New Travel Ban Closes Our Doors to People Seeking Safety and Disrupts Communities Across the United States
Refugee Advocacy Lab Condemns the Trump Administration’s Travel Ban on 19 Countries
“The travel ban announced today by President Trump further closes protection pathways to the United States and prevents thousands of people from seeking safety,” said Kate Brick, Executive Director of the Refugee Advocacy Lab. “Communities across the country will feel the impacts as they and their neighbors are prevented from reuniting with their families, and local employers and business owners face hiring challenges in industries that depend on and are made stronger through global talent, particularly in healthcare, technology, education, and essential services. These policies run counter to the priorities of communities and local leaders. In March, more than 300 bipartisan state and local elected officials from across the country called for the immediate restart of the U.S. refugee resettlement program. These communities are ready and willing to welcome newcomers and the Lab will continue to work with them as we fight for a future where people have the freedom to keep their families safe.”
More From Our Core Partners:
Refugees International: U.S. Travel Ban Is Inhumane and Discriminatory
International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP): IRAP Strongly Denounces New Travel Ban
Refugee Congress: Refugee Congress Condemns Trump Administration’s New Discriminatory Travel Ban
Ways To Get Involved:
Urge your elected officials to reject this discriminatory travel ban and defend our values of welcome for all.
Call on your members of Congress and your local and state lawmakers to fight for asylum, refugee, and humanitarian programs.
Ask your elected leaders to defend our nation’s welcoming infrastructure, support refugees, and safeguard pathways to protection and resettlement.
Contact your representatives at all levels and remind them that we believe in welcoming, we reject fear, and we want solutions that support us all.
In March, more than 300 state and local elected officials from across the country expressed their strong support for welcoming refugees in their communities. Check to see if your elected officials signed on.