travel ban
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S.F. Japantown vigil opposes family separations and travel ban
August 30, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
Japanese Americans gathered on the evening of Aug. 9 in San Francisco Japantown’s Peace Plaza to convey their solidarity against the continued attacks the Trump administration orchestrates against minorities in […] READ MORE
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Justice Department decries, local governments praise sanctuary cities ruling
August 30, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
A federal appeals court upheld an injunction Aug. 1 protecting San Francisco and Santa Clara County from a presidential executive order that threatened to withhold federal funding for so-called sanctuary […] READ MORE
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Korematsu overruled or reaffirmed?
August 2, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
On June 26, 2018, by a 5-4 majority, the Supreme Court in Trump v. Hawaii upheld President Donald Trump’s so-called “Travel Ban,” the thrice-revised executive orders barring entry of people […] READ MORE
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Politicians, advocacy groups respond to travel ban ruling
July 5, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
The U.S. Supreme Court by a 5-4 vote June 26 upheld the third version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban restricting entry from five predominantly Muslim countries. The high court […] READ MORE
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‘We need to … protect the rights of our Muslim brothers and sisters’
June 21, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
Editor’s Note: The Rev. Hiroki Suzuki gave the following message at the Community Memorial Day Service in Colma, Calif. May 28. Hebrews 12:1-2: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so […] READ MORE
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Japanese American former incarceree protests Trump on travel ban
June 21, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
NEW YORK — A Japanese American born in an American concentration camp during World War II is pushing back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel restrictions that target people from […] READ MORE
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Court strikes down part of Trump’s 3rd travel ban
January 4, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
A federal appeals court in San Francisco Dec. 22 struck down part of President (Donald) Trump’s third travel ban. Trump issued the ban in a Sept. 24 proclamation, restricting entry […] READ MORE
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Broadway actor Greg Watanabe brings resister Hirabayashi’s story to S.F.
December 7, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
Theater is terrific when the many elements that comprise a production come together as a whole, as was the case with “Hold These Truths,” a one-man play depicting the late […] READ MORE
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4th Circuit Appeals Court blocks travel ban
June 8, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
A federal appeals court in Virginia upheld a lower court order May 25 blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting entry to the U.S. from six predominantly Muslim countries. A […] READ MORE
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U.S. appeals court hears arguments on revised travel ban
May 25, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
Lawyers for the U.S. Justice Department and the state of Hawai’i argued before a federal appeals court May 15 about whether the panel should consider President Trump’s campaign comments when […] READ MORE
