ACLU Comment on Seattle Judge’s Ruling Blocking Trump Muslim Ban
February 4, 2017 10:30 am
NEW YORK — A federal judge in Seattle last night temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s Muslim ban executive order.
Omar Jadwat, director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, had this reaction:
“This ruling is another stinging rejection of President Trump’s unconstitutional Muslim ban. We will keep fighting to permanently dismantle this un-American executive order.”
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