Anne Frank would be a 77-year-old woman living in the United States today, but she and her family were denied entry to our country as refugees because of a fear of European immigrants during World War II.
This hateful, bigoted Muslim ban must be lifted. Refugees are some of the most hard working, patriotic people in America today. Denying them access to safety and opportunity in their time of need is the least Christian and most immoral act imaginable.
Right now there are hundreds of Syrian refugees in airports around the world who have undergone months of intense vetting and sold all their worldly possessions in order to purchase plane tickets for America but have now been stopped by Trump’s Muslim ban.
International students throughout the United States are now prevented from returning home to visit family lest they be barred from coming back to America to finish their studies.
Iranian film director Asghar Farhadi won’t be let into the United States to attend the Academy Awards even though he’s nominated for best foreign language film.
This is an inhumane and unnecessary decision by a bigoted President who has never experienced poverty or violence in his life. It tarnishes America’s position as a moral leader of the world. It is an embarrassment to Americans everywhere.
