Muslim Ban #2: Social media reacts

Well, it’s here. The second travel ban to the United States for citizens of six Muslim-majority countries has been put into effect by the 45th President of the United States (aka He Who Must Not Be Named). Iraq has been scrapped from the list, and, unlike the last time around, people with greencards from banned countries won’t be affected. Ostensibly, this means no US citizens quarantined in airports; however, refugee resettlement still remains halted for people from the banned countries.

Though the revised executive order might have some minor changes, per The Guardian, it has sparked the same outrage as it did the first time around, both on and off social media.

For one, Americans were outside the White House once again, voicing their opinions:

Huge protest against the new Muslim ban at the White House right now! #resist pic.twitter.com/4udlE6TINU

— Southern Democrats (@SouthernDems_) March 7, 2017

On Twitter, this user insisted that the ban would not serve the purpose for which it was intended, as there was no need for it in the first place:

No citizen has been killed on US soil by terrorists from nations in #MuslimBan since 1975—Bigoted rhetoric turned into ineffective policy

— Ahmed Baba (@AhmedBaba_) March 6, 2017

Meanwhile ACLU, the union that challenged the old Muslim ban and and eventually succeeded in getting it overturned by a federal court, has been loud and clear about their stance on the second executive order and considers it just as unconstitutional as the first:

ACLU statement on new immigration order: "The only way to actually fix the Muslim ban is not to have a Muslim ban." https://t.co/dy1loxlcr5 pic.twitter.com/wPZPxEB7gr

— ABC News (@ABC) March 7, 2017

Then, there was this salient human being, who pointed out that the ban was actually counterproductive and would result in the opposite of the intended effect:

Blaming refugees and an entire religion for the actions of extremists is how you create more terrorists, not fight terrorism #MuslimBan

—Christopher Zullo (@ChrisJZullo) March 6, 2017

Finally, in a snarky comment, this user talked about the bans as if they were a film series:

Do I have to watch #MuslimBan 1 first or can I just jump right into #MuslimBan 2 without too much confusion?

— Ryan Topham (@BurglerBooks) March 7, 2017

Human rights groups such as Amnesty International have decried the travel ban, continuing use of the hashtag #NoBanNoWall to denounce President Trump’s newest controversial policy. Human Rights Watch has also expressed alarm, particularly at the executive order’s suspension of refugee resettlement. Hopefully, the face lift that Muslim Ban 2 has received, as it has been affectionately called, will not be enough to fool US federal judges.

LM

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