China Got The Hong Kong Protest From U.S. Civil Rights History - Praise The Lord

I want to know when the U.S. is going to speak upon the residuals of the peculiar institution in the industry of trafficking of tiny humans in the U.S.

The U.S. has a very, very dark history when it comes to the way we treat children.

It always starts  with the children because no one cares.

Foster care and adoption is human trafficking.

The U.S. has never issued an apology on the residuals of the peculiar institution because  the multi-trillion dollar industry of slavery was never abolished.

Praise the lord and buy a Bereta.

http://www.beretta.com/en-us/world-of-beretta/today/

Happy Trafficking Tiny Humans Month.

Trump shows that he stands with Hong Kong by going against all odds and signing the Hong Kong Protester Bill. This is a great win for freedom around the world but at the same time could created some massive issues with China Trade. Some people think this was all part of the plan to get things shifted in power with the Chinese. Right now everyone is standing with support even the president, how could anyone be against this type of freedom? Are we messing with foreign politics? Links on Medium https://medium.com/@il1usiveman/trump...

Saving the savages is just a christian transposable model.

China is only doing what we taught them to do, using U.S. law enforcement models and tools.

This is great for saving souls.

Vatican Bank is the main shareholder in ‘Pietro Beretta’ arms

September 21, 2012

Perhaps few people know that Pietro Beretta arms factory Ltd. (the largest arms industry in the world) and is controlled by the Holding SpA Beretta and the majority shareholder of the Beretta Holding SpA after Gussalli Ugo Beretta, is the IOR (Institute for Works of Religion [commonly known as the Vatican Bank]) private institution founded in 1942 by Pope Pius XII and headquartered in Vatican City.

The story is this, behind this is as follows:

Rome was not built in a day, nor the Vatican, and less its present opulence. Has its roots in the fourth century of the Christian era, when the Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity and made available to the Pope Sylvester I a colossal Fortunately, it actually turned into the 1st Pope rich history.

The Catholic Church is the only religious organization in the world that has as an independent state headquarters: Vatican City. With its 2 Km2 Vatican is much smaller than many golf courses in the world, and to follow it without haste does not take much more than an hour; Counting his riches, however, take considerably longer.

The modern opulence Vatican relies on the generosity of Benito Mussolini , who thanks to the signing of the Lateran Treaty between his government and the Vatican, gave the Catholic Church a number of safeguards and security measures. The “Holy See” got the recognition as a sovereign state, the benefit of tax exemption of their property for the benefit of their citizens, they had to pay duties so imported from abroad. He was granted diplomatic immunity and its diplomats started to enjoy post-privileges of the profession, as well as foreign diplomats accredited to the Holy See. Mussolini promised to introduce the teaching of the Catholic religion in all schools in the country and let the institution of marriage under the patronage of Canon Law, which did not admit divorce. The benefits were enormous given the Vatican including tax benefits, were predominant.

Teaching christianity always starts with the children

In 1933, the Vatican once again demonstrated its ability to engage in lucrative deals with the fascist governments. The 1929, signed with Mussolini, was followed by another between the Holy See and the 3rd Reich of Hitler. The manager Francesco Pacelli was one of the key figures of the pact with Mussolini, his brother Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, the future Pope Pius XII was in charge of negotiating as Vatican Secretary of State, signing a treaty with Hitler’s Germany. Pius XII knew Germany. It was nuncio in Berlin during World War I and then as Secretary of State of Pius XI, had numerous presentations to the course he was taking German politics. As such, intervened decisively in the encyclical of Pius XI, known as “Mit brennender Sorge” (which translates “With Burning Concern”). The initiative of the encyclical left, contrary to popular belief, the German bishops, the first draft was written in Rome by Cardinal Faulhaber. The then Cardinal Pacelli, who speak German, gave definitive form, presented to Pius XI, was signed and publicada.A despite constant pressure and great world, Pope Pius XII always refused to excommunicate Hitler and Mussolini, his pontificate was marked by adopting a false pose of neutrality. When the Nazis invaded Poland, Pius XII refused to condemn the invasion; One of the biggest advantages that the Vatican would very lucrative agreement he had with Hitler was Kirchensteuer confirmation, or a church tax, is a state tax that even now must pay the German believers, and can only escape if they renounce their religion. In practice, very few who renounce it. This tax alone represents between 8 and 10% of total tax collected by the German government.

Statement by the President

 FOREIGN POLICY

  Issued on: November 27, 2019

Today, I have signed into law S. 1838, the “Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019” (the “Act”).  The Act reaffirms and amends the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992, specifies United States policy towards Hong Kong, and directs assessment of the political developments in Hong Kong.  Certain provisions of the Act would interfere with the exercise of the President’s constitutional authority to state the foreign policy of the United States.  My Administration will treat each of the provisions of the Act consistently with the President’s constitutional authorities with respect to foreign relations.

