> But is it also the goal to attempt to justify the current immigration ban by citing history? No, none of the articles I've read describe the past historical

> But is it also the goal to attempt to justify the current immigration ban by citing history? No, none of the articles I've read describe the past historical incidents in a positive light. They're attempting to compare modern actions (discriminating against Muslims) with past actions (discriminating against Italians, or Japanese, or women, or African-Americans). Similar comparisons are made between the Prohibition (of alcohol) and the War on Drugs. The historical incidents are widely and easily recognized to be wrong because we're emotionally distant from them. People should be able to learn from history and realize that analogous actions today are similarly wrong.