What message was the U.S. government trying to send when it detained me at the border?
Law professor Khaled Abou El Fadl writes about his recent experience re-entering the United States after a trip to Canada. As he describes, he was traveling with his wife and 11-year old son. He is in his “50s, wrestling with a number of health challenges, and I use a wheelchair.” The op/ed concludes:
“Before Trump’s takeover, on my journey home, I was made to feel like an outsider, a foreigner seeking entry to my own nation. It was belittling, saddening, and I fear that perhaps this was precisely the point. I battle the conclusion that perhaps the very meaning of democratic citizenship is eroding in my country.”
Read the op/ed linked above for details.
KJ
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