CAIR Blames White House ‘Islamophobes’ and ‘White Supremacists’ for New Travel Order
(CNSNews.com) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations on Monday blamed “Islamophobes” and “white supremacists” in the White House for President Trump’s new travel executive order – or what CAIR has dubbed “Muslim ban 2.0.”
“The driving force behind this Muslim ban are the Islamophobes and the white supremacists employed by the Trump administration, including [counterterrorism advisor] Sebastian Gorka, [chief strategist] Steve Bannon, and [senior policy advisor] Stephen Miller,” CAIR national executive director Nihad Awad told a press conference at the group’s Capitol Hill headquarters.
“This order is just a preview of future anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant policy proposals being fed to President Trump by his Islamophobic advisors,” he added.
Earlier in his remarks, Awad described the fact the president had to issue a new order – after federal courts placed holds on his original issued in late January – as a “major defeat” for the administration.
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