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Muslim Ban is still hurting families, Vladimir.</SPAN>
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<P>As salaamu alaykum, — </P>
<P>Today marks 5 years since Trump introduced the first Muslim Ban.</P>
<P>It's now been over 1 year since Biden repealed the Muslim and African
bans in all its forms.</P>
<P><STRONG>And yet the families impacted by the bans <EM>continue</EM> to be
separated.</STRONG></P>
<P><A
href="https://act.mpowerchange.org/go/62815?t=1&akid=9415%2E582827%2Eqyvo2v"
rel=noopener target=_blank><STRONG>Add your name to our open letter to the White
House here: </STRONG></A></P>
<P><A
href="https://act.mpowerchange.org/go/62815?t=2&akid=9415%2E582827%2Eqyvo2v"
rel=noopener target=_blank><STRONG>Demand President Biden and Vice President
Harris stop upholding Trump’s racist immigration bans and allow entry to
individuals and families impacted by the bans NOW.</STRONG></A></P>
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<P><STRONG>The Muslim Ban is still hurting families.</STRONG></P>
<P>Rescinding Trump's Muslim and African Bans was a necessary first step — one
that took years of organizing and serious people power to achieve.</P>
<P>But it's not enough by itself.</P>
<P>Here's why:</P>
<P><STRONG>As it stands, only 41,000 visa recipients who were set to enter the
U.S. and only stopped by Trump's racist bans remain in limbo — and without swift
action by the White House will have to wait years, if ever, to re-enter even
with the bans rescinded.<SUP>1</SUP></STRONG></P>
<P>And what's more: untold numbers of Muslim and African families torn apart by
Trump's bans <EM>remain</EM> separated and/or endangered.</P>
<P>Just yesterday, the Huffington Post published a new piece laying out the
price of inaction — among what they discovered was over "800 cases in which the
ban separated partners from spouses and parents from children [...] For many of
those families, the ban has caused irreparable damage."<SUP>2</SUP></P>
<P><STRONG><A
href="https://act.mpowerchange.org/go/62815?t=4&akid=9415%2E582827%2Eqyvo2v"
rel=noopener target=_blank>It's on the White House to take action. Click here to
add your name.</A></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>We know that at least <EM>thousands</EM> of families remain
separated by Trump's hatred and Biden's inaction.</STRONG></P>
<P>We hear their stories all the time.</P>
<P><STRONG>Stories like that of Mohammed, who spent all of the money he had to
get an opportunity to live in the United States and leave Yemen as it underwent
a grave humanitarian catastrophe amidst U.S.-funded Saudi-led bombing. He won
the diversity visa lottery, and was ready to make the trip — and then was
stripped of his visa because of Trump's bans.</STRONG></P>
<P>We could fill this email, over and over again, with stories like this, and
then some.</P>
<P>It all comes back to this: just because Trump’s Muslim and African Ban was
ended on paper doesn’t mean the families separated by it get reunited in reality
— or the refugees it failed get protected in real life.</P>
<P><STRONG><A
href="https://act.mpowerchange.org/go/62815?t=5&akid=9415%2E582827%2Eqyvo2v"
rel=noopener target=_blank>Add your name to demand
#NoMuslimBanEver.</A></STRONG></P>
<P>Families and individuals could wait <EM>years</EM> unless the Biden
administration takes action. Many can’t afford to go through the process
again.</P>
<P>We need Biden to stop continuing Trump's legacy on immigration and take
concrete steps:</P>
<UL>
<LI>Issue clear guidance regarding the next steps for applicants denied under
the Muslim and African Bans.
<LI>Immediately and automatically reconsider, reopen, and expedite all
immigrant and non-immigrant visa applications subject to the Muslim and
African Bans that have not yet been granted, including those denied during the
Trump years.
<LI>Grant humanitarian parole to those who won the diversity visa lottery
during the Trump years. </LI></UL>
<P><STRONG>The issue isn't that we don't know how to redress the harms done by
Trump's bans. The issue is that we need the White House to actually take those
steps.</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><A
href="https://act.mpowerchange.org/go/62815?t=6&akid=9415%2E582827%2Eqyvo2v"
rel=noopener target=_blank>Tell President Biden and Vice President Harris that
rescinding Trump's policies in theory isn't enough — they need to be undone in
practice.</A></STRONG></P>
<P>Thank you for everything you do.</P>
<P>In solidarity,</P>
<P>Linda, Ishraq, Sadaf and the MPower Change team</P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Sources</SPAN>:</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small">1. <A
href="https://act.mpowerchange.org/go/62813?t=7&akid=9415%2E582827%2Eqyvo2v">No
Muslim Ban Ever Sign-On Letter to the Biden Administration</A><BR></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small">2. <A
href="https://act.mpowerchange.org/go/62814?t=8&akid=9415%2E582827%2Eqyvo2v">"5
Years Later, Families Trump's Muslim Ban Separated Are Begging Biden For
Help"</A> Huffington Post, January 27, 2022</SPAN></P><IMG alt=""
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
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