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Banned Together — Part 1

See Something Say Something

Ahmed Ali Akbar

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.8550 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2017

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Annnd we're back! The previous episode (our live show) was supposed to be the end of Season 1. Then, President Trump issued an executive order blocking refugees, immigrants and travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries: Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. We have to talk about this, and we'll be posting a few short episodes to keep you up-to-date this week.

First up, Ahmed talks with Zahra Billoo and Ramzi Kassem about what to do if you or someone you know is detained at an airport—whether you're an immigrant, visa holder, or a Muslim citizen.

Billoo is a civil rights lawyer and community organizer who leads the California chapter of  the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR). Follow her at @ZahraBilloo.

Kassem is a professor of Law at CUNY School of Law, where he directs the CLEAR project, which stands for "creating law enforcement accountability and responsibility." Follow his work at @CUNY_CLEAR.

Here's the infographic Ahmed mentions: CLEAR's Guidance on the Executive Order.

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0:00.0

I went to Boston this weekend to visit my family, and the timing was good, because, and bad,

0:09.0

because that was the weekend that Donald Trump issued his executive order banning travel from

0:16.8

seven different Muslim countries. So as I was with my family, you know, sort of bonding and talking it over,

0:22.6

we were seeing images of thousands of protesters

0:25.6

gathering at airports,

0:27.6

protesting the order all over the country.

0:35.6

Lawyers working with the various people who were being detained by the executive order that Donald Trump issued,

0:42.3

and just seeing like a huge, huge response to the news.

0:49.3

And so, of course, we had to say something about it.

0:53.3

We had to come back from our temporary break that we were going to take

0:57.9

and record in some episodes, anything that we could talk about

1:02.5

because there's so much to talk about around the Muslim band.

1:05.1

If you see something, you better, you better say something nothing nothing at all nothing at all

1:16.3

the executive order basically blocks refugees immigrants and travelers from seven

1:24.5

majority Muslim countries Libya Somalia Sudanalia, Sudan, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

1:31.3

And so we're back. And we're sad. We're very, very sad. And we'll be releasing some mini episodes over the next few days,

1:40.8

dealing with the ban and a lot of the fallout, telling some stories.

1:45.1

Things change every moment, and we're going to be doing our best to release timely bits of

1:49.3

interviews that will help you make sense of America as it's happening today.

2:00.8

So for this mini episode, I'm going to talk to two lawyers about how the immigration ban happens,

2:06.8

what it means for immigrants, green card holders, visa holders, and even American Muslim U.S. citizens,

2:14.3

and also get some practical advice for all the different types of people who are

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