Trump ban won’t reduce terror

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Trump travel ban, Jan. 29 Barring immigrants from the United States of America is no way to win friends and influence people.

Nor is it a way to reduce terror. It could have the opposite effect.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown could potentially give terrorists more reason to target the U.S.

And with sleeper cells all over the world, terrorists are no doubt ready to strike at any given moment. JoAnn Lee Frank, Clearwater, Fla.

Re Chaos, fear and anger, Jan. 29 While citizens of Syria, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia and Libya are prevented from entering the U.S., citizens of large-population, powerful Islamic nations like Turkey and Indonesia are not banned, nor are citizens of Saudi Arabia, where 15 of the 19 9/11 terrorists came from.

It’s also interesting that these exempt nations, plus the U.A.E., are all locations of Trump real estate holdings. Douglas Buck, Toronto

Citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen will not be permitted on U.S. soil for 90 days.

But Mr. Trump, who wishes to protect his country from terrorists, did not ban Egypt or Saudi Arabia. The 9/11 attackers were Al Qaeda members from Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Why not ban citizens from these countries? Carole Wilson, Toronto