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Statement

MomsRising Statement on Federal Judge Blocking Trump's Muslim Ban

March 16, 2017
Immigration

Lisa Lederer, 202-371-1996

Last night, federal judges in Hawaii and Maryland halted Donald Trump’s second attempt at a Muslim ban--hours before Trump’s Executive Order would have taken effect.In reaction to the court's’ temporary restraining orders, Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, CEO and executive director of MomsRising.org issued the following statement.
“Once again, our nation’s legal system has done its job in recognizing that while the Trump Administration may have changed some of its language around the controversial Muslim travel ban - their intent remained the same. And that intent is a violation of our U.S. Constitution and our country’s values. This new Executive Order is sadly more of the same: Unconstitutional state-sanctioned Islamophobia and discrimination that betrays our values and contributes nothing to security.
 
“We teach our children to be inclusive, not to bully, and to treat other people as they would like to be treated. As our children learn in school, the rights of all people in our country, no matter their background, to live, love and worship as they will - are enshrined in our U.S. Constitution. Trump seems to have missed those lessons. But we will not let the Trump Administration betray those values.
 
“As the courts continue to reject these orders, we all also have moral obligation to defend our U.S. Constitution, protect our neighbors, and prevent this cruel and bigoted proposal from ever taking effect -- and America’s moms will be on the front lines of that fight.”
 

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.