It’s Not a Muslim Ban—It’s a Survival Strategy

By Sloan Rachmuth

After last week’s antisemitic firebombing in Boulder, Colorado, allegedly carried out by Egyptian illegal alien Mohamed Soliman, it’s time we stop pretending our immigration policies are working.

President Trump’s newly reinstated travel ban, which critics love to smear as a “Muslim ban,” is anything but that. It’s a smart, tailored response to real security risks, not some blanket attack on a religion.

Let’s break it down: this policy doesn’t ban Muslims. It restricts entry from countries that are either run by terror-sponsoring regimes or are so broken they can’t even tell us who’s coming over.

Think Syria, Yemen, Somalia, and Iran — places where vetting is a joke or simply not possible. The third version of Trump’s ban was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court (Trump v. Hawaii) because it was based on national security assessments, not religious identity.

And let’s squash this “Islamophobic” nonsense right now.

If this were truly anti-Muslim, why doesn’t it apply to Indonesia or India, countries with substantial Muslim populations? It doesn’t, because the goal isn’t to block Muslims, it’s to block people from unstable, hostile, or completely ungoverned territories.

It’s called risk management, not racism.

Even libertarians should be able to see the logic here.

Borders are not racist. They're a basic part of sovereignty. Just like you decide who gets to walk through your front door, America has every right to decide who gets to come in, especially when lives are at stake.

The Boulder attack is a tragic example of what happens when we look the other way. Soliman reportedly overstayed his visa and then allegedly tried to kill Jewish Americans while shouting “Free Palestine.”

That’s not a one-off. It’s a warning.

Now, sure, the odds of dying in a terror attack are low. But that’s not a reason to ignore the problem; it’s a reason to keep policies like this in place.

We don’t wait for cockpits to be stormed before locking the doors. We don’t wait for our house to burn down before buying smoke detectors. Precaution is part of prevention.

This isn’t a ban on all immigration. It’s a filter. It prioritizes applicants from countries that have solid vetting systems and a record of playing by the rules.

That’s not discriminatory — that’s responsible governance.

Bottom line? Trump’s so-called “Muslim ban” is a reasonable, legal, and badly needed policy.

It’s not about hate. It’s about safety. And after what happened in Colorado, Americans are right to demand that we take threats seriously. Because all it takes is one person slipping through the cracks to turn a peaceful protest into a war zone.

Let’s stop pretending our borders should be wide open and feelings-based.