In the wake of Trump’s recent attempts to ban Muslim from entering the U.S, the nation has reacted with sympathy toward asylum-seekers that have been undoubtedly endangered by Trump’s order. An article by Thomas Reese supports this by agreeing that asylum seekers were endangered by the recent executive order. The article “Asylum seekers endangered by Trump’s executive order” by Thomas Reese, talks about the wall and the attention that the media has given to it, especially with Trump and Mexico’s president debate on who’s to pay the wall. The author says that “there is nothing intrinsically wrong with a wall or other physical barriers at the border.” The article places more concern on the expedited removal process, quoting that it will cause …show more content…
Asylum seekers are protected under both domestic and international law to be allowed to stay while their claims are reviewed. The expedited process from the executive order stripes asylum seekers from this. Reese argues that the problem is “that the law protecting asylum seekers is too often ignored,” and while I agree with that, I also add the belief that one of the problems regarding this is that people are misinformed about who asylum seekers are, and more times than not confuse asylum seekers and refugees with immigrants. Confusing them can have detrimental consequences as it creates a negative narrative and not only ignores the law that protects them, but it makes it even harder for authorities to recognize and uphold such rights. Reese also argues that the problem lies at the very stage of the process, when officials are supposed to inform you of such rights that you are bestowed. Asylum seekers then are often turned away because officers either deliberately ignore their claims, or dismissed them as not credible. This is a problem because it is not the job of Customs and Border patrol officers to determine whether people’s fear is credible or