Winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, Malala Yousafzai, said she is heartbroken with the executive order on immigration ban President Donald Trump signed Friday. She took to Facebook pleading to the new President to open the US for refugee children.
Malala is heartbroken with immigration ban
The teenage Pakistani activist said in her Facebook post that she is heartbroken with the signing of the immigration ban, which closes US doors for the families, especially the children, who are trying to free the war, People reported. She pointed out that America has a proud history of welcoming immigrants and refugees, and it breaks her heart that the nation is turning its back on that legacy. She said that the hard working immigrants helped build the nation just for to get a chance at a better life.
Malala talked about the Syrian refugee children who are singled out with this highly discriminative immigration ban. She also talked about her friend Zaynab as an example for the negative effect of the new executive order. She said that her friend had fled war in Egypt, Yemen, and Somalia even before she turned 17.
That friend of hers went to the US, and is now on her way to becoming a human rights lawyer. Zaynab got separated from her little sister while fleeing war in Egypt. Now, the new executive order takes away the chance of her to ever reunite with her little sister again.
Trump's radical move to keep terrorists at bay
Malala's statement is in response to the executive order that President Trump recently signed. The immigration ban blocks citizens of Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Iran, Iraq, and Syria from entering the US in 90 days. Through the immigration ban, Trump ordered new vetting measures to make sure that Muslim terrorists couldn't enter US soil, Elle reported.
Trump declared that they don't "want 'em here." He said that they want to make sure that the threats their soldiers are fighting abroad won't be admitted in the United States. He said he only wants to admit into the US people who will support the nation and love deeply its people.