Muslim and refugee groups continue fight against travel ban
With protests and lawsuits, opponents are pushing back against Trump's third attempt to deny entry into the U.S. for some foreign nationals.
Gamileh Jamil (left). Photo courtesy of Gamileh Jamil. Derrick Kahala Watson (right). Photo by U.S. District Court.
Gamileh Jamil from Buffalo, New York, was among the hundreds of protesters who gathered across the street from the White House to stand in solidarity with Muslims and refugees on October 18, the day the Trump administration’s latest travel ban was due to take effect.
Jamil, executive director of ACCESS of Western New York, an Arab American community organization, said she sees the effects of refugees being denied shelter in the United States.
“We see on a daily basis,” she said, “the tears, the frustrations of families being in a very traumatized, very war-stricken country and not being able to bring them in.”
