The United states, a country with the most annual immigration growth rate in the world is currently facing an immigration controversy. The United states has always prided itself as an immigration based nation as it provides legal immigrants a naturalization privilege.
Founded under the constitution in 1789, the United States Government is made up of three branches. These branches include; the executive branch, the legislative branch and the judicial branch. All of these branches are connected to each other and are in charge of implementing policies. Newly elected president Donald J. Trump started his administration with certain new controversial policies, one of which includes the executive order of an immigration ban.
President Trump who believes in securing his country created an executive order barring all refugees and immigrants from seven predominantly Islamic countries access to the United States. The countries included in the ban are Iran, Libya, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, Syria and Sudan. According to President Trump, these countries were selected in order to reduce the chances of terrorist acts in the United States. I believe prohibiting countries from entry into the US based on religion is unconstitutional. The United States is a free country which supports freedom of speech and free religious practices and this executive order is inconsistent with the standard upon which the United States was founded.
Executive orders are passed by the head of the executive branch who in this case is the president of the United States and they cannot be overturned by the legislative branch however, the legislative branch can refuse to instate an executive order. The Judicial branch on the other hand is responsible for overturning and ruling an order as unconstitutional. In the case of the immigration ban, the appeals court of the United States is upholding the suspension of the immigration ban. This example explains how the national government is set up in order to prevent one branch from abusing power. The presence of the branches of the government is therefore important and necessary for the efficiency of democracy.
