Protests against travel ban erupt at SeaTac Airport in January. Credit: KUOW Photo/Liz Jones
The stroke of a pen signals hope and caution for Muslim Americans Jan 26, 2021
On his first day in office, President Joe Biden signed 17 executive orders. One of them reversed the travel ban from several countries, many of them majority Muslim. It was first put into place by President Trump in January 2017.
By the end of the Trump administration, it covered residents of Iran, Yemen, Syria, Somalia, Libya, Sudan, Eritrea, and Nigeria, among others.
KUOW spoke to Karam Dana, an associate professor at the University of Washington Bothell and director of the American Muslim Research Institute, about the potential impact of President Biden s reversal of the travel ban, and the damage done to Muslim communities over the past four years.
Local Muslim-Americans optimistic about future after President Biden reverses travel ban
Local Muslim-Americans optimistic about future
Local Muslim-Americans tell Q13 s Jennifer Lee they re optimistic about the future after President Joe Biden reverses the travel ban.
KING COUNTY, Wash. - On the day of his inauguration, President Joe Biden repealed the travel ban as promised during his campaign days.
The policy was signed into law four years ago during the Trump Administration. The order blocked foreign nationals from Muslim-majority countries from traveling into the U.S. We’re all going to be talking about this tonight. We’re all going to be sitting around the dinner table, said Aziz Junejo, a West Seattle resident and Muslim-American.