America, the land of the free, or so they say.

I remember hearing people say this to me as a child in kindergarten and even when I was in high school. America, the country that "Welcomes Everyone." Again, something that I have heard many times but always found something shady with the expression.

Today, there is a ban on seven Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, Yemen, and Syria. It is today where I feel America is no longer the America my educators taught it to be. In fact, the America I grew up to know is fiction and filled with "alternative facts."

What this ban does is suspend the admission system for 120 days and entry from these countries 90 days. People who have dual nationals are also barred from entering the country. This is the country we are now living in. A country where we are banning innocent people from sanctuary.

I once felt safe in America, but I no longer do because people who practice a different religion or look different than me are not welcomed. This America is no longer for us. It is for people who are filled with hate and desire to instill fear.

Welcome to America: where innocent people are not welcomed but are fighting to stay in a country that does not want them. And that speaks louder than Trump's ban.