I chose my found poem on a brief of Trump’s executive order on refugees and travel ban. Without getting too political, I’m going to try and express why I chose this. Last year, when this order was released there was a lot of outrage among the people of the United States. I was one of those outraged citizens. As someone who was fortunate enough to grow up with a little more money than necessary, I was taught to always give and help when I can. I extend these beliefs to foreign policy in political terms. I have always believed–and will continue to–that if there is someone in need of help we should do everything in our power to aid them. To discriminate against seven countries in particular because there is a stereotype around the nationalities and religion amongst those people is inhumane. It’s dehumanizing the people in need of rescue from those countries. I decided to take this brief and turn the words into the reality of not what the United States is facing with immigrants and refugees, but what those who are denied entry to our country are facing back in their home country.
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