Campus Q&A

“Pues, de la más reciente y como Mexicana, se me hace muy ridículo que quiera a fuerzas hacernos pagar por un muro que definitivamente no se necesita. Además de que dentro de sus propuestas para que nosotros le paguemos es cobrarle a los carteles de México, lo cual es tirarse encima una guerra grandísima. Otra cosa, cuando dijo que quería bloquearle la entrada a las personas de países de medio oriente también es una ridiculez porque hay muchas personas que a veces tienen que viajar a Estados Unidos y hacer negocios y ya no va a ser posible visitar a sus familias incluso. Lo de las pipas también, quitarles su derecho a los nativos americanos de seguir teniendo esa accesibilidad en su territorio, es también como que muy ridículo”.

“I think that in some part it’s depressing, because ever since he has started his campaign and from his promises to what he has actually taken action on, it’s hurting our relationship with our neighbor in the south, Mexico, for example. He’s creating issues with a country that has only been our ally.  Apart from that, with his other executive actions, it’s not going to help our development as a society. We are trying to move forward from what has been from the past, what has hurt us, and it seems like we’re not necessarily learning from history. We’re trying to repeat it, sadly, with his administration. So, I think it’s depressing. I think it’s sad but, at the same time, I have hope that as a nation we can rise up and show him that we are better than this.”

“I honestly don’t really believe in his opinions, just because I feel like he’s taking things out of proportions, very irrational. I feel like he’s making quick decisions and that’s bad. He’s hurting the economy; he’s hurting all these immigrants that have been here for several years and without a choice. They just came to America; he’s like, ‘OK, you’re going to go back to where you came from.’ That’s not fair because they didn’t have a choice, because they came here with their parents and stuff.  Also, the whole abortion thing, he just took away our rights to have abortions. I don’t have a choice anymore. If I get pregnant, oh well, too late, too bad. I can’t do anything about it; it’s illegal now. He’s just taking a lot without asking.”

“I think they are uncalled for and unnecessary because there are many people from the places that have been restricted to come to the U.S. that are only here to work and I think it is restricting many people who are legally allowed to be in the U.S. to perform their daily duties and if you look up the numbers online, I think it is unnecessary because more people die from other Americans than from terrorist attacks. So, it is ‘removing’ something that is not really much of a problem every year.”

–Compiled by Ana Cahuiche and Gabriel Mata