Federal Courts and Nominations

CAC strongly supports a clean markup of the NO BAN Act

CAC strongly supports a clean markup of H.R. 1333, the NO BAN Act, which includes three critical components to prohibit potential discrimination in the future by: (1) requiring the executive branch to meet a more stringent and reasonable standard before issuing future bans; (2) amending the INA’s nondiscrimination provision to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on religion and to apply all nondiscrimination protections to immigrant and non-immigrant visa applicants alike; and (3) limiting overly broad executive authority to issue future bans by, among other things, imposing stricter reporting requirements to Congress. The NO BAN Act is a critical step towards ensuring that Muslims and members of other communities are not subjected to unlawful and unconstitutional discrimination ever again.

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