DONALD J. TRUMP

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JUDICIARY: Oversight of the Trump Administration’s Muslim Ban - Update On The Religious Freedom v. Parental Rights

Good identity management of other countries and risk was the underlying focus of responses from witnesses in reference to multiple attestation in other databases like INTERPOL.

Identity management is dealing with trafficking tiny humans, like "saving the children" through domestic and international adoptions.

The "ban" on entering the U.S. is about trafficking tiny humans, but no one wants to talk about that.

This has nothing to do about religion, unless you consider the application of christian chattel law when it comes to the right of entrance, right of exit when it comes to trafficking tiny humans in the name of the latest and greatest union of international beliefs when it comes to Religious Freedom in the battle to conserve those traditional family values of weaponizing religion to take over an elected government.

The Issue

https://muslimadvocates.org/issue/religious-freedom/

Religious freedom is one of the bedrock principles upon which the United States was founded. Yet, American Muslims have increasingly faced bigotry, discrimination, and hostility to their very right to worship. Muslim Advocates works to protect American Muslims to build and maintain mosques and to worship free from discrimination.
Religious freedom is a shield to protect people from religious discrimination, not a sword to deny people their most basic rights.
Learn more about Muslim Advocates’ efforts to ensure that mosque permits are approved free from discrimination, that people in institutions can worship freely, and that the cause of religious freedom isn’t hijacked by those who seek to turn this basic principle on its head.

If you replace "Muslims" with "Christian" and "mosque" with "church" you have yourself a template a "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending) for stealin' the children, land and votes.

One serious conflict of interest that has yet to be mentioned is the U.S. Commission on International Freedom was spearheaded by Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, who just so happens to be a really big fan of Mike Pence, and his election campaigns, and child welfare contracts.

On October 27, 2018, the International ReligiousFreedom Act (IRFA), which created the U.S.Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), reached its 20th anniversary. In the two decades since, a greater and more diverse number of actors across the globe are working to protect the fundamental freedom of thought, conscience, and religion as prescribed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In fact, the U.S. Department of State’s 2018 Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom became a fulcrum for change in these efforts—more foreign governments than ever before are taking action to uphold these rights in their own countries and around the world. p7

https://www.state.gov/international-religious-freedom-reports/

How come no one called State Department Sam Brownback, appropriator of the Foreign Faith Based Funding to participate?

With children come trust funds.

Trust funds have administrators.

Trust funds have benefactors.

Trust funds have trustees.

Administrators, benefactors and trustees can all be corporations.

Corporations are people, too, according to Mitt Romney.

Corporations have parental rights.

A corporate parent can acquire, transfer, procure and purvey tiny humans, where there is no way to trace the chain of command of the birth certificate to the allodial title, where the moveable chattel is tied to the land, but which land if the corporate parent is foreign?

If a child is under the legal guardianship of a foreign corporation, what is the citizenship of the child?

Children grow up to become adults where those identities can be used, over and over again, particularly when traveling for private "militia" purposes like interfering in U.S. elections and other stuff I have watered down into the tagline of "stealin' the children, land and votes.

No one wants to unravel that Gordian VISA Knot of human trafficking being lobbied advocated under the guise of propaganda, which has falsely advised Trump for the purposes of procuring faith based funding economic redevelopment contracts.

Witnesses

Panel One: 

Mr. Edward Ramotowski 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services, Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State

• Ramotowski Testimony
• Ramotowski TTF
• Ramotowski Bio

Ms. Elizabeth Neumann 
Assistant Secretary for Threat Prevention and Security Policy, Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

• Joint DHS-CBP Testimony
• Neumann TTF
• Neumann Bio

Mr. Todd Hoffman 
Executive Director, Admissions and Passenger Programs, Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

• Joint DHS-CBP Testimony
• Hoffman TTF
• Hoffman Bio

Panel Two: 

Mr. Abdollah Dehzangi 
Baltimore, MD

• Dehzangi Statement
• UMD Letter of Support - Support Document for Dr. Dehzangi
• Sen. Chris Van Hollen Letter of Support - Support Document for Dr. Dehzangi
• MSU Letter of Support - Support Document for Dr. Dehzangi
• Dehzangi TTF
• Dehzangi Bio
• Gazelle Taherzadeh CV - Support Document for Dr. Dehzangi

Mr. Ismail Ahmed Hezam Alghazali
Brooklyn, NY

• Alghazali Statement
• Alghazali TTF
• Alghazali Bio

Ms. Farhana Khera 
President and Executive Director, Muslim Advocates

• Khera Statement
• Khera TTF
• Khera Bio

The Honorable Andrew R. Arthur
Resident Fellow in Law and Policy, Center for Immigration Studies

• Arthur Statement
• Arthur TTF
• Arthur Bio

116th Congress

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ICC & Its Transposable Religious War Crimes Model: Stealin' The Children, The Land & The Votes

If these war crimes have been conducted under the model of religion, then, it becomes a natural act of equilibrium to reciprocate its the application, through a generalized replication of the same model, in a court of law, to achieve justice and peace through due process, while preserving the public record.

