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For Immediate Release
March 6, 2017 |
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AFT Responds to Trump’s New Muslim Ban
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WASHINGTON— American Federation of Teachers President
Randi Weingarten on President Donald Trump’s second executive order banning
Muslims:
“A repackaged Muslim ban is still a ban against those of
one religion. Today’s executive order is still a betrayal of our values, and
its discriminatory intent remains intact. As even the Department of
Homeland Security has admitted, turning away people based on religion or
nationality and creating widespread fear in immigrant communities will only
make our country less safe.
“Those of us whose families came here as immigrants or
refugees, and helped make America great, have a responsibility to speak out
about how contrary this ban is to the values of America.”
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