a statement of its own in response to President Trumps order.
Here is my opinion: I know that we have
the issue of 9/11. I know that we have a problem with illegals entering our
great country.
We here in the United States supply
everyone every time they go to war. My question is this? Why do we do that? Why
should we do that? Just because we can? In the meantime, we pay for imported
fuel. We also have all our products, TV’s and VCR’s that come from China, cars
that come from Germany. We need to make and employ our own people.
Donald Trump is trying to protect his
people. And everyone is trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill. He is not
trying to vindictive. If you read the commenters from people, the comments are
fifty/fifty. But that is how people are, opinionated. And we all see
differently, and always will. That is one of the things great about our
country. Freedom of speech. At least for now, we are entitled to it.
Then we have the Mexican Wall: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/01/trump-signs-order-border-wall-mexico-170125185244055.html
The wall will be 1600 km long. About 1000 km already has fences and borders.
President Trump claims that Mexico will help pay for it, it may be a complicated
format, but they will pay for it in due time. He claims that Mexico will pay
back the U.S. one hundred percent of the costs.
Trump
claims the wall will benefit both the United States and Mexico. It will stop,
or at least slow down the drug cartel as well as illegal US Immigrants coming
into the United States and into Mexico complicating both countries.
American’s are complaining because they
think our tax dollars are paying for this, and even if it was or is, do you
think they should complain for something that is benefiting them? Especially
since eventually we the United States are to be reimbursed.
All the information about the Mexican
border can be found here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/25/donald-trump-order-construction-border-wall-crackdown-refugees/
including who will pay for it.
Estimates for the wall have varied, per
the site I have just linked. The first one Mr. Trump told MSNBC that he
proposed he could finish the wall for eight billion. Many of the estimates
later down the road are far higher.
The existing border fence cost around two
point four billion. To build the rest of it, it would range from fifteen to twenty-five
billion. Now this does not include continued maintenance of the fencing.
Who will pay for it? Per Donald Trump: the
Mexicans. Per Mexico they have been quoted as saying: “Not a chance.”
Donald Trump claims he knows the art of
negotiating and that he can handle this. My opinion: in the long run, I guess
time will tell.
What do American’s really think about the
closing of the borders? https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/while-trump-is-closing-the-borders-americans-are-warming-to-immigration/
Polling has shown that American’s are less
in favor of building a fence.
Polling shown that regarding immigrating
when ask one person said to return the person back to their own country, while
others were willing to create a pathway to citizenship. This was done through
several years of two thousand and twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen and
sixteen. And the results were the same. One thousand two hundred and
twenty-seven people were interviewed.
Although this does not by far speak for
the entire country, it shows varied results. Not all people are holding grudges
for things like 9/11.
There are people fighting back against
President Trump: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2017/01/usa-we-will-fight-trumps-effort-to-close-us-borders/
Quoted from www.amnesty.org
website: “Amnesty International’s “I
Welcome” campaign protects the rights of refugees and people seeking asylum
by documenting human rights abuses and pressing governments to do their fair
share to address this humanitarian crisis. In the U.S., Amnesty International
is working to protect refugee resettlement programs and access to asylum at the
U.S southern border, in particular the harsh practice of automatically
detaining children and their mothers who are seeking asylum and other practices
that undermine meaningful access to protection.”
Here again is another: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/01/25/donald-trump-ban-refugees/97046640/
President Trump suspended the United
States refugee program as one of his executive orders, closing the door on
thousands of people seeking asylum from religious, political and ethnic
persecution worldwide.
Do you know just how many refugees we have
help and admitted in the past? Allow me to tell you! The refugee admissions
have dropped since 1975 from 146,158 in 1975, when 135,000 came from
Asia, to 84,995 in 2016, when four out of five refugees came from
Africa and the Near East or South Asia, per the State Department.
These are people we have taken in and changed their lives!
Do you think the President has this kind
of power? “Yes, he does, for security reasons. A president has the power to
shut down the refugee program completely, bringing the number of refugees to
zero, without any justification or approval from Congress. Federal law allows
for a president to bar entry to any immigrant “or any class” of immigrants if
the president deems them “detrimental to the interests of the United States,
and to "impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be
appropriate," according to the law.” Quoted from www.USAToday.com
Could this ban cause us problems? Well
according to this site, a majority of our Doctors are immigrants: https://qz.com/899492/trumps-immigration-ban-america-doesnt-have-enough-doctors-and-closing-borders-will-make-the-situation-worse/
twenty eight percent in fact. That is more than a quarter of the physicians and
surgeons in the United States.
