Trump Administration Introduces Travel Ban 2.0
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On Monday, March 6, the Trump administration introduced a new executive order banning immigration from Iran and five other Muslim majority countries.
While the ban has been altered from the prior version in an effort to avoid another legal challenge by the judicial branch, the legality of the new order remains highly questionable. For example, the blanket ban on immigration from six Muslim majority countries may still be an unconstitutional "Muslim" ban due to the administration's numerous prior statements about the order's purpose. It may also be illegal pursuant to a 1965 law that prohibits discrimination in immigration on the basis of nationality.
Beyond these legal concerns, the new ban suffers the same broader issues that we raised in our statement opposing the original executive order. In that statement we maintained that targeting entire countries is unjust and counterproductive to U.S. interests. The American Iranian Council is particularly concerned that the executive order doubles down on the perception that America is at war with Islam.
In light of this second executive order instituting a travel ban on Iranians and citizens from five other Muslim majority countries, AIC wishes to highlight the broad opposition that exists to the travel ban, via a brief and varied (albeit far from complete) list of official statements issued after the first executive order:
John McCain US Senator for AZ AZ Office Website
Jeff Flake US Senator for AZ (R)AZ Medium
Xavier Becarra CA State Attorney General CA Attorneys General Joint Statement
City of San Francisco CA LA Times (document)
Nancy Pelosi US Representative for CA CA CNN
Dianne Feinstein US Senator for CA CA The Hill
Scott Peters US Representative for CA CA Office Website
Cory Gardner US Senator for CO (R)CO Washington Post
George C. Jepsen CT State Attorney General CT Attorneys General Joint Statement
Chris Murphy US Senator for CT CT Office Website
Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services CT IRIS Website
Dannel MalloyGovernor of CT CT Office Website
Karl RacineD.C. Attorney GeneralD.C. Attorneys General Joint Statement
Barack ObamaFormer U.S. PresidentFederal CNN Statement from Kevin Lewis, Spokesman
Hon. Ann Donnelly Federal Judge Federal temporarily halted ban
Madeleine Albright Former U.S. Secretary of StateFederal CNN
Sally Yates Former Acting Attorney General Federal NY Times (document)
Hon. James Robart Federal Judge Federal NPR
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen US Representative for FL (R) FL Miami Herald
Alcee Hastings US Representative for FL FL Miami Herald
Debbie Wasserman-Schulz US Representative for FL FL Miami Herald
Doug Chin HI State Attorney General HI Attorneys General Joint Statement
Thomas John Miller IA State Attorney General IA Attorneys General Joint Statement
Lisa Madigan IL State Attorney General IL Attorneys General Joint Statement
Randy Hultgren US Representative for IL (R) IL Washington Post
Dick Durbin US Senator of IL IL Office Website
Jerry Moran US Representative for KS (R)KS Washington Post
Maura Healey MA State Attorney General MA Attorneys General Joint Statement
Elizabeth Warren US Senator for MA MA Boston Globe
Ed Markey US Senator for MA MA Office Website
Jim McGovern US Representative for MA MA Office Website
Richard Neal US Representative for MA MA Office Website
Brian Frosh MD State Attorney General MD Attorneys General Joint Statement
Stoney Hoyer US Representative for MD MD Office Website
Janet Milis ME State Attorney General ME Attorneys General Joint Statement
Justin Amash US Representative for MI (R)MI Twitter / CNN
Fred Upton US Representative for MI (R)MI Washington Post
Erik Paulson US Representative for MN (R)MN Washington Post
Virginia Foxx US Representative for NC (R)NC Washington Post
Ben Sasse US Senator for NE (R)NE Washington Post
Cory Booker US Senator for NJ NJ Office Website
Bob Melendez US Senator for NJ NJ Office Website
Leonard Lance US Representative for NJ (R)NJ Facebook
Rodney Frelinghuysen US Representative for NJ (R)NJ Washington Post
Hector Balderas NM State Attorney General NM Attorneys General Joint Statement
Dean Heller US Senator for NV (R) NV Washington Post
Andrew Cuomo Governor of NY NY NY Times
Bill de Blasio NY, NY Mayor NY CNN
Eric Schneiderman NY State Attorney General NY Office Website
Lovely Warren Rochester, NY Mayor NY Office Website
Chuck Schemer US Senator for NY NY Office Website
Andrea Stewart-Cousins NY Senate Democratic Leader NY Office Website
Kirsten Gillibrand US Senator for NY NY Office Website
Adriano Espaillat US Representative for NY NY Office Website
John Faso US Representative for NY NY Office Website
Sean Patrick Maloney US Reprensentative for NY NY Office Website
Nita Lowey US Representative for NY NY Office Website
Grace Meng US Representative for NY NY Office Website
Elise Stefanik US Representative for NY (R)NY Facebook
John Faso US Representative for NY (R)NY Washington Post
Jerrold Nadler US Representative for NY NY Office Website
Rob Portman US Senator for OH (R)OH Official Website / CNN
Steve Sivers US Representative for OH (R)OH Washington Post
Ellen Rosenblum OR State Attorney General OR Attorneys General Joint Statement
Anti-Defamation League Organization ADL Website
J Street Organization J Street Blog
American Civil Liberties Union Organization ACLU Website
Council on American Islamic Relations Organization CAIR Website
International Rescue Committee Organization IRC Website
Southern Poverty Law Center Organization SPLC Website
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Organization HIAS Website
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Organization AAJC Website
