Chicago Tribune—Today in Chicago History: Local immigration reform advocates, Muslim leaders denounce President Trump’s travel ban
Ahmed Rehab, left, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations Chicago, and Hoda Katebi, center, criticize President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban people from several Middle East countries, on Jan. 27, 2017. (Abel Uribe/Chicago Tribune)
2017: Chicago immigration reform advocates and Muslim leaders denounced President Donald Trump’s executive order to temporarily block refugees coming to the U.S. while the government reviewed screening processes, calling it an effective ban on Muslims in America.
In issuing the order, which called for a four-month halt on all refugee admissions, an indefinite ban on Syrian refugees and a temporary moratorium on immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries with terrorism concerns, Trump said he sought to protect the nation from terrorist attacks. He called for a review of all screening procedures for those seeking immigrant visas to the U.S.
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