Simply put,

Castigat ridendo mores

And they cover it all up under religion as the work of god.

I just call it propaganda.

Do not be confused, we have yet to even touch christianity.

The christians are far nastier when it comes to hate, as shall be seen in the sophistication of trafficking tiny humans, deeply engrained as the the residuals of the peculiar institution throughout the centuries.

Praise the lord.

We grant you [Kings of Spain and Portugal] by these present documents, with our Apostolic Authority, full and free permission to invade, search out, capture, and subjugate the Saracens and pagans and any other unbelievers and enemies of Christ wherever they may be, as well as their kingdoms, duchies, counties, principalities, and other property [...] and to reduce their persons into perpetual servitude. ~ Dum Diversas, Papal Bull 1452

Confirmation of charges hearing in Al Hassan case to open on 8 July 2019: Practical Information

Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud 

​The confirmation hearing in the case The Prosecutor v. Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud is scheduled to open on 8 July 2019 at 14:00 (The Hague local time) before Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Pre-Trial Chamber I is composed of Judge Péter Kovács, Presiding Judge, Judge Marc Perrin de Brichambaut and Judge Reine Alapini-Gansou.

The purpose of the confirmation of charges hearing is for the judges to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to establish substantial grounds to believe that the person committed each of the crimes charged. If the charges are confirmed, in full or in part, the case will be transferred to a Trial Chamber, which will conduct the subsequent phase of the proceedings: the trial.

Mr Al Hassan is suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in 2012 and 2013 in Timbuktu, Mali. The warrant of arrest was issued on 27 March 2018. He was surrendered on 31 March 2018 and made his first appearance before the ICC on 4 April 2018. Mr Al Hassan is in ICC custody.

Syrian Security Deprive CIA Terrorists of 400,000 Captagon Pills

400,000 Captagon Pills Confiscated by Syrian Security

The U.S. DoD dopes up its soldiers, too.

CIA terrorists deprived of more than 400k ATS.
Syrian security forces have deprived CIA terrorists of more than 400,000 Captagon pills. On 17 August, authorities in the suburbs of Damascus seized a truck with hidden compartments filled with a large quantity of this Amphetamine-type Stimulant (ATS) known as Captagon.

Captagon pills with other drugs were confiscated by the Syrian security who were monitoring the truck heading from Central Syria at the Lebanese borders towards the south of Syria, most likely towards Jordanian borders.

Upon careful inspection, the well-experienced officers discovered hidden compartments built within the container body of the large truck loaded with thousands and thousands of Captagon pills, most of which were already packed in smaller delivery retail-style bags.

Watch this video by Syrian Ikhbariya of the truck, its shipment, and the traffickers arrested in this successful raid:

Video also available on BitChute: https://www.bitchute.com/video/M7d1GhLVFgAb/

Three members of the trafficking gang were arrested and has since been transferred to public prosecution for further investigation and to receive their punishment.

Captagon pills, Hash (Hashish), Cocaine, and a host of other drugs in very large quantities have been confiscated by the Syrian authorities throughout the current crisis. CIA-sponsored terrorists from Al-Qaeda, FSA, ISIS, whatever names the CIA finds suitable for them, were actively working on planting, manufacturing, and cross-border trafficking of this lucrative business for them, on one hand the NATO terrorists operating in Syria use it to enable them kill Syrians, maim living people and dead bodies, even blow themselves up with civilians with no remorse, committing unimaginable heinous crimes under influence of such drugs, narcotics, and Amphetamine-type Stimulant.

Another use of ‘investing’ in this business, CIA terrorists benefit from the revenues to finance their activities, pay high salaries to their recruits and their movements across their host countries. Their arms and logistics are taken care of the US taxpayers and the Gulfies. Before the current US-led War of Terror waged against the Syrian people, Syria was among the leading countries in the world of being clean of all sorts of drugs and related products, in producing and in trafficking. Capital punishment was introduced against those trafficking drugs to or through the country.

You can go through our extensive archive about Syrian security confiscations of Captagon pills here: https://www.syrianews.cc/?s=captagon.

Saudi Prince of Captagon Abdulmuhsin Al Saud أمير الكبتاجون عبد المحسن بن وليد ال سعود

Captagon pills are widely used by the terrorists due to their ease of transportation and effects, also cheaper price compared with other drugs. Neighboring Lebanon is internationally known for growing Hashish and manufacturing Captagon pills. A Saudi prince – above photo – is serving a 6 years prison sentence in Lebanon after he was arrested with his private jet loaded with 1900 kilograms of Captagon pills and heading to Saudi from Beirut International Airport.

