Immigration Myth-buster Team 5-11:30 by Gerardo Samuel Reyes Castro https://padlet.com/a01571141/vonxakxqnjho en-us 2019-10-21 16:47:52 UTC 2026-02-01 19:59:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f9d5.png Myth to Bust: a01198079 https://padlet.com/a01571141/vonxakxqnjho/wish/404054484 Banning immigrants and refugees from majority-Muslims countries will protect our country from terrorists ]]> 2019-10-29 18:03:24 UTC https://padlet.com/a01571141/vonxakxqnjho/wish/404054484 Graph of terrorist attack wuj5820 https://padlet.com/a01571141/vonxakxqnjho/wish/404248820 In the US, the deaths from terrorist attacks are in the tens. There are barely any deaths from the "Muslim terrorists."]]> 2019-10-30 02:39:40 UTC https://padlet.com/a01571141/vonxakxqnjho/wish/404248820 2015 gun homicides US: 13018 total, or 40.29 per million residents wuj5820 https://padlet.com/a01571141/vonxakxqnjho/wish/404249498
Someone living in the US is 175 times more likely to die from a homicide incident than a terrorist attack is Europe (the terrorist deaths are even higher in Europe that in US, so someone living in the US would likely be 300 times more likely to die from a homicide incident than a terrorist attack in the US ]]> 2019-10-30 02:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/a01571141/vonxakxqnjho/wish/404249498 Muslims are not the same as ISIS a01571141 https://padlet.com/a01571141/vonxakxqnjho/wish/404646535 2019-10-30 18:24:52 UTC https://padlet.com/a01571141/vonxakxqnjho/wish/404646535 Statistics about homicides vs terrorism wildr3502 https://padlet.com/a01571141/vonxakxqnjho/wish/405094039 In 2016, 25,620 deaths were caused due to terrorism globally. However, other types of violence killed 560,000 in the same year.]]> 2019-10-31 16:24:51 UTC https://padlet.com/a01571141/vonxakxqnjho/wish/405094039 Statistics: a01198156 https://padlet.com/a01571141/vonxakxqnjho/wish/405137083 Alex Nowrasteh, an expert in Cato Institute, informed that the chance of being murdered by an American citizen was 252 times greater than the chance of dying in a terrorist attack committed by a Muslim immigrant. ]]> 2019-10-31 17:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/a01571141/vonxakxqnjho/wish/405137083 Katheleen Newland and Susan Fratzke said that "As of October 2015, the United States had resettled approximately 2,000 Syrian refugees since the start of civil war in Syria in 2011." a01198079 https://padlet.com/a01571141/vonxakxqnjho/wish/405139374 2019-10-31 17:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/a01571141/vonxakxqnjho/wish/405139374 Obama: defends Muslims a01571141 https://padlet.com/a01571141/vonxakxqnjho/wish/405140091 Obama states that Muslims are not terrorists. He says that they are not at war with Islam, but they are in war with people who have pervereted Islam.]]> 2019-10-31 17:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/a01571141/vonxakxqnjho/wish/405140091 Trump releases immigration reform a01198079 https://padlet.com/a01571141/vonxakxqnjho/wish/405145596 2019-10-31 17:56:06 UTC https://padlet.com/a01571141/vonxakxqnjho/wish/405145596 Travel ban a01198156 https://padlet.com/a01571141/vonxakxqnjho/wish/405146077 In 2017, Donald Trump banned the entry of citizens that came from majority- Muslim countries in order to guarantee national security. 
The policy applies to all citizens from Somalia, Yemen, Iran, Libya and Syria. It also suspends the insurance of immigrant visas  from North Korea and Venezuela.
This affects immigrants because they come to the USA to get better opportunities, such as an education. The ban will not let them pursue their dreams and fulfill their potential. ]]> 2019-10-31 17:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/a01571141/vonxakxqnjho/wish/405146077