My surgeon returns home every Christmas
until the new year to stay with his family. He has performed both of my knee
replacement, my shoulder and my hip. He is one of the Space Coasts top
orthopedic surgeons in the area! I know he has a passport, and I know he is
legal. But I also know his family remains, willingly overseas. And I know he
loves visiting them, I ask him about them all the time. Is this going to make
his life more difficult too? I certainly hope not.
I personally remember being told by him,
that many ‘foreigners’ become Doctors
just to get educated, and become United States citizens and send money back to
their families. They claim it is the easiest way. I ask my Doctor if medical
school was easier over there. He said no, because they still must come over
here, and get re-certified with the same testing, so they had better be good.
This is not hear-say. I ask one on one. I do have a very personable
relationship with my doctor.
What do Americans think? http://www.cbsnews.com/news/eight-in-10-americans-think-u-s-will-pay-for-u-s-mexican-border-wall/
But here is what Trump has to say: http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/trump-says-taxpayers-will-be-reimbursed-for-mexican-border-wall
In other words, we were told that Donald
Trump was an excellent negotiator, but apparently, that is not true. His skills
seem to be impacting us after all. The question we need to ask ourselves, is it
for the better? And then the next question we need to ask, is what choice do we
really have? After all those questions, we than can look at it like this, is
building this wall giving more people jobs while it is being built? Well there
you go, there is one plus. There are a lot of things to look at before you
start complaining.
Donald J. Trump is now the 45th
President of the United State of America. He vowed to close the borders, and
has done just that. His reasoning is because he wants to protect us.
But if you want to try and think about it
like a Muslim, or another country, then perhaps you can see and will think negatively.
And perhaps the results from those other countries will cause us great turmoil
now that we have decided to act upon them. And the only thing we are trying to
say is simple: “We are trying to protect
ourselves.”
In the meantime, those countries still
have several of our hostages held, and see that as a bargaining chip. But as a
President we don’t and won’t accept terrorism as a threat.
The reason that the other countries are
upset, is because they have something to hide. They are always at war with
something or someone, and always famous for negative thinking.
Personally, I do see them retaliating, in
the future. They think we are trying to be vindictive. They don’t see this as
trying to protective ourselves. But again, this is my opinion, an opinion from
someone who sees through the eyes of a an open minded individual, whom is also
very opinionated.
Anytime you want the top new and
information on Donald Trump check out this site: http://www.politico.com/news/donald-trump
Many people have many different opinions
and thoughts about Donald Trump. So much so, that it causes people to see each
other in different lights. This past election has brought out the worst in a
lot of people. More people spoke out than any other election before. The
election was also a tight one, all the way up until the very end.
But truly, the thing I find shocking is
the ones who voted for Trump, who seem to not even realize his campaign
promises. Did they even listen, and if so, what is it the listened to, and why
is it they voted for him? Because people I know who voted for him, are the ones
complaining about the wall, and the closing of the borders. I didn’t vote for
him, and I personally like the idea. I see where he is coming from, and I
completely understand. Therefore, I honestly am confused about the voting
scenario.
In my opinion, when 9/11 happened it truly
brought our country together, united as one. We were torn into shreds, and lost
a lot of great people. The people who did it were proud, and announced it, and
took lives without a shred of fear. It took us this long, to realize that we
need to close the borders, and make a stand for ourselves, and make a
difference. But at least we are doing it. It is time for change. Obama claimed
it was time for change, and it never happened in the right way. Now it’s a
visible change that will have a cause and effect, and maybe the other countries
will see, that we, the United States of America are not playing the victims any
longer. (Man, that sounded like a great campaign speech!)
I do not know what other campaign promises
Trump made, because as I said, I did not vote for him. But if his promises are
as effective as this one was and is, perhaps he knows and will do exactly what
is right, and make a difference, and lead this country down the path it needs.
I pray for his success, because he needs it and the proper guidance from God
and the right people to be on his side down the very long four-year road.
Apparently, President Trump, however is
quite unsure of what political party he would truly like to be on. He has been
affiliated with all parties at one time, Democratic, Independent and now as we
all know: Republican.
To finalize, here I wish to say that
President Trump is just looking out for ‘we
the people’ just as he promised in his campaign. I think he is doing what
he promised, and what he thinks is best. The outcome in the end, has a chance
at causing a war. But all we can do is hope and pray that it doesn’t. I do
however, think that his goal isn’t to cause a war, but only to teach those in
the other countries, that we aren’t here to be used and abused. His heart is in
the right place, but again, this is just my opinion.
In the end, I would like to add this:
Although I did not vote for President Trump: I do support him. I am impressed
with the changes he has made so far.
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