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A Private Corporation Blocks Access To A Public Office - Rashida Tlaib & Her Congressional Privatized CAIR Door Bouncers

I am an equal opportunity hater.

As we watch the rollout of the next #coloredrevolution in health care, allow me to expound upon my latest pounder presented to me as a badge of honor.

You see, the #colorevolution is term of endearment in the form of a stratefied, transposable model, that can successfully castigate any institutional belief system or any other legal animus.

Yup.

This is not about whitewashing history.

This is about slapping some paint over the burnt out shell of society the previous group destroyed to implement the next model of privatization, the exact same transposable model used by christians, because it is stealin' in the name of the tax exempt god.

https://www.cair.com/

CAIR, the Council on American Islamic Relations, is 501c3.

This is their 2016 IRS 990 Mission Statement:

To be a leading advocate for justice and mutual understanding, to enhance understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

This sounds like nation-building because CAIR made lots and lots of Corporate Shape Shifters which looks to me like a private government because there were 1,963 search results of its 501c3 filings.

Notes from the Nonprofit

CAIR is able to carry out its important work through the support of thousands of individual donors across the nation, through the efforts of more than 20 professional staff at our national headquarters in Washington, D.C., and hundreds of staff, board members, interns, and volunteers who work at our offices nationwide. Learn more about our story at cair.com/ourstory
The challenges that motivated the founders of CAIR to establish the organization in 1994 were formidable. Those challenges are even greater today.
This has been a historic time in our nation's history and in that of the American Muslim community. As CAIR's national headquarters and offices nationwide expand our ability to respond to these challenges, we invite you to join us in building a better future for our families, our communities, and our country. Thank you for your support.

After reading this, I remembered that Dawud Walid is the face of CAIR.

Unfortunately, no one has heard from Dawud, in a hot minute, so I thought I would share a bit of his interests in Detroit.

This is a poorly written, template on how to take over a government, but I must say, I enjoyed all the fancy privatization terms for religious, imperialistic invasion:

• PART I CULTURAL SETTLEMENT
• PART II CITIZENSHIP PRACTICES 

Finding Mecca in America - AMERICAN MUSLIMS AND CULTURAL CITIZENSHIP by Beverly Tran on Scribd

Please, keep in mind that the christians are far more sophisticated in running imperialistic psyops to take over a country; therefore, you cannot label me because I am an equal opportunity hater of all religious and secular privatization fraud schemes of forced migration.

Here is video of individuals, of a private corporation, interfering in democracy.

Someone needs to file a complaint with DC Police, because this is what I call war crimes.

They already participated in the removal of one elected official from office, so I hope Rashida Tlaib keeps up her successes and files the impeachment resolution for Trump.

In🇺🇸today, I reported on CAIR & Linda Sarsour anti-Israel, anti-Semitic #IStandWithIlhan lobbying. CAIR reps & backers (♀yellow coat, tall♂) acted as bouncers to Rashida Tlaib's office, blocking me from entry, then taunting me. Done, they returned to their base: CAIR. pic.twitter.com/yrYDaimGLc

— Asra Q. Nomani, PI (@AsraNomani) March 7, 2019

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A Few Inspirational Words Of Encouragement To Michigan Eastern District Attorney's Office On Civil Rights & Child Protection

"Get 'em."

This is nothing more than a case of violence against little girls, no, wait, girls do not fall under the Violence Against Women Act because the Act does not capture girls or victims of human trafficking.

Girls fall under child protective services which is privatized, and in many instances, operates under the color of law of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which also just so happens to have a land use regulation or rather "protection".

I thought it wise to claim the defensive arguments, in advance, because you know they like to throw those holy ground protection spells under the First Amendment out there.

Anyway, the point I am trying to make is that religion has always been used to cloak the residuals of the peculiar institution, in the name of the tax exempt god.

Is it not time to preserve the annals of history and make the defendants present their proofs for the methods and reasons of why they brand their chattel?

I would like to see some hard core, raw cross examinations as to what happens if a girl does not want to be "cut" and how come no one has ever reported it.

I would like to hear original source testimony from the religious leaders and child protection organizations as to why they have not brought forth any public educational campaign on what to do when a little girl is in the situation of refusing to be tied down, occasionally drugged, legs spread, to have a body part severed, as part of a bloody religious ritual.

Is there a celebration afterwards?

Obviously, these girls did not believe in this religious ritual, having to be dragged across state lines under the guise of a religious celebration, then drugged and restrained.

Is this not a violation of a child's religious beliefs considering the fact that they were probably screaming the name of God to make it all stop, if they were not drugged up, you know?

