In a new blog post, Gabe Ortiz of America’s Voice Education Fund summarizes the flood of voices from the business, financial, and entertainment worlds who joined the calls from demonstrators on the ground to condemn the Donald Trump Administration’s unconstitutional refugee and Muslim ban. Included in the list are Airbnb co-founder and...
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Our President Should Give us Confidence, Not Create Chaos The scope of President Trump’s radical executive orders issued last week are staggering. One week into his presidency, and Trump already has created a Deportation Force and a blueprint for mass deportation, and implemented a cruel, unconstitutional, and reckless Muslim and refugee...
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In addition to quotes from legal experts and refugee advocates below, email press@americasvoice.org to access a recording of the press call New York, NY: On Saturday evening, U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly of the Eastern District of New York issued a temporary nationwide injunction to block the deportation of...
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Refugees, Cleveland Clinic Doctor Banished from Lives in Cleveland In a late Friday executive order, President Trump issued a travel ban on all refugees selected to be resettled in the United States, as well as immigrants and other visa-holders from certain Muslim-majority nations. The discriminatory policy was implemented immediately, nationwide, without...
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On Saturday, January 28, a group of lawyers filed an emergency lawsuit on behalf of two Iraqi refugees with valid entry permits who were detained at JFK airport following President Trump’s new refugee and Muslim ban. Saturday night, US District Judge Ann Donnelly of the Eastern District of New...
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On a press call held today, advocates and lawyers for refugees and Muslim immigrants described the immediate chaos already resulting due to Donald Trump’s refugee and Muslim ban and outlined why the ban is unconstitutional and contrary to core American values. On the call, representatives from the National Immigration...
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Advocates and Lawyers for Refugees and Muslim Immigrants to Illuminate and Decry What is Happening With the immediate, Friday night implementation of Trump’s ban on refugees, and individuals from certain Muslim countries traveling to the US on valid visas, chaos has ensued. TODAY, January 28 at 1:30pm ET/1-:30am PT, leaders from American-Arab...
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In a new Medium post, Lynn Tramonte, Director of Ohio’s Voice, reflects on the tumultuous first week in Trump’s America: “Trump’s first week in office has been a disaster. He lurched from issue to issue, trying to undo years of progress our country has made on health care access, the environment,...
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