Representatives of several Chicago area lawyers’ organizations discuss their opposition to President Donald Trump’s travel ban. (Credit: Bernie Tafoya/WBBM) By Bernie Tafoya CBS Chicago Nearly two dozen lawyers’ groups in the Chicago area have banded together in opposition to President Trump’s controversial travel ban. Retired Cook County Judge William Haddad, the founding president of the … Continued
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer Syrian American Trump supporters are sticking to their guns. Across the country, these Arab Americans are speaking up in favor of President Trump and his national security measures. In West Palm Beach, Florida, Anton Alzein, a Damascus-born immigrant who moved to the U.S. over 15 years ago expressed his support for … Continued
By JASON FARAGO The New York Times President Trump’s executive order banning travel and rescinding visas for citizens of seven majority-Muslim nations does not lack for opponents in New York — from Kennedy Airport, where striking taxi drivers joined thousands of demonstrators, to the United Nations, whose new secretary general, António Guterres, said the measures … Continued
By James Zogby The Arab American Institute With a stroke of the pen on a misdirected and, I believe, malicious Executive Order (EO), President Donald Trump unleashed a dynamic that will, I fear, have consequences as far-reaching and damaging to my country and my community as the Bush Administration’s wrong-headed responses to the 9/11 terror … Continued
Opinion Pages The New York Times Readers respond to a Jan. 31 letter from Jenan Matari about the discrimination she has faced as a young Muslim-American. To the Editor: Let’s talk “identity politics.” I don’t have a single label. I’m a woman. I’m Muslim. I’m Arab. I’m Latina. Every one of those labels has become … Continued
An MIT student from Iran, Niki Rahmat, cried as she arrived at Logan Airport, as lead attorney Susan Church, left, greeted her. By Marcela García The Boston Globe Adult supervision, in the form of a federal judge in Seattle, has temporarily restored sanity to our immigration laws after nine hectic days. Caught in mid-travel, the … Continued
Hania Younis was photographed as an infant in the arms of her father, Dr. Ahmad Younis. (Courtesy Hania Younis) By Hania Younis The Seattle Times I’M glad my father didn’t live to see these days. My father, Dr. Ahmad Younis, devoted his life — and by extension my mother’s life and much of mine, my … Continued
Munther Alaskry, accompanied by his wife Hiba, son Hassan and daughter Dima have a luggage mishap as they leave New York’s JFK International Airport, in New York, Feb. 3, 2017. The family arrived in New York after the Trump administration reversed course and said he and other interpreters who supported the U.S. military could come … Continued
By Kaylyn Hlavaty ABC News 5 Cleveland In the heart of Little Italy, inside an untraditional tea house, a Palestinian immigrant is serving up more than a traditional assortment of tea. Stepping inside Algebra Tea House is taking a look into Ayman Alkayali’s culture and worldly experiences. The aroma from Middle Eastern spices and loose tea … Continued
By Danielle Dreilinger NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune The University of New Orleans stocks prayer rugs in the University Center, but that was a whole five minutes’ walk away. So Farah and her friend Radayna Thabata shut themselves in a study room adorned with a “UNO PROUD” sticker. Farah adjusted her blue hijab and closed her … Continued
Press and Guide A message to our Arab American and Middle Eastern residents: My countrymen have traditionally struggled with accepting and assimilating new immigrants and their different values and cultures. Many Americans can empathize with your struggles to be accepted due to what their grandparents, parents and they experienced when they first came to this … Continued
Judge James Robart temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s immigration executive order effective nationwide Friday, a significant setback for the controversial travel ban. By Laura Jarrett, Eli Watkins and Rene Marsh CNN The White House is preparing to fight for President Donald Trump’s immigration order after a federal judge on Friday halted it nationwide. A chaotic … Continued
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