Thread by @MuslimAdvocates

"In January 2017, President Trump issued the first Muslim Ban, a xenophobic policy that has inflicted irreparable harm on Muslims here at home and around the world, a policy that says to Muslims that they are not to be trusted. This is ... deeply untrue."
~ @RepJayapal

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.@RepJerryNadler notes that because of the #MuslimBan, "our country's reputation as a beacon of hope has been forever tarnished" and says the #NOBANAct "will repeal these shameful bans and stop executive overreach"

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"Disrespect and chaos is what this #MuslimBan is all about"
~ @RepJudyChu

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.@RepJudyChu says the #NOBANAct "sends a strong message to our communities that you cannot be discriminated against based on your religion or national origin."

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.@SpeakerPelosi says that the #NOBANAct restores our commitment to religious freedom and will "honor what the Statue of Liberty means to us and to the world."

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. Rep. @JacksonLeeTX18 says the #NOBANAct represents Congress standing up to the president's failure to protect the nation.

"Donald Trump's hateful Muslim Ban is unconscionable and un-American"
~ @RepJeffries

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"The #MuslimBan violates the founding principles of this country of religious freedom."
~ Rep. @davidcicilline

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. @RepRaskin says the #NOBANAct "restores the principle of no religious discrimination to the immigration process."

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The #NOBANAct is "a powerful bill that preserves the promise of America and rejects the administration's reckless and xenophobic policies."
~ @RepJoeNeguse

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"This ban has done nothing to make us safe"
~ @MaxRose4NY

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"It gives me great pride to rise in support today of the #NOBANAct ... We have been in this struggle together and we will continue to be in it until this ban is in the dustbin of history"
~ Rep. @Ilhan

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"Muslims, Arab Americans—they are my neighbors, they are my friends"
~ @RepDebDingell

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The #MuslimBan "has nothing to do with national security, it never did."
~ @RepMalinowski

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"This is a landmark piece of civil rights legislation—not only for Muslims, but for our country's values."
~ @RepBarbaraLee

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"This is not American."
~ @RepEspaillat on the #MuslimBan

"The racist ban is a federal endorsement of anti-Muslim discrimination in our country and we are finally coming together to put a stop to this."
~ @RepRashida on the #MuslimBan

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.@NydiaVelazquez says the #MuslimBan represents "a weak, bigoted America that says there is no place for our Muslim brothers and sisters."

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The #MuslimBan "is not just evil, it is stupid."
~ @RepDonBeyer

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"We cannot allow an administration to upend our immigration system and upend our ideals."
~ @DorisMatsui on the #MuslimBan

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"This is a Muslim Ban, it has been. It's an abuse of his office, an abuse of the law."
~ @RepJerryNadler

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Read @RepJerryNadler's floor statement on the #NOBANAct

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