{"id":4378,"date":"2017-06-28T06:46:29","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T06:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/4378-amnesty-congress-must-step-in-and-stop-muslim-ban\/"},"modified":"2017-06-28T06:46:29","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T06:46:29","slug":"amnesty-congress-must-step-in-and-stop-muslim-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/4378-amnesty-congress-must-step-in-and-stop-muslim-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty: Congress must step in and stop Muslim Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the Supreme Court\u2019s announcement that it will hear arguments on President Trump\u2019s discriminatory Muslim ban and allow the order to take effect in the meantime, Amnesty International has called on the US Congress to immediately intervene to repeal.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Following the Supreme Court\u2019s announcement that it will hear arguments on President Trump\u2019s discriminatory Muslim ban and allow the order to take effect in the meantime, Amnesty International has called on the US Congress to immediately intervene to repeal.<\/h4>\n<h4>Margaret Huang, Amnesty International USA executive director, released the following statement: It\u2019s always been crystal clear that this policy was based on discrimination. Reinstating any part of this ban could create chaos in the nation\u2019s airports and tear families apart.<\/h4>\n<h4>The statement added: \u201cThis bigoted ban cannot be allowed to take effect again, and Congress needs to step in immediately to nullify it once and for all. It\u2019s always been crystal clear that this policy was based on discrimination. 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