SB4

Going back to 9/11. I can still remember the day. I was in my 3rd grade class, my favorite teacher Ms. Sheasley. She stopped everything in class and turned on the news in awe. She's from New York so she was so afraid. A family member was supposed to been in that building the day of. She didn't really know what to do so we watched the news all day finally getting an update from her family that everyone was okay. We seen on the news and everywhere else how families were effected by 9/11, and still do to this day. But they never really go in depth on what that means for the people of the same nationality of Saddam. 

Reading Separated by Deportation honestly touched me a bit. Not knowing whether or not one night is your last night free, with your family, in a supporting country is a lot to swallow. I could only imagine. What if it was an African American who set up the attack? How would the United States be today? Our president probably would not be who it is. I think the U.S. would have been a riot. US against US, not like it's not there already. I believe that once you cross over to the United States and on our land for a certain period you should become a citizen automatically. You should be able to send for your family as long as you are stable. Due to unfortunate circumstances like 9/11 we turn on our own people. Someone that we could have been helping out the day before becomes an enemy all because of someone else's doing. 

http://education.mnhs.org/immigration/narrators/somali/abdisalam-adam/immediately-after-9-11-there-were-major-challenges - Do you think things have changed since 9-11 for better or worse, attitudes toward Somalis or toward Muslims in general?