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It was wrong then, it's wrong now. Here are some key differences:

1. Trump has made islamaphobic rhetoric a cornerstone of his campaign, giving this racist undertones

2. That was a quiet secret at the time, this was an extremely public executive order. Both are wrong, but that doesn't somehow detract from or excuse this massive escalation. There wasn't this outrage at the time because nobody heard about it

3. The political situation at the time wasn't as life-or-death for refugees. Sending political refugees back now is a death sentence. That said, the US has been pretty terrible at accepting refugees in general this past decade, which is very shameful

4. This order detained cleared refugees while in transit, and, originally blocked green card holders from returning to the US after exiting for any reason

5. Remember that Trump has a neo-nazi in his cabinet with bannon, who reportedly wrote this order. That alone should be reason for heightened suspicion