Supporters of civil rights and liberties will hold a press conference on Wednesday, March 8, to speak about their opposition to President Trump’s latest executive order restricting travel from six majority Muslim countries.
Joining three civil rights and liberties organizations will be Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Senator Gary Winfield.
WHO:
Governor Dannel P. Malloy
Senator Gary Winfield (New Haven, Tenth State Senate District)
Mongi Dhaouadi, CAIR Connecticut
David McGuire, ACLU of Connecticut
Muhammad Ansari, Greater Hartford Branch of the NAACP
WHAT: Press conference in support of refugees and travelers and opposing the Trump administration’s travel ban(Muslim Ban 2.0)
WHEN: Wednesday, March 8, 2017, 11:30 a.m.
WHERE: Governor’s press briefing room, State Capitol Building Room 208
Trump’s new executive order cuts the number of refugees the U.S. will take in this fiscal year from 110,000 to 50,000 and bans all refugee admissions for four months. The order singles out individuals from six overwhelmingly
Muslim countries, as promised in the President’s repeated pledges to institute a Muslim ban.
Contact:
Mongi Dhaouadi, CAIR-CT, (860) 514-8038
Meghan Smith, ACLU-CT, 860-992-7645
Chris Collibee, Governor’s Office, 860-205-7457