From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): This Thursday (Oct. 26), the U.S. House Judiciary Committee is holding an oversight hearing on the U.S. refugee resettlement program. Refugee resettlement is a life-saving opportunity for individuals and families fleeing persecution to rebuild … Continued
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 … Continued
From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): On Sunday, October 8, the Trump Administration unveiled its principles for reform of the U.S. immigration system. The long list includes policy proposals that would further ramp up immigration enforcement, severely cut overall immigration, and penalize localities … Continued
Last January, you fought back when President Trump signed a discriminatory executive order that blocked refugees and individuals from certain Muslim-majority countries from traveling to the United States. You flooded airports, showed up at rallies, called your elected officials and … Continued
From the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (http://www.nrcat.org): Congress has left for August recess, and it is crucial that we continue to press them on our issues while they are back in their home states. If you are at an … Continued
From Amnesty International USA (http://www.amnestyusa.org): Since Donald Trump’s hateful campaign rhetoric became policy when he tried to institute a Muslim and refugee ban, Amnesty International has been fighting it every step of the way. It is discriminatory, a human rights … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/06/26/supreme-court-partially-lifts-block-trumps-bigoted-travel-ban Published on Monday, June 26, 2017 by Common Dreams “We’ll be ready,” said the ACLU in response to the announcement By Jake Johnson, staff writer The Court decided to reinstate a partial form of the ban, a … Continued
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 … Continued
From Amnesty International USA (http://www.amnestyusa.org): This week, the Trump administration is back in court, fighting to keep its bigoted Muslim and refugee ban alive. It seems as though Trump won’t stop fighting to advance his agenda. But neither will we! … Continued
Posted at https://medium.com/@MuslimAdvocates/17-reasons-the-muslim-ban-is-pure-discrimination-and-counting-c83ef34810b2 Despite a mountain of evidence that the Muslim ban executive orders are purpose-built to discriminate against Muslims, the Trump Administration is somehow arguing in court that they’re not. Here are 17 (and counting) pieces of evidence that … Continued