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House passes bill to repeal Trump’s travel ban

The measure, mainly seen as a statement against the president’s immigration policies, is not expected to be taken up in the Senate

The House passed a measure Wednesday that would repeal the Trump administration’s ban restricting travel from targeted nations and prohibit future presidents from implementing bans based on race or religion.

The measure passed 233-183, mainly along party lines. The legislation would lift restrictions President Donald Trump has put on numerous countries over the years, including travel limits initially placed on a group of predominantly Muslim nations.

The measure also would expand the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit discrimination based on religion. The bill is not expected to advance in the Republican-led Senate, however. Continue reading.

In the weeks before Navy base shooting, Trump touted his travel ban

Washington Post logo“So, we have a travel ban, but they didn’t say that. They didn’t say that. They forgot to tell you the last part. So, we’re keeping terrorists, we’re keeping criminals and violent extremists, the hell out of our country, we’re keeping them out, and we’re doing great on the border.”

— President Trump, campaign rally in Sunrise, Fla., Nov. 26, 2019

“It’s called, excuse me, a travel ban, and it was recently voted on very favorably in a thing called the United States Supreme Court, was held totally constitutional, and we are now keeping terrorists, criminals and violent extremists the hell out of our country.”

— Trump, campaign rally in Bossier City, La., Nov. 14, 2019

“My administration implemented the travel ban to block migration from some of the world’s most dangerous and deadly places. And we’re keeping terrorists, criminals and violent extremists the hell out of our country. That’s what we’re doing.”

— Trump, campaign rally in Monroe, La., Nov. 6, 2019 Continue reading “In the weeks before Navy base shooting, Trump touted his travel ban”

Report: Trump’s Travel Ban Could Get Bigger

The Trump administration is reportedly considering adding even more countries to the controversial travel ban.

President Donald Trump‘s travel ban has been one of the most contentious policies he’s enacted while in office, spurring widespread protests and a series of legal blocks before it was ultimately upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018. But despite the controversy it inspired, the Trump administration isn’t backing down from the policy. In fact, they might be expanding it even further. CNN reports that the White House is reportedly mulling adding even more countries to the travel ban, which currently affects citizens from Libya, Iran, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, North Korea, and Venezuela.

Per CNN, the travel restrictions would specifically target countries “that are not compliant with electronic documents and information sharing,” and fewer than five countries are currently under consideration for inclusion. The administration’s goal, one official told CNN, is to “bring governments into compliance by using the power of access to the United States.” The potential travel bans would not be imposed on all the affected countries’ citizens, but would rather be specifically tailored to each country. It is not yet clear which new countries would be affected by the ban, nor is it yet known if the countries will be majority-Muslim nations, which would further the perception that the travel ban specifically discriminates against Muslims. Continue reading “Report: Trump’s Travel Ban Could Get Bigger”

Trump’s travel ban is just one of many US policies that legalize discrimination against Muslims

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:

At the funeral of Nabra Hassanen, a Muslim girl who was beaten to death. AP Photo/Steve Helber

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”

Second judge rules against latest entry ban, saying Trump’s own words show it was aimed at Muslims

The following article by Matt Zapotosky was posted on the Washington Post website October 18, 2017:

A judge on Oct. 17 blocked President Trump’s latest bid to impose restrictions on citizens from several countries from entering the United States. (Reuters)

A federal judge in Maryland early Wednesday issued a second halt on the latest version of President Trump’s entry ban, asserting that the president’s own comments on the campaign trail and on Twitter convinced him that the directive was akin to an unconstitutional ban on Muslims.

U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang issued a somewhat-less-complete halt on the ban than his counterpart in Hawaii did a day earlier. Chuang blocked the administration only from enforcing the directive on those with a “bona fide” relationship with a person or entity in the United States, such as family members or some type of professional or other engagement in the United States. Continue reading “Second judge rules against latest entry ban, saying Trump’s own words show it was aimed at Muslims”

Court says essentially that Trump is not to be believed. Will Supreme Court conclude the same?

The following article by Robert Barnes was posted May 28, 2017 on the Washignton Post website:

Chief Judge Roger L. Gregory of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. (Steve Helber/AP)

A substantial majority of the judges who sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in Richmond delivered a rather remarkable judgment last week: The president of the United States is not to be believed.

Will the Supreme Court conclude the same thing? And by “Supreme Court,” we mean “Justice Anthony M. Kennedy,” whose name was invoked 23 times in the 205 pages of majority opinions, concurrences and dissents in the appeals court’s 10-to-3 rejection of President Trump’s revised travel ban. Continue reading “Court says essentially that Trump is not to be believed. Will Supreme Court conclude the same?”

President Trump’s immigration executive order, by the (non-alternative) facts.

The following is from a Washington Post Fact Checker email from Michelle Ye Hee Lee dated February 3, 2017:

President Trump’s immigration executive order, by the (non-alternative) facts.

A week ago today, President Trump signed an immigration executive order heard around the world. Amid the confusion over the order’s application and legality were many dubious facts, so we set the record straight on several aspects of the order. Continue reading “President Trump’s immigration executive order, by the (non-alternative) facts.”