State Department officers sign dissent memo against Donald Trump’s Muslim ban, report says
About 900 State Department officials have signed on to an internal “dissent memo” objecting to Trump’s immigration executive order.
“A senior State Department official confirmed that the memorandum in the department’s ‘dissent channel’ had been submitted to management,” Reuters reported Tuesday.
“White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Monday he was aware of the memo but warned career diplomats that they should either ’get with the program or they can go,’” Reuters said. Read more
San Francisco is standing up to Trump’s order punishing sanctuary cities
Dennis Herrera, city attorney of San Francisco, filed a lawsuit over Trump’s executive order that threatens to punish cities that shelter undocumented immigrants.
Herrera filed the lawsuit in federal court Tuesday arguing that the executive order, which seeks to withhold federal funding from cities that does not to detain undocumented immigrants, is illegal.
Citing the 10th Amendment, which states powers not granted to the federal government are the purview of the states, Herrera contends that Trump does not have the authority to cut federal funds over a matter of state and local policy. Read more
Amnesty International: We will fight Donald Trump’s Muslim ban every step of the way
Amnesty International is no stranger to governments that exploit real threats to security to turn people against religious and ethnic minorities.
We’ve seen this before and we know the havoc it wreaks. And we know it must be stopped. Read more (Opinion)
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