Josh Shapiro PA State Attorney General PA Office Website
Charles Dent US Representative for PA (R)PA NY Times
Brian Fitzpatrick US Representative for PA (R)PA Philadelphia Inquirer
Peter Kilmartin RI State Attorney General RI Attorneys General Joint Statement
Sheldon Whitehouse US Senator of RI RI Office Website
Jack Reed US Senator of RI RI Office Website
Lindsey Graham US Senator for SCSC Office Website
Mark Sanford US Representative for SC (R)SC Washington Post
Will Hurd US Representative for TX (R) TX Reagan Battalion / Twitter
António Guterres UN Secretary GeneralUnited Nations NY Times
United Nations Refugee Agency United Nations UNHCR Website
Terry McAuliffe Governor of VA VA Office Website
Mark Herring VA State Attorney General VA Attorneys General Joint Statement
Tim Kaine US Senator for VA VA The Hill
T.J. Donovan VT State Attorney General VT Attorneys General Joint Statement
Bernie Sanders US Senator for VT VT The Hill
Patrick Leahy US Senator for VT VT Office Website
Peter Welch US Representive for VT VT Office Website
Bob Ferguson Washington State Attorney General WAOffice WebsiteLawsuit challenging Eos lawsuit filed
Jay Inslee Governor of WA WA Office Website
Adidas Issued public statement Forbes Infographic
Adobe Systems Joined amicus brief 6 Feb USA Today
Airbnb Signed Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals brief, 5 February 2017 Amicus Brief
Amazon Filed separate motion and issued public statement Forbes Infographic
Ancestry.com Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
AOL Signed open letter to Trump opposing ban, 30 January 2017 tech:NYC
Apple Signed amicus brief and issued public statement Amicus Brief
AppNexus Signed amicus brief and signed open letter to Trump Amicus Brief
Birchbox Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
Blue Apron Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
Chobani Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Citigroup Expressed concern Atlantic Article
Dropbox Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
DoorDash Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
eBay Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Etsy Signed amicus brief, signed open letter to Trump Amicus Brief
Expedia Filed separate motion and issued public statement Forbes Infographic
Facebook Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Ford Motor Company Issued public statement Forbes Infographic
Fuze Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
General Assembly Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
GitHub Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Glassdoor Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Goldman Sachs Issued public statement Forbes Infographic
Google Signed amicus brief and issued public statement Amicus Brief
GoPro Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Hewlett-Packard Joined amicus brief 6 Feb USA Today
iHeartRadio Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
Indiegogo Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Instacart (Maplebear Inc.) Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Intel Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Kickstarter Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
KIND Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Levi Strauss Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
LinkedIn Signed amicus briefAmicus Brief
Lyft Signed amicus brief and issued public statement Amicus Brief
MasterCard Expressed concern Atlantic Article
Meetup Signed amicus brief and signed open letter to Trump Amicus Brief
Microsoft Signed amicus brief and issued public statement Amicus Brief
Mozilla Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Netflix Signed amicus brief and issued public statement Amicus Brief
Nike Issued public statement Forbes Infographic
Pandora Joined amicus brief 6 Feb USA Today
PayPal Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Pinterest Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Quora Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
RedditSigned amicus brief Amicus Brief
Rent the Runway Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
Shutterstock Signed amicus brief and signed open letter to Trump Amicus Brief
SpaceX Signed amicus brief Business Insider
Spotify Signed amicus brief and signed open letter to Trump Amicus Brief
Square Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Squarespace Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Starbucks Issued public statement Forbes Infographic
SurveyMonkey Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
TaskRabbit Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Tesla Signed amicus brief Business Insider
TripAdvisor Signed open letter to Trump, joined amicus brief 6 Feb tech:NYC
Twitter Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Uber Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Via Signed amicus brief and signed open letter to Trump Amicus Brief
Warby Parker (JAND, Inc.) Signed amicus brief and signed open letter to Trump Amicus Brief
Wikimedia Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Yelp Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
33voices Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
AdRoll Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Aeris Communications Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Affirm, Inc. Joined amicus brief 6 Feb USA Today
AltSchool Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Ampush Joined amicus brief 6 Feb USA Today
Appboy Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Artsy Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
Asana Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Atlassian Corp Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Autodesk Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Automattic Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
