<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Jamal Abdi</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Jamal@niacaction.org">Jamal@niacaction.org</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 9:21 AM<br>Subject: Tell President Obama: Don't give Trump the keys to a "Muslim registry"<br>To: <a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><br><br><u></u>
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Sign the petition and urge President Obama to eliminate NSEERS.
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Dear Robert,<br>
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Last week, one of Donald Trump's top campaign supporters shockingly defended the idea of establishing a so-called "Muslim registry" by comparing it to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.<br>
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Unfortunately, Trump appears to be moving forward with plans for a registry targeting <strong>non-U.S. citizens from Muslim-majority countries - including Iran</strong>. Yesterday, Trump met with Kris Kobach - the architect of a post-9/11 program to track visitors from Muslim-majority countries - who was photographed with a memo calling for <strong><u>reinstating and expanding the post-9/11 program</u></strong>. That program included Iranians as the "first wave" of visitors it targeted, in addition to visitors from Iraq, Libya and Sudan.<br>
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While that post-9/11 program was eventually suspended because it was ineffective and viewed by many as discriminatory, its framework is still technically on the books. That means President Trump will inherit that framework and will be able to restart and expand a "Muslim registry" the minute he takes office.<br>
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<strong>That is why NIAC and nearly 200 organizations </strong><a href="http://niacouncil.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ec0d04df4f6d2288f04feee31&id=a12137720f&e=d3a6425abd" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:#0091d6;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><strong>sent</strong> <strong>a public letter</strong> <strong>today</strong></a> <strong>calling on President Obama to eliminate the program, known as the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS). </strong><br>
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Now, we need your help to <a href="http://niacouncil.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ec0d04df4f6d2288f04feee31&id=0ed15fc89d&e=d3a6425abd" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:#0091d6;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">urge President Obama to eliminate NSEERS</a>.
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The NSEERS program was activated in the wake of 9/11 and did not lead to a single terrorist prosecution. But it did subject students, workers, and other visa holders from Iran and other "Muslim-majority" countries to fingerprinting, interrogation, regular check-ins and mass deportation. More than 13,000 individuals were deported while complying with the NSEERS program.<br>
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We can’t stay silent while the Trump transition actively considers steps to target Iranians and other minority groups on the basis of their national origin or faith. The Iranian community in the United States, like other immigrant communities, has excelled in every professional field and made enormous contributions to American society. Yet, if Trump restarts the NSEERS program, many Iranians in our country will be treated as a security threat on the basis of where they were born, which is offensive and un-American and could just be the beginning.<br>
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That's why we are calling on President Obama to eliminate the NSEERS framework before he leaves the White House. It would be irresponsible to hand off the framework for the Trump Administration to immediately start targeting people in this country based on their national origin.<br>
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<strong>Will you take a moment to</strong> <a href="http://niacouncil.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ec0d04df4f6d2288f04feee31&id=a8ba88824e&e=d3a6425abd" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:#0091d6;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><strong>send your own message</strong></a> <strong>to President Obama urging him to rescind NSEERS before he leaves the White House?</strong><br>
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<strong>Jamal Abdi</strong><br>
<em>Executive Director</em><br>
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<em>P.S. We still have almost half way to go to hit our end-of-year fundraising goal of $400,000. If we are going to win the battles like this one, we need to be fully funded. Please do your part and <a href="http://niacouncil.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ec0d04df4f6d2288f04feee31&id=36c74dc2cc&e=d3a6425abd" style="word-wrap:break-word;color:#0091d6;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">make a contribution today</a>.</em><br>
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