Immigrant rights advocates in San Francisco, California, gathered in front of City Corridor on Monday to denounce United States President Donald Trump’s new travel ban.
The measure took develop on Monday, focusing on electorate from dozens of international locations, mainly in Africa and the Center East.
Protesters known as the ban unlawful and discriminatory.
“We will resist and we will protect our communities in the face of this brutal escalation”, Mohammed Cheikh, the organising director of the the Arab Handy resource and Organizing Center, said all thru a media briefing.
Trump’s new ban forbids entry into the US to electorate of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
The measure additionally imposes heightened restrictions on folks from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela who are exterior the US and don’t protect an exact visa.
Elected San Francisco officers promised to wrestle back, and to guard demonstrators.
“This isn’t just talk, we’re taking action. Tomorrow at the Board of Supervisors, my office will introduce legislation to fully support our right to protest. Because no one in San Francisco should have to face fear of expressing their First Amendment rights”, said Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Bilal Mahmood.
“Later this week, I will work in close partnership with the Public Defender’s Office to expand their Immigrant Defense Unit. And this is just the beginning”, he announced.
Crowds of protesters additionally gathered in Los Angeles to denounce the Trump administration’s bigger immigration crackdown.
In response, Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard participants to town on Sunday, adopted by 2,000 more Guard troops and 700 Marines on Monday.
