[jkimmel]

I am deeply saddened to read this. I apologize, on behalf of the country.

Please know that the majority of people in the US do not support this policy. We want to see you reach your potential. We want to benefit from the talent you would bring.

Many of us will be working hard to fix this for the next several years.

I'm sorry I couldn't do more to prevent it from happening in the first place.

[gspetr]

> Please know that the majority of people in the US do not support this policy.

This seems to be false:

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-taps-americans-war...

In the poll, 54 percent of Americans, including about three-quarters of Republicans, about half of independents and over a third of Democrats, said the United States takes in too many immigrants from the Middle East.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/curr...

Among all voters, 46% favor a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States, while 40% are opposed. Fourteen percent (14%) are undecided.

[rtx]

Why? Everyone should not get a visa. Country should have a right to decide whom they let in. I never heard anyone complaining when the rich got visa more easily than poor.

[macintux]

Countries should vet who they let in. They shouldn't blanket ban a country because of its leaders' policies, or else pretty soon US citizens won't be able to travel anywhere due to global disgust with Trump's bozocity.

[mikeash]

I've heard lots of complaining about the ability of the rich to effectively buy visas.

As for why? Because this blanket ban is not useful, it violates the spirit of religious freedom, and it's going to cause a lot of real harm both to people who want to come here, and to our own country due to excluding people who will make us better.