The article discusses the public outcry against Donald Trump's first Muslim ban in 2017, which was marked by significant protests at airports. Despite the initial legal pushback and widespread resistance, a modified ban later received Supreme Court approval. By the time of Biden’s repeal in 2021, the ban had been restructured and became less visible. Currently, a new iteration of the ban is emerging, obscured by bureaucratic language, indicating a continued intent to restrict immigration from certain countries without overtly naming them.
The spontaneous mass resistance to Donald Trump's first Muslim ban was perhaps the defining image of the uprising that greeted Trump when he came to power in 2017.
A modified version of the ban slunk back into effect a few months later; this time, the Supreme Court signed off on the policy.
It's that form of the ban-quieter, sneakier-that is making a comeback in Trump's second term.
If this all sounds bewildering, that's because it's meant to be. The obtuse bureaucratic structures that were only created to legally justify the first ban now form the core structure of a new one.
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