The following article by Basima Sisemore, Researcher at the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at the University of California/Berkley and Rhonda Itaoul, PhD Candidate and Research Fellow at Western Sydney University was posted on the Conversation website January 29, 2018:
On Jan. 19, a year after President Donald Trump’s first travel ban was issued, the Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments against the latest third version signed by Trump on Sept. 24, 2017. This version remains in full effect.
Under the ban, nationals from eight countries are subject to travel restrictions, varying in severity by country. Venezuela and North Korea are on the list, but the ban overwhelmingly targets Muslim-majority countries: Chad, Iran, Syria, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. Thus, what the American Civil Liberties Union has called a “Muslim ban” will have tremendous consequences on 150 million people, the majority of whom are Muslim. Continue reading “Trump’s travel ban is just one of many US policies that legalize discrimination against Muslims”