Trump’s Travel Ban Being Felt in The Midlands

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- The Ripple effect of President Donald Trump’s travel ban is being felt in the Midlands.

All across the United States, Americans are protesting to fight against President Trumps Executive Order that impacts  seven Muslim-majority countries in Africa and the Middle East.  Islamic leaders at home are worried but optimistic.

“Once something starts like this we don’t know when its going to end, but I’m very hopeful that things will evolve to be more clear and sensible,” Masji-As-Salaam, Omar Shaheead said.

Holli Emore, who is on the board of directors for Interfaith Partners of South Carolina, says this travel ban goes  against everything she is fighting for in the Midlands.

“I’ve seen it here in Columbia today,” Emore said. “I know there are people who support this administration, so they are accepting this as a norm, and I think it is very important that we remember that this is not the norm for America.”

Midland community leaders agree that this band will do more harm than good.

“The order was, at the very least, poorly constructed and frankly appears to have unconstitutional animist towards Muslims that has left people both at a difficult situation from around the world,” Deputy Director Rule of Law Collaborative at USC, Hamid Khan said. “This has also made us less secure as a result.”

“This is not going to make us safer, it’ll make us less safe because it inflames the very people that are hurting others, expect there are hardly any of those people here,” Emore said.

Community leaders said this travel ban is an American issue.

On Tuesday, dozens of South Carolinian’s plan  on joining the nation wide protest at the statehouse around 5:00 p.m.