From the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (http://www.paimmigrant.org):
Earlier this week, the third iteration of Trump’s Muslim ban was scheduled to go into effect. The new ban has increased the number of countries facing restrictions including North Korea, Chad, and Venezuela. The Muslim and refugee bans are discriminatory, unconstitutional and inhumane in the same vein as the Chinese Exclusion Act, the Japanese American incarceration, and special registration after 9/11.
The addition of non-Muslim majority countries to the ban, namely North Korea and Venezuela, does not negate its inherent anti-Muslim intent. It also affirms the exclusionary policies of the Trump administration that discriminate on the basis of faith, national origin, and immigration status. See more resources about this Executive Order on the Penn State Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic.
A Hawaiian court issued a Temporary Restraining Order that blocks most of the ban 3.0, arguing that it has many of the same flaws as the two previous iterations. The court rules that the ban discriminates on the basis of national origin and therefore violates the “founding principles of this Nation.” However, the visa bans for North Korea and Venezuela remain intact. The 120-day ban on refugees without “bona fide relationships” is set to expire next week.
The #NoMuslimBanEver campaign is a grassroots awareness and mobilization effort. Organizers have set up a protest today in Washington, DC and communities across the country are showing solidarity with the movement by organizing their own actions. PICC stands with organizations across the country who are protesting against the administration’s anti-Muslim policies. Check out www.nomuslimbanever.com to learn more about the movement.
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