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Velazquez on SCOTUS Lifting Injunctions against Muslim Ban

June 26, 2017

Velázquez on SCOTUS Lifting Injunctions against Muslim Ban

Washington, DC –Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) released the following statement regarding news that the Supreme Court is lifting portions of Trump's Muslim Ban:

"The Administration's travel ban does not make us safer, but rather plays into the hands of those who would do our nation harm. This policy provides a ready-made recruiting poster for terrorists and extremists, endangering our security. Equally important, this rank discrimination is an affront to our nation's values.

"The lifting of these injunctions is gravely disappointing, and we must continue fighting to resist this repugnant policy at every turn. It's my hope that, when the Court revisits this issue in the fall, it has the prudence to see this ban as the unwise, unconstitutional and un-American policy that it is."

In January, Velázquez was one of the first Members of Congress to travel to JFK Airport where she helped secure the release of several individuals being detained under the newly implemented travel ban.

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