travel ban Archives

Interfaith coalition says ‘no principled basis’ for Trump’s travel ban
- Church in the US, Religion News Service
- September 15, 2017
An interfaith group is arguing that Trump’s March 6 executive order imposing a travel ban from six countries is “anathema” to the core tenet of religious tolerance that they share. They say the order “selectively targeted” six Muslim-majority nations cited in State Department reports on terrorism but excluded at least two Christian-majority nations — Venezuela and the Philippines — that meet the same criteria applied to the Muslim countries.
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Supreme Court blocks lower court’s ruling that lifted Trump travel ban
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- September 12, 2017
In June, the Supreme Court said in a provisional ruling that Trump’s “travel ban” can be enforced pending arguments scheduled before the court in October. The justices also said the ban should not apply to visitors who have a “bona fide relationship” with organizations or people including those with close family ties or a job offer. Since June, there has been a debate about what constitutes “close ties.”
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Catholic, Lutheran leaders lament refugee entry cap being reached
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- July 17, 2017
The cap on refugees of 50,000 that the Trump administration set has been reached, though with a new order by a federal judge in place more may arrive. This low number has been challenged by Catholic and Lutheran leaders who work to resettle immigrants and refugees and are deeply troubled by the administration’s efforts to ban people.
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As the partial travel ban nears, agencies worry about refugees in limbo

The Supreme Court announced June 26 it would temporarily allow the Trump administration’s plan to ban refugees from six majority-Muslim countries, unless those refugees had “bona fide” relationships with parties in the United States, meaning certain family members, employees or universities. In a statement, Jesuit Refugee Service USA said the administration, with its actions, was preventing the reunification of some families.

Half sib? Welcome. Fiance? Not so fast. New travel ban rules decried as illogical

Immigration advocates say rules issued by the Trump Administration on enforcement of a Supreme Court ruling on the so-called “travel ban” from 6 majority-Muslim countries will create the same suffering that families endured before federal judges originally issued injunctions against the ban.

Catholic leaders decry SCOTUS upholding parts of Trump travel ban

On the same day the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a ruling in a religious freedom case described by a leading bishop as a “landmark victory,” it also upheld parts of the Trump administration’s travel ban on people from six majority-Muslim states, a decision another U.S. bishop warned “will have human consequences.”