Tag: Trump: Muslim Ban

NOVANEWS   Visa approvals unlawfully rescinded, wrongly invoking ban New York, NY - Yesterday evening, a group of Yemeni-Americans filed a federal lawsuit over the State Department’s refusal to issue their spouses and children visas that had already been approved prior to the Muslim Ban­­. The suit alleges that U.S. Embassy officials approved the plaintiffs’ visas, only to reverse that decision months later, unlawfully applying the Trump administration’s Muslim Ban to revoke previously approved visas – something that the ban does not permit. “Our clients’ experience displays the discriminatory motive behind the Muslim Ban,” said Center for Constitutional Rights Staff Attorney Diala Shamas. “The Trump administration is so determined to keep immigrants out that it has unlaw...

NOVANEWS Protesters gather outside the US Supreme Court as the court issued an immigration ruling June 26, 2018, in Washington, DC. The court issued a 5-4 ruling upholding the Trump administration's policy imposing limits on travel from several primarily Muslim nations.WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES BY: Marjorie Cohn Human Rights and Global Wrongs The Supreme Court’s opinion in Trump v. Hawaii, affirming Donald Trump’s Muslim ban, allows the United States to act in flagrant violation of international law. Under the guise of deferring to the president on matters of national security, the 5-4 majority disregarded a litany of Trump’s anti-Muslim statements and held that the ban does not violate the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause, which forbids the government from prefe...