Faith groups: new immigration order still anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant

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Lauren Markoe


(RNS) Federal judges may find the President Donald Trump’s new executive order on immigration more acceptable than the last.

But many religious groups and faith leaders see no meaningful difference in the new measure, which Trump signed privately Monday (March 6).

“Make no mistake, this is the Muslim ban that President Trump and his aides have been promising,” Farhana Khera, president of Muslim Advocates, said in a statement. “The administration is just rearranging the chairs at the same table.”

Critics of what Khera calls “Muslim Ban 2.0″ argue that it still singles out only Muslim-majority nations, and fuels Islamophobia already on the rise in the U.S.

http://religionnews.com/2017/03/06/faith-groups-new-immigration-order-still-anti-muslim-anti-immigrant/

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