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Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return for spring semester

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Re: Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return for spring semester

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Post by grey-area »

daxorid wrote: post #79
intro-b wrote: post #2

How this is happening, the exact trajectory of how much worse these things are (and its potential to worsen) is somewhat terrifying, especially when you consider the cavalier disregard and easy ignorance that this policy represents. I know classmates and colleagues and friends who are discussing, in their groups and communities, how to best help people stranded, whether or not vacations and returns to see ill family…

Terrifying, how? This is what Trump promised, and the reason we voted for him. Half of us are quite happy to see campaign promises actually implemented. HN is acting as if this was capricious and unplanned. In fact, it's what half of us wanted.

Your callous disregard for the lives of others who are legal residents of the US appalls me.

Re: Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return for spring semester

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daxorid wrote: post #79
intro-b wrote: post #2

How this is happening, the exact trajectory of how much worse these things are (and its potential to worsen) is somewhat terrifying, especially when you consider the cavalier disregard and easy ignorance that this policy represents. I know classmates and colleagues and friends who are discussing, in their groups and communities, how to best help people stranded, whether or not vacations and returns to see ill family…

Terrifying, how? This is what Trump promised, and the reason we voted for him. Half of us are quite happy to see campaign promises actually implemented. HN is acting as if this was capricious and unplanned. In fact, it's what half of us wanted.

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Re: Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return for spring semester

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Post by RivieraKid »

hackuser wrote: post #44
hesdeadjim wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not America that did this it's a minority of America. The rest of us feel like prisoners in our own country when faced with this kind of complete and utter insanity.

> It's not America that did this it's a minority of America. That's democracy; that is America or else there is no America. All Americans must own this problem, not say that it's not their fault. For one thing, it didn't come from nowhere; Trump's policies merely put in action what many in his party have advocated for years. Yet many smart people I know overlooked it and continued to vote Republican.

How is it a fault of a random guy who didn't vote for Trump?

Re: Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return for spring semester

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Post by chrischen »

wallace_f wrote: post #73

I don't think it is by chance or coincidence that Trump's admin is targeting Iranians . What really is it with American government hating Iran and Iranians, when there are equal or even worse ethnocentric, human-rights-abusing, racially intolerant states in the Middle East?

Nuclear weapons. And that's also the only reason why Russia is even relevant as a global power.

Re: Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return for spring semester

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Post by 654869435418647 »

58028641 wrote: post #93
daxorid wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Terrifying, how? This is what Trump promised, and the reason we voted for him. Half of us are quite happy to see campaign promises actually implemented. HN is acting as if this was capricious and unplanned. In fact, it's what half of us wanted.

Less than half

Roughly half. The point is still valid and it's important not to disregard the momentum of that segment of the country

Re: Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return for spring semester

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Post by malcolmgreaves »

return0 wrote: post #72

Trump is creating a bargaining chip for america. This is a ploy, not s long term plan. I wonder what he ll ask in return for lifting the ban

Nope. It's just appeasing his base. The man child is not sophisticated enough to have a coherent, well-manicured strategy. He sees only what's in front of his nose.

Re: Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return for spring semester

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Post by nikdaheratik »

daxorid wrote: post #79
intro-b wrote: post #2

How this is happening, the exact trajectory of how much worse these things are (and its potential to worsen) is somewhat terrifying, especially when you consider the cavalier disregard and easy ignorance that this policy represents. I know classmates and colleagues and friends who are discussing, in their groups and communities, how to best help people stranded, whether or not vacations and returns to see ill family…

Terrifying, how? This is what Trump promised, and the reason we voted for him. Half of us are quite happy to see campaign promises actually implemented. HN is acting as if this was capricious and unplanned. In fact, it's what half of us wanted.

Really, we wanted the President to break U.S. law in the first week and to mess up people's lives without any good reason besides bigotry and fear? I think you don't even understand the majority of the Republicans own base if you believe that.

Re: Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return for spring semester

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Post by joering2 »

finid wrote: post #59
jasonjei wrote: post #4

What's scary is the new immigration ban affects legal, permanent residents. US legal, permanent residents that have firmly rooted their lives in the US, only to be told they can't come home.

At this rate naturalized citizens will be next. And just remember that the US govt can already lock forever on terrorism charges.

Yes thanks to Obama orders, citizens in time of war OR NOT, outside of US soil, OR ON IT!

The only recently new things is a guys in Washington recklessly driving car while DUI that is being officially called terrorist.

Next coming: jaywalking might be terrorism too.

Re: Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return for spring semester

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Post by nikdaheratik »

58028641 wrote: post #93
daxorid wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Terrifying, how? This is what Trump promised, and the reason we voted for him. Half of us are quite happy to see campaign promises actually implemented. HN is acting as if this was capricious and unplanned. In fact, it's what half of us wanted.

Less than half

I refuse to believe that most of the people voted for Trump because of his immigration policy, especially since all of the policy details he provided were vague at best. It was about jobs and hating the Clintons and the Dems more than anything, but immigration wasn't the core issue of the election.
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