5 year old detained at airport

This weekend a five year old Iranian boy was detained and separated from his mother at Dulles International Airport because of President Donald Trumps orders to ban travels to seven Muslim countries. After several hours of waiting the young boy was finally released to his mother. After this incident protesters were outraged. 

Questions: 

Do you think the airport went a little overboard with this incident?

How long do you think President Donald Trump will keep these ban travels? 

My thoughts: I think the airport went a little overboard when they separated a five year old from his mother. I believe they should have just detained his mother with him instead of separating them. I do not think President Trumps travel bans will last that long because I think other countries are going to start putting travel bans on Americans.

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  • Dillon,

    Overall, your summary is quite brief and you only replied once.

  • I do think that they went overboard because he was only 5 and wouldn't know what was going on and was probably also very scared. I think Trump will ban it as long as he can to help make the people safer. 

  • It is known that many terrostic nations and other nations employ young children to carry out terrorist attacks because they are easy to train and unsuspecting. I think Trump will keep it as long as he can and I think it is a good thing until we know they are safe.

  • i believe that it was the right thing to do. now kinda hear me out ok. anybody from the middle east could be a terrosist. not im not saying that the 5 year old was a terrorist but if they came from one of those places the terrorist could have paced something on him. i think and hope that he keeps them for a long time. because isis has sleeper agents in the US already. most people say this is wrong but if there is even a remote chance that it is true then we need to act on it.

  • Yes I do, but just a little bit. I think that they should have had his mother with him. I do believe in President Trump's orders to do a temporary ban on seven mostly Muslim countries because you can never be too safe when protecting millions of lives. 90 days, that's how long it will last because that's how long President Trump said it would last.

  • Yes, definitely. I don't understand why they would separate and detain a five year old from his mother just because of this ban.  I think he will keep this ban until he feels that the country is safe for the citizens.

  • Yes they went a little over board with that because they shouldn't sperate families like that and i dont thin it will last that long because of all the protests.

  • I personally don't think that the airport went overboard with this incident, they were simply following Trump's orders.  President Trump has already put several things into action and I'm glad that people have started to accept them.  However, I know that a young child being separated from his mother would be a horrible situation.  I think President Trump will ban these travelers for as long as it takes to secure those who are coming in to our country. 

  • They followed the ban that the President had put through. They did what they had to do. I think he will keep them until we start to identify terrorists and innocents and differentiate between the two. 

  • No, they were just following the law. Trump put the order into action and they were supposed to carry it out. I think he'll keep the ban for a couple months. 

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