The administration of US President Donald Trump has come under fire for saying that even Muslim children pose a “security risk” to the country.
Outrage ensuing from the Trump administration’s entry ban against the citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries peaked earlier this week, after it caused hardship for a 1-year-old Iraqi boy, who was sent to the US for treatment after suffering serious burns at a refugee camp, the Time reported Wednesday.
The parents of the boy had obtained visas to join their baby boy, Dilbreen (pictured below), who is slated to undergo surgery later this week. However, their permits to enter the US were revoked after Trump’s order.
"So they are stranded in Iraq,” said Carrie Schuchardt, who works at the Massachusetts social-services organization House of Peace, where Dilbreen’s family was going to stay. "The child is here. The need for surgery is pressing.”
Trump has come under fire both inside the US and abroad since Friday, when he signed an executive order that halted all refugee admissions for four months, banned Syrian refugees indefinitely and barred visitors and immigrants from Iran, Libya, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entering America for 90 days.
White House defends detention of 5-year-old Iranian
Earlier this week, the White House defended the detention of a 5-year-old Iranian boy, arguing that Muslims are a threat regardless of their age.
"To assume that just because of someone’s age and gender that they don’t pose a threat would be misguided and wrong,” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said during his daily briefing on Monday.
(Press TV)
The parents of the boy had obtained visas to join their baby boy, Dilbreen (pictured below), who is slated to undergo surgery later this week. However, their permits to enter the US were revoked after Trump’s order.
"So they are stranded in Iraq,” said Carrie Schuchardt, who works at the Massachusetts social-services organization House of Peace, where Dilbreen’s family was going to stay. "The child is here. The need for surgery is pressing.”
Trump has come under fire both inside the US and abroad since Friday, when he signed an executive order that halted all refugee admissions for four months, banned Syrian refugees indefinitely and barred visitors and immigrants from Iran, Libya, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entering America for 90 days.
White House defends detention of 5-year-old Iranian
Earlier this week, the White House defended the detention of a 5-year-old Iranian boy, arguing that Muslims are a threat regardless of their age.
"To assume that just because of someone’s age and gender that they don’t pose a threat would be misguided and wrong,” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said during his daily briefing on Monday.
(Press TV)
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