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On his first day in office, President Joe Biden is beginning the immense task of dismantling former President Donald Trump’s nativist legacy on immigration, issuing an executive order to end Trump’s controversial travel ban on noncitizens from 13 countries.
The policy, colloquially known as the “Muslim ban,” first went into effect in January 2017 and became one of Trump’s signature immigration policies. The ban has slowed or altogether halted legal immigration from certain countries that the former administration deemed to be security threats, keeping families apart and even stymieing refugee resettlement.
The travel ban was Trump’s first major action on immigration policy, setting the tone for the chaotic four years that followed for immigrants while galvanizing public opposition.
Demonstrators listen to speakers during a rally outside the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday Jan 28, 2020, in Richmond, Va. (AP/Steve Helber)
Muslim, African and Arab Americans and civil rights advocates are breathing a sigh of relief after President Joe Biden s long-anticipated reversal of the travel ban, which has separated thousands of families since it was issued in former President Donald Trump s first week in office.
Biden s fulfillment of his day-one promise to Muslim supporters, which he first announced at a Muslim conference in July, signals a new direction on immigration law and policy, moving away from the Trump Administration s draconian policies, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee said in a statement.
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On Inauguration Day, Wednesday, January 20, 2021, U.S. Representative Judy Chu (D-Calif.) and U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) applauded President Biden’s immediate action to repeal the Muslim ban on his first day in office.
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The Muslim ban, which was implemented in three versions since Jan. 2017, restricted travel from Muslim-majority countries, excluding people from emigrating or traveling to the United States based solely on their nationality and resulting in thousands of family separations. Coons and Chu authored the
National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants (NO BAN) Act, which passed the House last July and would prevent another baseless, discriminatory ban from happening in the future.
trump during the campaign said that he was calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our country s representatives can figure out what the hell is going on, the fact that rudy giuliani did call it a muslim ban and said that trump called him up and asked how to make it legal, will that wind up being in your view a big factor in how this decision comes down? i think that s going to be a big factor, joy. the reason is because context matters. it s clear the judges are going beyond just reading the literal words on that executive order and they understand there s a context involved here and that includes the president calling repeatedly for a muslim ban and for those people around him, especially steve bannon who had a heavy roll in this policy and his long record of anti-muslim an misso that s clear that that s part of the court s consideration. farhana khera, thank you so
him up and asked how to make it legal, will that wind up being in your view a big factor in how this decision comes down? i think that s going to be a big factor, joy. the reason is because context matters. it s clear the judges are going beyond just reading the literal words on that executive order and they understand there s a context involved here and that includes the president calling repeatedly for a muslim ban and for those people around him, especially steve bannon who had a heavy roll in this policy and his long record of anti-muslim an misso that s clear that that s part of the court s consideration. farhana khera, thank you so much for joining us. thank you for having me. joining me now, senator jeff merkley of oregon. i want to play for the audience some town we re talking about. we re talking about what trump has said in the past. let s listen to donald trump during the campaign talking about what he wanted to do regarding a muslim ban. donald j. trump is calling