Where are all the child protection groupies and how come they are not protesting like they are protesting the separation of children at the border and not the separation of children by Child Protective Services, because children have no civil rights, you know?

You do know the Violence Against Women Act is being tied to the Budget, if not approved, set to shutdown government October 31, 2018, right?

Where is Dawud Walid?

Where are the civil rights affronters Kary Moss & Michael Steinberg?

It is campaign season, you know.

I only share these few words of inspiration to remind the world that Detroit is preserving the annals of history through the U.S. Department of Justice.

"Get 'em, all."

Feds discover 3 more girls in genital mutilation case

The federal government has found three more female genital mutilation victims who traveled to Michigan for the procedure — all of them elementary school girls from Illinois who came here with their mothers for religious cuttings, prosecutors say.

One of the girls was cut on Valentine's Day in 2015; another at the start of her 2015 school year, court records show. The third was cut in March 2015.

All three Illinois girls were about 7 years old at the time of the procedures, according to a new indictment filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Detroit, where eight people are facing charges in the nation's first genital mutilation case, including two doctors and four mothers.

Prosecutors have now identified nine victims in the case: two 7-year-old girls from Minnesota; four Michigan girls ages 8-12, and the three Illinois girls.

According to the new indictment, one of the Michigan girls was given Valium ground up in liquid Tylenol during her procedure in 2015.

The lead defendant in the case is Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, 45, of Northville, whom prosecutors have estimated performed genital mutilation on at least 100 girls over a 12-year-period.

For Nagarwala, this latest indictment comes with some bigger headaches as the government re-charged her with a crime that could send her to prison for 30 years if convicted: conspiracy to travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct.

Nagarwala had initially been charged with a similar crime — it carried a life sentence — accusing her of transporting a minor with intent to engage in "sexual activity." A federal judge dismissed that count eight months ago, concluding there wasn't merit for it, as the defense argued.

But this time around, the prosecution added in a tweaked version of that crime, accusing Nagarwala of "illicit sexual conduct" as opposed to "sexual activity." This charge involves the 2017 cuttings involving the two Minnesota girls  who described the procedures as painful.

According to court documents, one girl said that she got a shot, screamed, and "could barely walk after the procedure, and that she felt pain all the way down to her ankle." The other said she was "laid on an examining table with her knees near her chest and legs spread apart," that she was "pinched" in the genital area, that it "hurted a lot" and that there was "pain and burning."

Both girls were told to keep the procedures a secret, court records show. One said "the doctor made her (friend) cry."

More on Freep.com

Genital mutilation victims break their silence: 'This is demonic'

Report: Girl's genital mutilation injury worse than doctor claims

Nagarwala's lawyer, Shannon Smith, declined comment. She has long maintained that her client never engaged in female genital mutilation, but rather performed a benign procedure that involves a scraping of the genitalia. The procedure, the defense has argued, is a religious practice of the Dawoodi Bohra, a small-Indian Muslim sect of which Nagarwala and her codefendants are members of.

The defense also is challenging the 1996 law that criminalized female genital mutilation in the United States, alleging it is unconstitutional. It carries a maximum five-year prison sentence.

The case involves allegations that Nagarwala and others for years subjected children to genital mutilation procedures out of a Livonia medical clinic during after hours, and went to great lengths to keep it secret. Her codefendants are Dr. Fakhuruddin Attar, who is accused of letting her use his Livonia clinic to carry out the procedures; and his wife, Farida Attar, who is accused of assisting Nagarwala in the examination room during the procedures.

"Dr. Attar is innocent, and we'll fight the new charges ithe same way that we planned to fight the old ones — with truth and the facts," Attar's attorney, Mary Chartier, write the Free Press in an email.

 A fourth woman, Tahera Shafiq, also is charged with assisting in the exam room. The other four defendants are mothers, accused of subjecting their children to the practice.

According to court records, Nagarwala and the Attars instructed members of their religious community not to speak about the genital cutting procedures that had taken place.

Prosecutors have argued that the federal genital mutilation law is clear: It prohibits "knowingly circumcis(ing), excis(ing) or infibulat(ing) the whole or any part of the labia majora or labia minora or clitoris of any other person who has not attained the age of 18 years."

Assistant U.S. Attorney Sara Woodward has argued repeatedly in court that the defendants knew what they were doing was illegal, but did it anyway. She has called their crimes "heinous" and argues the harm was severe.

"According to some members of the community who have spoken out against the practice, the purpose of this cutting is to suppress female sexuality in an attempt to reduce sexual pleasure and promiscuity," a Homeland Security Investigations special agent wrote in a 2017 court filing.

Especially egregious, authorities have argued, is that this procedure was carried out by a doctor who took an oath to do no harm.

"She knew that this was illegal but did it anyway," Woodward has said of Nagarwala, stressing: "As a medical doctor, she is aware that female genital mutilation has no medical purpose."

