In this article, the author describes the difficult situation of the separation of Abdulla and his daughter Batulo. Abdulla is a refugee who was recently deported to America with his family. He thought that he could finally be given a new life in America, but this was not the case. Just as the family was settling into their new home, President Trump signed his Travel Ban executive order. This order banned refugee arrivals for 90 days in seven countries, including Somalia where Batulo is still in. Just as she was about to leave, her trip had to be cancelled due to the travel ban. This left her family in a frantic search for help in reuniting with their daughter again. Back at the refugee camp, Batulo has to move in and depend on another family while she is waiting to return to her family. The family mourn for their daughter every second and are trying to convince Melanie Trump to hear their voice and try to repeal this ban.
In class, we have discussed some of the issues in our current culture war. This week we discussed what a social movement is and the travel ban has certainly started one. In addition, this travel ban has started multiple marches and group gatherings of the refugees.
I do not feel like there can be an opinion of this article. It is simply a terrible situation and nobody should disagree with that. But, I do not agree with this travel ban. For example, just like in this situation in this article, I believe that it just creates separation and a sense of a trap within every refugee. Of course I believe that terrorism needs to be dealt with, but I think they can be other ways of doing this instead of solidifying just seven countries.
Explain to me the culture war
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