<story><title>Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return for spring semester</title><url>https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/bring-niki-mossafer-rahmati-current-mit-student-iran-back-us</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>intro-b</author><text>How this is happening, the exact trajectory of &lt;i&gt;how much worse&lt;/i&gt; these things are (and its potential to worsen) is somewhat terrifying, especially when you consider the cavalier disregard and easy ignorance that this policy represents. I know classmates and colleagues and friends who are discussing, in their groups and communities, how to best help people stranded, whether or not vacations and returns to see ill family members must be postponed or canceled, and how future plans to stay, live, and work in the U.S., or abroad, must be changed.&lt;p&gt;-&lt;p&gt;While it&amp;#x27;s been easy to think about many possible negative outcomes in the proceeding days, weeks, months, another subtle aspect of this policy&amp;#x27;s ramifications is how it weakens trust and faith in the concept of stability for future American policy — the likelihood of future government actions, executed with little to no foresight, warning, or serious consideration, with serious consequences. How this effects this country&amp;#x27;s current reputation as a place to study, travel, find work, and start families + settle down can&amp;#x27;t be understated.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>klenwell</author><text>&amp;gt; executed with little to no foresight, warning, or serious consideration, with serious consequences&lt;p&gt;I think it is easy to underestimate the ugliness and disorder such a reckless executive order can unleash unless you start to think about the details or put yourself in the shoes of the people affected.&lt;p&gt;NBC News reports[0]:&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Trump administration also has yet to issue guidance to airports and airlines on how to implement the executive order. &amp;quot;Nobody has any idea what is going on,&amp;quot; a senior Homeland Security official told NBC News.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;As James Gleick put it on Twitter[1]:&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;And how was it communicated to Customs and Border Protection? Or have they just gone rogue?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;And then there is the gross conflict-of-interest reflected in this map:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;graphics&amp;#x2F;2017-trump-immigration-ban-conflict-of-interest&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;graphics&amp;#x2F;2017-trump-immigration-ba...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The event marks a horrible landmark. It&amp;#x27;s the first time I can point to the tangible harmful impact of Trump&amp;#x27;s executive policy on actual people. Up to this point, it has been possible for supporters and apologists to waive away his vague or careless remarks during the campaign as political rhetoric, jokes, or leverage for future negotiation. Now we start to see the mean (in every sense of the word) instinct that informed them and the harm they can do.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nbcnews.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;trump-travel-restrictions-leave-refugees-stranded-reports-n713591&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nbcnews.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;trump-travel-restrictions-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;JamesGleick&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;825380079526146048&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;JamesGleick&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;825380079526146048&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return for spring semester</title><url>https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/bring-niki-mossafer-rahmati-current-mit-student-iran-back-us</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>intro-b</author><text>How this is happening, the exact trajectory of &lt;i&gt;how much worse&lt;/i&gt; these things are (and its potential to worsen) is somewhat terrifying, especially when you consider the cavalier disregard and easy ignorance that this policy represents. I know classmates and colleagues and friends who are discussing, in their groups and communities, how to best help people stranded, whether or not vacations and returns to see ill family members must be postponed or canceled, and how future plans to stay, live, and work in the U.S., or abroad, must be changed.&lt;p&gt;-&lt;p&gt;While it&amp;#x27;s been easy to think about many possible negative outcomes in the proceeding days, weeks, months, another subtle aspect of this policy&amp;#x27;s ramifications is how it weakens trust and faith in the concept of stability for future American policy — the likelihood of future government actions, executed with little to no foresight, warning, or serious consideration, with serious consequences. How this effects this country&amp;#x27;s current reputation as a place to study, travel, find work, and start families + settle down can&amp;#x27;t be understated.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>hackerboos</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s already been a &amp;quot;tit-for-tat&amp;quot; response from Iran. US citizens are banned from travelling there.&lt;p&gt;Not like they made it easy before but still we can expect similar responses to the proposed 20% border tax with Mexico.&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;Edit&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; Some people seem to think US citizens cannot visit Iran. From the horse&amp;#x27;s mouth:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;JZarif&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;825439380806434816&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;JZarif&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;825439380806434816&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>