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CONYERS & LOFGREN Statement On SCOTUS Decision To Take Up Trump Muslim & Refugee Ban

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Subcommittee on Immigration Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) today released the following joint statement after the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would take up Trump’s Muslim and Refugee ban: 

Dean of the U.S. House
of Representatives
John Conyers, Jr.

“Today’s Supreme Court decision recognizes a central constitutional defect in Donald Trump’s Muslim and Refugee Ban—the damage it inflicts on the interests of U.S. citizens and institutions. As the opinion notes, the ban serves to separate citizens from their foreign national family members, American universities from their students, and U.S. employers from their workers.  By leaving in place the lower courts’ block on the Trump Administration’s attempts to bar foreign nationals with U.S. ties from entering the country, the Court underscores the ban’s unconstitutionality and adverse impact on America as a whole.

“At the same time, the Court’s opinion fails to reflect other key ways in which the ban violates our Constitution. Most important, by allowing the Trump Administration to bar the entry into the United States of certain travelers from Muslim-majority countries and refugees without U.S. ties, the Court ignored the Order’s fundamentally discriminatory intent and effect.  Candidate Trump campaigned on a Muslim ban; the Supreme Court should have realized this Order fulfilled that pledge.

“We are deeply disappointed in this portion of the Court’s decision, which will enable the Trump Administration to disrupt and upend the lives of many thousands of innocent people.  Making matters worse, the ban will weaken the U.S. economy and undermine our relationships with key partners abroad in the fight against terror.

“We therefore urge our Republican colleagues to join Democrats in supporting H.R. 1503, the Statute of Liberty Values Act 2.0 (SOLVe 2.0). This bill would nullify in full the Muslim and Refugee ban—which, as reflected in today’s Supreme Court decision, is unconstitutional at its core—ending its harmful consequences for our national values, economy, and security.”

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CONYERS: Members of Congress Denounce Anti-Muslim Marches

"I am proud to stand against hate and will continue to call out bigotry and anti-Muslim hatred wherever we see it." said the Dean of the U.S. House of Representatives, John Conyers, Jr.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, June 8, 2017, Pramila Jayapal and her colleagues, held a press conference on the U.S. Capitol Grounds; The House Triangle, to speak out against hate and Islamophobia in the United States, and denounce anti-Muslim protests planned by the far-right group ACT for America.

ACT for America is identified as an by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The group plans to hold anti-Muslim protests in cities across the United States on Saturday, June 10.

In attendance were: U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07); John Conyers (MI-13); Jan Schakowsky (IL-09); Keith Ellison (MN-05); Debbie Dingell (MI-12); Ruben Gallego (AZ-07); Council on American-Islamic Relations

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CONYERS Statement On Circuit Court Ruling To Block Trump's Muslim/Refugee Ban

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) released the following statement after the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a block on President Donald Trump's revised Muslim and refugee ban executive order:

Dean of the U.S. House
of Representatives
John Conyers, Jr.

“Today, yet another court has struck down Trump's un-American Muslim and refugee ban.  Even in its so-called revised form, the courts have not closed their eyes to the undeniable truth--that the ban was intended to harm Muslims and thus is in conflict with the First Amendment's prohibition on the establishment of religion.

“The second travel ban executive order, like the first, undoubtedly targets Muslims and is unconstitutional. I’m pleased that the judicial branch has been steadfast in their commitment to upholding the constitution.”

In April 2017, Ranking Member Conyers helped lead 165 Democratic Members of Congress in filing a brief as amici curiae in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in the case of International Refugee Assistance Project v. Trumpto highlight the unlawfulness of Trump’s second travel ban executive order.

In their amicus brief, the Members wrote, “…despite the Second Order’s self-serving claims to the contrary, it delivers on President Trump’s repeated promises as a candidate to limit the entry of Muslims into the country.  In so doing, it flies in the face of one of our most deeply rooted constitutional values: that the government must not favor (or disfavor) any particular religion. As the Constitution’s text and history make clear, the Religion Clauses—both Article VI’s prohibition on the use of religious tests, and the First Amendment’s promise of “free exercise of religion” and prohibition on “laws respecting an establishment of religion”—prohibit a religious test that singles out a religion for discriminatory treatment under our immigration laws. . . . The best way to protect the security of the nation and to uphold foundational American values is to respect the Constitution’s fundamental protections and the laws passed by Congress.”

INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT v TRUMP U.S. Fourth Circuit No. 17-1351 by Beverly Tran on Scribd

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MORE THAN 50 HOUSE DEMOCRATS CALL ON OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO COMPLETELY DISMANTLE DISCRIMINATORY NSEERS REGISTRATION SYSTEM BEFORE NEW ADMINISTRATION BEGINS

Washington, DC – In the wake of reports about the Trump Administration’s plans to create a special registration program for Muslims, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Representatives Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL), Judy Chu (D-CA) and Keith Ellison (D-MN), led more than 50 House Democrats in calling for President Barack Obama to completely dismantle the regulatory framework behind the discriminatory National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS) before his administration ends.  The Obama Administration effectively ended the program in 2011; however, the apparatus remains. House Democrats are calling for the NSEERS regulatory framework to be eliminated.

The letter was signed by Representatives John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Beto O’Rourke (D-TX), Grace Meng (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Scott Peters (D-CA), Allen Lowenthal (D-CA), James A Himes (D-CT), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), José E. Serrano (D-NY), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Michael E. Capuano (D-MA), Joseph P. Kennedy, III (D-MA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), David E. Price (D-NC), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), James McGovern (D-MA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Michael M. Honda (D-CA), Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Mark Takano (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), David N. Cicilline (D-RI), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA), Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA), and Michael F. Doyle (D-PA). 

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Statement of the Honorable John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Member, Markup of H.R. 3892, the “Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2015,”

Dean of the U.S. House
of Representatives
John Conyers, Jr.

“For several reasons, I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join me in opposing H.R. 3892, the ‘Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2015.’

“Most importantly, our Committee is marking up this bill without holding a single hearing and without considering the serious diplomatic and foreign policy ramifications of our actions."

“Less than one year ago, our Committee marked up a bill expressing the sense of Congress that the Taliban ought to be designated a terrorist organization by the United States government."

“At that time, my Democratic colleagues and I appealed to the Chairman and to our colleagues on the other side of the aisle to reconsider. Over our objections and calls for a reasoned consideration of the subject matter, the Majority moved to a vote and reported the bill out of the Committee."

“Once again, without holding any hearings or even receiving a briefing from the Department of State or the intelligence community, the House Judiciary Committee is marking up a bill that would have the United States designate a foreign organization as a terrorist organization."

“It is very worrisome that the Majority appears to be making a habit of bringing up measures for consideration that have received no deliberative process."

“Another concern I have about our Committee’s process is that it is taking action today without any real consideration of the facts."

“I want to be clear that my opposition to this measure does not in any way mean that I would hesitate to condemn the Brotherhood’s anti-Israel rhetoric."

“However, since swearing off violence in the 1950s, the Brotherhood has become a predominantly non-violent religious, political, and social service organization.  Before rushing to conclusions that can lead to unknown or unintended consequences, our Committee should weigh and consider the specific facts that pertain to this complex organization."

“When the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence held a hearing on the Muslim Brotherhood five years ago, every expert witness cautioned against taking the kind of action our Committee is taking today."

“Any terrorist designation must be based on the facts, not innuendo and supposition.  Moving this bill out of our Committee today is precisely the kind of provocative action that all five witnesses at that hearing, the Department of State, and every foreign policy expert warns against."

“Finally, I fear that this bill appeals to our base fears. Islamaphobia may be good politics - time will tell - but it is certainly not good policy.  It does not serve our national security or foreign policy interests.  And it will not make us safer."

      

“This bill paints with a broad brush all members of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorists.  But we know that in Kuwait and Jordan, members of the Brotherhood served in Parliament and in the cabinet.  The Muslim Brotherhood has the support of millions of Egyptians. "

“Hundreds of thousands of Egyptian-Americans who have family in Egypt and other countries in the Middle East would be subject to draconian consequences due to the foreign terrorist designation."

“Instead of hastily passing such flawed legislation out of this Committee, we should be taking steps to counter the growth in anti-Muslim sentiments, targeted rhetorical attacks, and violence against the Muslim, Arab, Sikh, and South Asian American communities. "

“Those efforts will strengthen our Nation’s security and not undermine it, as this ill-conceived legislation will certainly ."

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Officials, interfaith and civil rights activists condemn bigotry

Officials, interfaith and civil rights activists condemn bigotry

Congress members Brenda Lawrence (L), John Conyers and Debbie Dingell stand at the podium in front  of a group of activists and officials at Charles Wright Museum of African American History, Dec. 21

DETROIT — Heads of civil rights organizations, interfaith activists, government officials and religious leaders gathered at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American history to condemn the rising tides of Islamophobia, which are manifesting as hate crimes across the nation.

Speakers from the group dubbed "One Nation, One Voice Against Bigotry and Hate Coalition" took turns denouncing xenophobia and promoting unity at a press conference on Monday morning. 

Nabih Ayad, chairman of the Arab American Civil Rights League (ACRL), said those on the path of hate are on the wrong side of history.

"We know very well that diversity inherently is very strong for this nation and for this community," he said. 

Democratic U.S. Reps speak out

U.S. Reps. John Conyers (D-Detroit), Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) and Brenda Lawrence (D-Southfield) took part in the event and voiced support for the local Muslim community.

