How safe is safe? With President Donald Trump making good on his campaign promises, a new wave of immigration arrests have been made in 11 states this week, with 40 in New York City alone.
Increasing numbers of immigrants are fearful of being deported and many are taking extreme measures to make sure it does not happen to them. One such person was an undocumented mother of four from Colorado who sought refuge in a church basement in fear of being deported.
In another case in El Paso, Texas, an undocumented woman was arrested soon after she obtained an order of protection against her former live-in boyfriend. She sought housing at a domestic violence shelter after filing three police reports that included physical violence against her, one of which was an unsuccessful stabbing attempt. Immigration and Custom Enforcement received information of her undocumented status and came directly to the courthouse to detain her.
Trump reminds us time and again that it is for the nations safety. In a tweet on Sunday, Trump concluded his rant with “Gang members, drug dealers & others are being removed!” In theory, this sounds like a rational statement. However, it is the “others” part that is frightening.
The deportation of harmful people who pose true threats to the country is a good thing. However, using that same stereotype, bombastic statements about gang members, drug dealers and rapists as a reason to herd up 11.1 million immigrants in our country is a bit much.
Trump’s Muslim ban targeted seven countries he alleged are a threat to the American people. Are they? Out of the 19 terrorists involved in the Sept. 11 attacks, 15 were from Saudi Arabia, the others from the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Lebanon. None of those countries were on the list.
During his campaign, Trump paraded people across the stage that had family members that had been killed by undocumented immigrants. As sad as that is, why did he not have parents from the Sandy Hook School shooting attend or families from the Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church come across stage and talk about gun violence in America acted out by legal nationals?
Tearing families apart and arresting humans who have been violated because they are undocumented is a bit much. Not having a valid social security number should not give anyone the right to do that.
This article began by asking how safe people really were. A valid social security number means nothing more than a blank check in America. Look at the country, it does not feel any safer under Trump. He is not for the people in any way, shape or form and they sooner America figures this out, the less the will be stunned by his outrageous actions.