AVG Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
Box Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Brightcove Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Brit+CoSigned amicus brief Amicus Brief
Brocade Communications Systems Joined amicus brief 6 Feb USA Today
Bungie Joined amicus brief 6 Feb USA Today
CareZone Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Casper Sleep Signed open letter to Trump, joined amicus brief 6 Feb tech:NYC
Castlight Health Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Caviar Joined amicus brief 6 Feb USA Today
Checkr Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Chegg Joined amicus brief 6 Feb USA Today
Citrix Systems Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Classpass Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
Cloudera Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Cloudflare Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Codeacademy Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
Copia Institute Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Cosmic Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
Coursera Joined amicus brief 6 Feb USA Today
Datadog Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
DigitalOcean Signed open letter to Trump Forbes Commentary
DocuSign Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Dynatrace Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Engine Advocacy Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
EquityZen Joined amicus brief 6 Feb USA Today
ESA Issued public statement Forbes Infographic
Evernote Joined amicus brief 6 Feb USA Today
Fastly Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Flipboard Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Foursquare Labs Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Galore Media Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
Girls Who Code Signed open letter to Trump Forbes Commentary
Gravie Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
Gusto Joined amicus brief 6 Feb USA Today
Handy Technologies Joined amicus brief 6 Feb USA Today
Haute Hijab Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
Harmonic Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Hipmunk Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Intent Media Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
InterActive Corp. Joined amicus brief 6 Feb USA Today
IntersectionSigned open letter to Trumptech:NYC
Kargo Global Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Kinvolved Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
Knotel Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Koch Industries Issued public statement Forbes Infographic
Linden Lab. Joined amicus brief 6 Feb USA Today
Lithium Technologies Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Luv.it Technologies Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
Managed by Q Joined amicus brief 6 Feb USA Today
Mana Health Inc. Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
Mapbox Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Marin Software Incorporated Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Medallia Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
A Medium Corporation Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Mobile Iron Joined amicus brief 6 Feb USA Today
Money-Media Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
MongoDB Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
Motivate International Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
NETGEAR Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
New Relic Joined amicus brief 6 Feb USA Today
NewsCred Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
NYC Media Lab Signed open letter to Trump Forbes Commentary
Patreon Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Planet Labs Joined amicus brief 6 Feb USA Today
Plated Signed open letter to Trump Forbes Commentary
Plum Perfect Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
Refinery 29 Signed open letter to Trump Forbes Commentary
Rocket Fuel Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Routehappy Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
RPX Corporation Joined amicus brief 6 Feb USA Today
SaaStr Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Salesforce.comSigned amicus brief Amicus Brief
Scopely Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
She++ Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
Shift Technologies Joined amicus brief 6 Feb USA Today
Slack Technologies Joined amicus brief 6 Feb USA Today
Snap Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Software, Inc. Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
Spoken Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Spoon University Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
Spring Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
Strava Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Stripe Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Take the Interview, Inc. Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
Tech:NYC Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Thumbtack Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Trello Signed open letter to Trump Forbes Commentary
Turn Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Twillo Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
UAW Issued public statement Forbes Infographic
Udacity Joined amicus brief 6 Feb USA Today
Venwise Signed open letter to Trump tech:NYC
Workday Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
Y Combinator Management Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
ZenDesk Joined amicus brief 6 Feb USA Today
Zenefits Joined amicus brief 6 Feb USA Today
Zynga Signed amicus brief Amicus Brief
