The president you elect will reflect on the people you become. The president will influence your morals and your character and your values as a nation.
I wonder if his policies on immigration are an example. Do they simply reflect popular sentiment, or are they influencing us to widen the spectrum of those we do not think should be allowed to reach our shores?
Should we prevent someone from coming into the U.S. simply because they come from a disadvantaged nation, as President Trump seems to be suggesting? Is this a new line of thought? Is the president expanding the spectrum of immigrants who are not acceptable?
And, what are the values of our nation when it comes to immigration? What are our morals? Are we concerned with helping those who are disadvantaged? Or, do we shun them simply because they are disadvantaged? Are we self-centered, thinking primarily in terms of what the immigrants can do for us, and whether they will increase or decrease our financial well-being?
It seems clear we have long shunned the economically disadvantaged, but I do not believe we have ever came right out and excluded a person for coming from a country that is disadvantaged. I don't believe it is going to reach the point that we ban immigration from third-world countries, but it does seem President Trump is at least shifting us more that direction.
Which way is Donald Trump influencing us to think? Is he reinforcing existing ideas and then expanding upon them? Are our existing beliefs moral, while President Trump's latest thoughts stretch outside strong moral boundaries?
The leader of your nation will affect your beliefs and what you come to believe. Is he doing so on immigration?
Be careful who you elect, for they might partially dictate who you become.
(A fair amount of rewriting of this blog was done Jan. 14.)
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