First they came for the Iranians
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First they came for the Iranians
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#2My father successfully brought over two of our relatives from Iran during the Obama presidency (thanks Obama). They were a doctor and a professional soccer player. However, the other application for his older sister and my mother's brother has been processing for nearly 20 years. She's nearing her 70s. And my mother's brother has all but lost hope.
Looks like it's not going to ever happen under Mr. Trump.
Oh well. I wouldn't say it's as urgent as having PhD-level brains here...but it's too bad. We're doing the process right. We're doing it legally. We're following all the proper procedure and making sure that nothing is overlooked or done to cheat the process.
My father (who voted for Trump) is in complete denial: he thinks "The people around Trump told him to do that."
Very sad.
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#3Trump is Hitler!!!
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#4This is the strength we need. Respect.
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#5I come from a country which can't keep its le^Wborders closed in front of anyone. So I pity those students a bit, definitely, but otherwise I'm jealous for this policy. It would address my immediate pain had it been implemented here.
And yes, I do care more about my own life in a country I am a citizen of, and safety of my relatives, than about people you call "aliens".
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#6This is the draft of the executive order. Section 3 explains how the US entry ban could be extended indefinitely.
http://documents.latimes.com/read-draft-copy-president-trump...
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#7I had trouble loading the page, here is a google-cache url: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...
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#8Those PhD's should be for 'mericans, not furners.
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#9Trump is ostensibly using the 9/11 play card to justify banning few muslim countries [0].
This is obviously a lie, since most of 911 hijackers were Saudis and his executive order is not banning the Saudis. I'm guessing on the strength of the Saudi lobby in DC [1] AND/OR Trump's potential business conflict in Saudi Arabia [2].
[0] https://www.scribd.com/document/337545704/Draft-Executive-Or...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia_lobby_in_the_Unit...
[2] http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/01/donald-t...
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#10The came for science agencies too: http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2017/01/25/trump_is...