Donald Trump's Immigration Policy

In discussions of immigration during the last presidential campaign, one controversial issue has been the fact that it was addressed as a national security problem. It was claimed that immigrants from Middle East pose a terrorist threat to the United States.
Donald Trump (2016) advocates the policy that aims to restrict legal immigration from the countries in the Middle East. According to Trump, Islam is an integral feature of the culture in those countries and it contradicts the values of American citizens and also threatens their safety with its’ violent nature. He states that key objective of his policy is to protect Americans from radical Islamic terrorism. In his speech Trump emphasizes that immigration policies of Obama’s administration required modification, as they did not take into consideration the danger that refugees can bring to the United States. Jeff McCausland (2016) questions
Trump bases his new national security policies. The reason why I do not agree with Mr. Trump is that his claim that people from Middle East may cause a considerable damage to the citizens of America rests upon false assumption about violent nature of Islam. Moreover, by focusing on this scarcely relevant argument, he overlooks other ways to effectively pursue safety in the country. For instance, as it is pointed out by McCausland, most attacks were carried out by born and naturalized American citizens, therefore, the real threat lies in the minds of individuals regardless their religious identity. McCausal is surely right about the lack of cause and effect between immigration and terrorism and doubtful interpretations of this connection that Donald Trump offers. Unfortunately, even though Trump’s statements appear to be questionable after they are carefully evaluated, he makes an impact on people with populistic rhetoric and much of what he says is taken for granted by his audience and misleads