ACLU Comment on Trump’s New Muslim Ban
March 6, 2017
NEW YORK — The Trump administration today announced a new Muslim ban executive order.
Omar Jadwat, director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, had this reaction:
“The Trump administration has conceded that its original Muslim ban was indefensible. Unfortunately, it has replaced it
with a scaled-back version that shares the same fatal flaws. The only way to actually fix the Muslim ban is not to have
a Muslim ban. Instead, President Trump has recommitted himself to religious discrimination, and he can expect continued
disapproval from both the courts and the people.
“What's more, the changes the Trump administration has made, and everything we've learned since the original ban rolled
out, completely undermine the bogus national security justifications the president has tried to hide behind and only
strengthen the case against his unconstitutional executive orders.”