"How wonderful it is to see in this important hall a group of men and women, leaders of many different organizations, coming together to speak out and encourage the diversity that marks us a great area," Conyers, the dean of the House of Representatives, said.

Congresswoman Lawrence urged Americans to speak up against discrimination.

"History has taught us that the biggest threat to our democracy is silence," she said.

She said allowing bigotry to go on against one group puts the entire society at risk.

"Collectively, if we raise our voices and not be silent, we can make a difference," Lawrence added. "We can show those who are misinformed that hatred will not be tolerated; not in this country, not in southeast Michigan."

Rep. Dingell stressed that metro Detroit residents are united. She described Arab and Muslim Americans as friends and colleagues.

"They are our neighbors; they are our small business owners; they are our doctors," she said. "Steve Jobs’ father was a Syrian and he [Jobs] was one of the greatest inventors of this country."

She said anti-Muslim sentiments violate the fundamental founding principles of the United States.

"Stop," Dingell said, addressing those who promote anti-Muslim bigotry. "Enough is enough. It's not who we are as Americans."

The congresswoman said she will scream if she is asked about Muslims' denouncing terrorism again.

"They're speaking out every day, but the media is not covering it," she added.

Barbara McQuade

"False narrative"

Barbara McQuade, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, said the backlash against Arab and Muslim Americans harms national security.

"We know that terrorist organizations like ISIS use this rhetoric as propaganda," she said. "They love to use that false narrative that America is at war with Islam."

McQuade said "misguided stereotypes" about Arabs and Muslims are spreading because people are afraid to interact with others who are different."Why is it when Timothy McVeigh commits a terrorist attack in Oklahoma City, no one blames all Catholics?" she asked. "When a White supremacist shoots up a Black church, no one blames all Whites. Yet, when there is a terrorist attack committed by a Muslim, we paint with a broad brush. Why is that? Because we demonize that which is different."

McQuade said during World War II German Americans were not put in internment camps, but Japanese Americans were— "because they look different."

To suggest that Muslim Americans are less American than the rest of us is insulting to all of us,"

McQuade said. "When it comes to national security, united we stand; and divided we fall."

Wayne County Executive Warren Evans acknowledged the contributions of local Arabs and Muslims to the county.

"Diversity is important to being successful," he said.

Evans said bigotry and lack of respect are a problem for the development of the county, state and nation.

Steve Spreitzer, president of the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion, said people should come to know the larger human family around them.

"Dr. King marched to Selma for voting rights and to Washington for human rights," he said. "What we need in southeast Michigan is to march across these artificial barriers for human relations and for people to come to know people who are different."

Nabby Yono, vice president of community relations at the Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC), said prejudice is the same whether against Arabs, Chaldeans, Christians or Muslims and should be condemned.

"We're in it together," he said. 

"Did you get it?"

The Arab American News Publisher Osama Siblani, who emceed the conference, reiterated Arab Americans' stance on terrorism.

"Just in case you did not hear it before, here it is again — we, the Arab and Muslim communities in the United States, condemn terrorist acts, whether they are acted by individuals, groups or governments," Siblani said.

"Did you get it?" he asked reporters. "Did everybody hear it? Should I repeat it again. Stop asking us to apologize for the terrorists, because we are their first victims."

Dearborn Mayor Jack O'Reilly paid tribute to the Charles H. Wright Museum, which chronicles African Americans' historic struggles with slavery and segregation.

The mayor said it was fitting to hold the press conference at the museum because it details some of the greatest mistakes the United States has committed.

"We can't go back and we can't slide back," O'Reilly said. "What I'm most concerned about particularly is our citizens who feel threatened and are afraid."

The mayor added that politicians with supposed credibility are promoting xenophobia at the national level, adding that Muslim citizens fear for their constitutional rights.

"We just can't let that happen," O'Reilly said. "We have to protect everyone."

Dearborn Police Chief Ron Haddad stressed public safety, reaffirming his department's commitment to protecting the civil rights and liberties of all residents.

"I'm proud to stand here with our group," Haddad said. "We're going to make sure that — from a public safety perspective — we do all we can."

Brenda Rosenberg, the founder of Pathways to Peace Foundation in Action, emphasized the importance of dialogue between ethnic and religious groups.

Rosenberg said she sent an email last week with a list of 12 Jewish civil rights, religious and political organizations that stood with the Muslim community.

"We have to come together and stand together like we're doing today," she said.

The message against Islamophobia was also reiterated by Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony, president of Detroit Chapter of the NAACP; Fatina Abdrabboh, executive director of ADC-Michigan; Shirley Stancato, president of New Detroit; Najah Bazzy, of Zaman International; and former State Rep. Rashida Tlaib, campaign manager of Take on Hate.

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