{"id":1003561,"date":"2019-01-31T13:15:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T17:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003561"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:10:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:10:28","slug":"icymi-democrats-in-congress-are-working-to-roll-back-trumps-attacks-on-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-democrats-in-congress-are-working-to-roll-back-trumps-attacks-on-immigrants\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: Democrats in Congress are Working to Roll Back Trump\u2019s Attacks on Immigrants"},"content":{"rendered":"

With a majority in the House of Representatives, Democrats are working to roll back Trump\u2019s harmful policies specifically designed to make life difficult for Muslim immigrants and communities. These efforts are further proof that the best line of defense against Trump\u2019s insidious attacks on immigrants is to elect Democrats. See below:<\/p>\n

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Democratic members of Congress are working to defund Trump\u2019s attacks on Muslim immigrants and communities.<\/p>\n

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Roll Call<\/a>: \u201c\u2018The Muslim Ban \u2014 now in its third iteration, but wrong in any form \u2014 is just one of the weapons Donald Trump is using to foment xenophobia and bigotry and drive wedges in our communities. It is simply un-American. We do not create policies based on religion and we do not target people because of who they worship,\u2019 said Rep. Judy Chu, who is leading the House measure. \u2018That is bigotry at its worst, and it is part of the reason we have seen an increase in hate crimes and violence since Trump started his campaign,\u2019 Chu said. \u2018And that is why Sen. Murphy and I are reintroducing our bill to block any federal funds from going towards the implementation of the Muslim Ban.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Trump\u2019s Travel Ban continues to break up American families by separating U.S. citizens from their spouses and children.<\/p>\n

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Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cPresident Trump\u2019s travel ban \u2014 first ordered two years ago last week \u2014 has already separated thousands of U.S. citizens from their spouses and minor children. […] New research from the Cato Institute suggests that as of this January, the policy has prevented more than 9,000 family members of U.S. citizens from entering the United States since the Supreme Court allowed the policy to take full effect in December 2017. That number includes more than 5,500 children and just short of 4,000 spouses.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s Travel Ban is having far-reaching consequences, including shutting off the pipeline for foreign talent to work in American companies.<\/p>\n

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Fast Company<\/a>: \u201cWhile Trump frames the travel ban as a protective measure for the United States, Ghazaleh\u2019s story illustrates how it\u2019s actually harming the American economy. \u2018We now have restrictions on five countries, where talented Muslim programmers and others could be receiving H1B visas and contributing to the American economy,\u2019 says Robert McCaw, director of government affairs at the Council on American-Islamic Relations. \u2018You have countless students who can\u2019t finish up at their universities, and new students who might want to come to the United States, but can\u2019t,\u2019 he adds. \u2018These are people that could\u2019ve joined the American workforce and further contributed to the economy, and their absence is being felt.\u2019 According to CNBC, at least 57% of workers in Silicon Valley are not born in the U.S., and industries like tech and science, especially, are beginning to worry about the effects of choking off a crucial talent pipeline through the ban.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With a majority in the House of Representatives, Democrats are working to roll back Trump\u2019s harmful policies specifically designed to make life difficult for Muslim immigrants and communities. These efforts are further proof that the best line of defense against Trump\u2019s insidious attacks on immigrants is to elect Democrats. 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