Angelina Jolie Advocates For Refugees After Trump Decree

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Despite being withdrawn from public life while facing a difficult divorce with Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie reappeared this week to speak out against Donald Trump's presidential decree that has suspended the entry into the United States of some immigrants and refugees in the coming months..

In an opinion column published by The New York Times on Thursday, the 42-year-old actress who is a Special Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said that US policy must be based on fact and not fear. The order signed by Trump blocks the entry of refugees for 120 days, the entry of people from seven countries whose citizens are predominantly Muslim for 90 days, and that of refugees from Syria indefinitely.

According to Jolie, “the refugees are men, women and children caught in the fury of war, or in the crossfire of persecution. Far from being terrorists, they are often victims of terrorism themselves.”

He also explained that refugees face a strong investigation before arriving in the country and that "it is simply not true that our borders are invaded or that refugees are admitted to the United States without careful scrutiny."

He added: “Refugees are in fact subject to the highest level of screening of any category of traveler to the United States. This includes months of interviews and security checks conducted by the FBI, the National Counterterrorism Center, the Department of Homeland Security, and the State Department.”

Angelina Jolie, who in 1999 won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, also commented that she is the mother of six children born in different countries and proud US citizens, so she would like to know that “refugee children who qualify for asylum will always have the opportunity to defend your case against a compassionate United States. And that we can manage our security without nullifying the citizens of an entire country - including babies - considering that they are dangerous to visit our country due to geography or religion.”

The actress, who visited a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan in September - as the photos above show - ended her editorial, noting that concern for security is something that concerns all Americans, and that the source of these must be sought. terrorist threats and the conflicts that oxygenate groups like the Islamic State. We have to find common cause with people of all faiths and backgrounds to fight the same threat and seek the same security. This is where I would expect any president of our great nation to exercise leadership on behalf of all Americans.”