Iranian-American organizations and individual plaintiffs file challenge to Travel Ban 3.0, ask for response before EO takes effect Oct 18 WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 10, 2017) – A new court filing in federal court in Washington D.C. challenging President Trump’s latest iteration of the travel ban seeks to protect Iranian Americans in the United States and abroad. The lawsuit, filed by three prominent Iranian-American organizations as well as a number of individual plaintiffs, outlines the ways …
Joint Press Statement of Iranian-American Organizations
IRANIAN-AMERICAN ORGS FILE FEDERAL COURT CHALLENGE TO TRUMP TRAVEL BAN 2.0 Complaint Outlines Devastating Impact of Travel Ban on Iranian-American Families Washington, DC — Four prominent Iranian-American organizations renewed their challenge to the Trump Administration’s illegal and unconstitutional policies, filing papers to take on the President’s revised “Travel Ban” Executive Order. The organizations, joined by over 20 individual plaintiffs, have updated their existing lawsuit against the January 27th Travel Ban Executive Order, Pars Equality, et al …
Joint Press Statement of Iranian-American Organizations
LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW FILES FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST TRUMP’S DISCRIMINATORY TRAVEL BAN EXECUTIVE ORDER WASHINGTON, D.C., February 9, 2017 — Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights under Law, in coordination with pro bono counsel, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS), Iranian-American civil rights lawyer Cyrus Mehri, partner of Washington, D.C.-based firm Mehri & Skalet, PLLC, and his firm, jointly filed an action in D.C. District Court to stop President Trump’s …