From Amnesty International USA (http://www.amnestyusa.org):
Rabyaah Althaibani writes: If Donald Trump has his way, I may never get to bring my husband home.
My husband Basheer and I married over a year ago. I’m American, he’s Yemeni. After our wedding I flew back to New York to start the process of getting him an immigrant visa. But before that could happen, Trump put his hateful campaign rhetoric into effect and imposed the Muslim ban. Even now, with the ban on hold, immigration authorities keep delaying us.
Now, the Trump administration is petitioning the Supreme Court to lift the temporary block on the Muslim ban.
If that happens I may never be reunited with my husband again.
Tell Congress: Stop the Muslim Ban, once and for all.
Last week, Basheer told me that three of his friends had been killed in Yemen. “I can’t do this anymore,” he told me. He fled Yemen because his work as a journalist and his activism made him a target, and threatened his life. He can’t go back, but he also can’t come here.
This ban affects all of us. Last weekend, anti-Muslim protests were organized in cities across the country. I was afraid of what might happen but it was inspiring to see so many people take to the streets to fight back and hold counter protests to say No Ban No Wall.
Even so it was a chilling reminder of what’s at stake: This fight is not just about the Muslim ban, but about whether the white supremacists are going to have their hey-day. We can’t let their hate become the new normal.
That’s why I’m asking you to join Amnesty International in fighting hate and bigotry and demanding that members of Congress stand with us.
Tell Congress: Stop the Muslim Ban, once and for all.
Thank you for your support.
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