Refugee advocacy groups slam ‘Muslim Ban’ ruling
Washington, DC – Refugee advocacy groups have raised concerns after the US Supreme Court partially reinstated the Trump administration’s ban on travellers from six predominantly Muslim countries – commonly known as the “Muslim ban” – and all refugees, until it reviews the ban in October. “I am deeply disappointed by the court’s decision … the […]
Thanks to Trump, a Father’s Day without a father | Editorial
Take a moment tomorrow, at your barbecue or pancake breakfast, to remember a 13-year-old New Jersey boy spending Father’s Day without his deported dad. Joel Massie, a Metuchen 7th grader and American citizen, will have no more happy Father’s Days, thanks to President Trump’s immigration agents. They just put his dad – a New Jersey […]
Another US Appeals Court Rules Against Trump’s Travel Ban
A second United States court has voted to uphold a block on President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting travel from six mostly Muslim countries. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled unanimously Monday against Trump’s temporary ban, on the grounds that the president overstepped his authority when he issued his March […]
9th Circuit Court of Appeals refuses to reinstate Trump’s travel ban
A federal appeals court refused Monday to lift a hold on President Donald Trump’s revised travel order barring new visas for nationals from six predominantly Muslim countries. The unanimous, unsigned ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals was the latest in a string of legal defeats the…
Trump administration appeals block of travel ban
The Trump administration has appealed a Maryland court’s block of its revised travel ban, aiming to reinstate the temporary halt to immigrants and travellers from six majority-Muslim countries. The justice department filed a notice of appeal with the district court in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Friday, two days after that court and one in Hawaii ruled […]
Jose De Jesus Ortiz: Fowler doesn’t back away from comments on Trump travel ban
JUPITER, Fla. — If the detractors hoped to silence Dexter Fowler with their opposition to his remarks over the weekend, they were as misguided as their narrow-minded views. Fowler has been active on social media so long, he wasn’t even surprised by some of the hate he received after telling ESPN how President Donald Trump’s […]
Trump vows to introduce overhauled travel ban
US President Donald Trump said he will issue a new executive order to replace his controversial directive suspending travel to the United States by citizens of seven mainly-Muslim countries. At an extraordinary White House news conference on Thursday, Trump said the new order would seek to address concerns raised by federal appeals court judges, who […]
Olympian from N.J. says she was detained by U.S. Customs
Olympic bronze medalist and New Jersey native Ibtihaj Muhammad, who made headlines during the summer games in Rio for being the first Olympian to compete for the U.S. while wearing a hijab, says she was recently detained by U.S. Customs officials. In an interview at the MAKERS Conference in California, Muhammad told PopSugar.com she was […]
Muslim-American U.S. Olympian Held By US Customs
The first female Muslim-American to win an Olympic medal for the U.S. was reportedly detained by U.S. Customs officials a few weeks ago. Ibtihaj Muhammad, who was born in New Jersey and competed in the Rio summer games in 2016, was the first ever Olympian competing for the U.S. to wear a hijab during her […]
Donald Trump’s Policies Present Us With a False Choice
Where complex problems are found, there invariably follows a line of people claiming to have the simplest of solutions. For those worried about Islamist extremism, there’s no shortage of advocates of a ban on Muslims. For those troubled by immigration, there are campaigners calling for borders to be closed. I could go on. In 2016, […]