“After the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from several predominantly Muslim countries in 2018, the ruling appeared to shut down legal challenges that claimed the policy was rooted in anti-Muslim bias.” But now, the issue is on the table again. A federal appeals court in Richmond is set to hear […]
Arab American National Museum holds town hall on Japanese internment and Trump travel ban
The Arab American National Museum hosts a town hall-style meeting exploring two executive orders: The World War II-era order causing internment of Japanese Americans and this year’s attempt to ban travel from seven Muslim-majority nations. The “town hall-style” meeting is being held at a location that even Politico described as one of concern: Dearborn, Michigan, […]
Refugee organizations raising money on Trump travel ban
Refugee resettlement programs are a lucrative business whose proprietors — like those of other businesses — seek to protect themselves from bottom line erosion. So now that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling “stayed two lower courts’ rulings on President Trump’s temporary travel ban,” refugee groups have found a creative way to hammer in the predictable […]