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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Trump unveiled an updated Immigration Ban Executive Order temporarily restricting nationals from six Muslim-majority countries, including Iran, from traveling to the United States. After the original Executive Order [&hel...
WASHINGTON, DC – While we wait for the Trump Administration to issue an updated travel ban that will likely restrict entry of Iranians into the United States, two Republican Senators, John […]...
Contact: Christy Setzer, [email protected] or Aurora Matthews, [email protected], 301-221-7984 WASHINGTON, DC – Today four Iranian American organizations released the following statement following a series of violent ...
Raise your voice! Congress needs to hear Iranian American voices opposing the Immigration Ban Executive Order. The first District Work Week since President Trump’s inauguration takes place on February 18th – 26th. […]...
Washington, DC – Eighty prominent industry professionals published an open letter to President Trump yesterday urging him to reconsider his Executive Order banning nationals from seven predominantly Muslim nations, including Iran, […]...
WASHINGTON, DC –Members of Congress have introduced legislation opposing President Trump’s discriminatory Executive Order restricting travel from seven Muslim-majority countries, including Iran. While the ban has been temporarily suspended and is [&hellip...
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to reinstate President Trump’s Executive Order restricting travel from seven Muslim-majority countries, including Iran. This decision enables those with visas from Iran […]...
Contact: Christy Setzer, [email protected] or Aurora Matthews, [email protected], 301-221-7984 February 9, 2017 IRANIAN-AMERICAN ORGS FILE FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST TRUMP TRAVEL BAN EXECUTIVE ORDER Joint Statement of the...
WASHINGTON – President Trump’s controversial Executive Order temporarily banning nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries is causing a crisis. PAAIA continues to monitor this situation. Last night, we hosted a conference call with Representatives fr...
WASHINGTON – Today, House Democrats sent a letter to the General Accountability Office (GAO) urging an investigation into President Trump’s controversial Executive Order temporarily banning nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries, including [&helli...