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The Week in Numbers. The Trump Administration believes it has solved the crisis they created. After ripping 2,000 children from the arms of their parents they are now locking up huge numbers of families together. Halting the separation of families is not enough. We must end zero tolerance and the criminalization of immigrant families. Asylum seekers should not be detained, and detention of kids is never in their People with #disabilities in #Iran face discrimination, abuse, and an inaccessible environment. Hassan (not his real name), who uses a wheelchair in Tehran, said: “I try to avoid using escalators, but sometimes I have no other choice. With my heavy wheelchair…, getting on the escalator feels like a suicide [mission]. Once, I almost fell. Had I not been lucky, I could have sustained a deadly injury.” The government should immediately issue statements at the highest level that discrimination against people with disabilities has no place in Iran and make a clear, time-bound plan for ensuring accessibility of transportation, social services, and health care. Today’s 5-4 Supreme Court decision to uphold Trump’s so-called “travel ban” hinges on the majority’s discounting President Trump’s repeated discriminatory statements and crediting his supposed national security concerns. No weight was accorded to Trump’s call as a candidate for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,” as well as his statement while president that the “travel ban…should be far larger, tougher, and more specific” even though “stupidly that would not be politically correct.” So, where do we go from here? Vigilance. The third branch of government, the US Congress, needs to ensure that harmless people affected by this overly broad ban are not harmed. If the travel ban’s purpose is to ensure the security of the United States, then, by all means, keep the bad guys out. But Congress should make sure the executive branch grants reasonable waivers and exemptions for everyone else. It should make legislative and regulatory corrections, as necessary, to ensure that the vast majority of people from these countries with legitimate, benign reasons for visiting, should be allowed, dare we say welcomed, to come here. Help @humanrightswatch investigate abuses, amplify victims’ voices, and shine a light on the truth. Stand with us! HRW.org/Donate The Trump Administration believes it has solved the crisis they created. After ripping 2,000 children from the arms of their parents they are now locking up huge numbers of families together. Halting the separation of families is not enough. We must end zero tolerance and the criminalization of immigrant families. Asylum seekers should not be detained, and detention of kids is never in their
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