In reading my classmate's opinion on immigration policies in their article, "A New era of Immigration" I began to think about the specific differences between Obama and Trump immigration policies and why Obama had a better formula.
Obama focused on specific threats and had an outline for the guidelines of who would be detained at the border and why. His travel ban only lasted 6 months and was focused on one country. By saying, “Trump has taken more action to keep this country safe” is false, his policies are broader and leave it open to the discretion of law enforcement encouraging presumptions of criminals versus Obama’s policies that specified exactly who could not obtain visas or cross the border.
Trump, in my opinion, has caused more chaos by leaving the rules open to interpretation and I can see people being detained based on preconceived notions, which becomes an issue of prejudice and profiling.
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