This is in response to Craig Hill's letter Jan. 31 letter, "Immigration ban is a black mark on our history." This black mark is just one of many this country has had against specific ethnic groups.

Let's start with the native Americans. We chased them relentlessly, killed them, broke promises and forced them onto reservations. The blacks were sold into slavery; whole families were broken apart. The Chinese who built the Union Pacific part of the Transcontinental Railroad were treated as slaves. The West Coast Japanese, who were already taxpaying citizens, were put into internment camps during World War II because of their nationality, for fear of sabotage. In the meantime their sons and fathers were fighting and dying for their country in Europe.

President Trump fired the acting attorney general who refused to defend his travel ban on immigrants from seven countries. Things should have been done differently for those immigrants already cleared legally. I heard that more than a hundred Muslim people were "stuck" at airports and sent back home. Think back around 16 years ago when a number of other Muslims got stuck. They didn't get stuck at an airport -- they got stuck in the twin towers or the Pentagon.

Louis Bizarie
Easton

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