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NY_20th

(1,028 posts)
Tue Jun 26, 2018, 10:46 AM Jun 2018

Amnesty International USA Reaction to Supreme Court Ruling on Muslim Ban

The following can be attributed to Ryan Mace, Grassroots Advocacy & Refugee Specialist at Amnesty International USA:

“This hateful policy is a catastrophe all around – not only for those who simply want to travel, work, or study here in the States, but for those seeking safety from violence as well. While this decision doesn’t address the separate and equally harmful ban on refugees, it cruelly traps people in conflict-afflicted countries and prevents them from seeking safety in the U.S. or being reunited with family. Some of the people banned from this policy are fleeing conflicts that the United States has had a direct hand in creating or perpetuating, as is the case in Yemen and Syria. In those cases especially we are essentially lighting a house on fire and locking the escape door shut. This ban, and the anti-Muslim sentiment in which it originated, has no place in a country that claims to value human rights.”

https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/amnesty-international-usa-reaction-to-supreme-court-ruling-on-muslim-ban/

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Amnesty International USA Reaction to Supreme Court Ruling on Muslim Ban (Original Post) NY_20th Jun 2018 OP
What's next? ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2018 #1
Trump got his way again. Yes, it will hurt Muslims in general. Bad day for America for sure. I riversedge Jun 2018 #2
It's just so wrong. NY_20th Jun 2018 #3

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,897 posts)
1. What's next?
Tue Jun 26, 2018, 10:54 AM
Jun 2018


This hurts Muslims who are not a National Security threat to this country from visiting family still in the countries that are now banned from immigrating to this Country. I know many Muslims who still have realities in the countries in question who will never get to see them again or they their relatives here.

This is a MUSLIM BAN, period!

riversedge

(80,810 posts)
2. Trump got his way again. Yes, it will hurt Muslims in general. Bad day for America for sure. I
Tue Jun 26, 2018, 10:57 AM
Jun 2018

very sad right now. Very sad.

 

NY_20th

(1,028 posts)
3. It's just so wrong.
Tue Jun 26, 2018, 11:38 AM
Jun 2018

Teachers, students, doctors. So many people will be impacted by this, and it's heartbreaking.

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