<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Whip Count: Here’s where Republicans stand on Trump’s controversial travel ban<br></div><div><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/29/heres-where-republicans-stand-on-president-trumps-controversial-travel-ban/" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.<wbr>com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/<wbr>29/heres-where-republicans-<wbr>stand-on-president-trumps-<wbr>controversial-travel-ban/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>WaPo has Rodney Davis as "no comment."</div><div><br></div><div>But they have a quote from Shimkus. </div><div><br></div><div>This is extreme. Republican or Democrat, the University of Illinois is in Davis' district. How can he not have a position on this? It has a huge impact on the University. Would Ed Madigan be hiding under his desk on this? </div><div><br></div><div>Note that several UIUC faculty have signed this petition:</div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px">20 Nobel laureates, thousands of academics sign protest of Trump immigration order<br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/01/27/eleven-nobel-laureates-thousands-of-academics-sign-protest-of-trump-immigration-order/" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com<wbr>/news/grade-point/wp/2017/01/2<wbr>7/eleven-nobel-laureates-thous<wbr>ands-of-academics-sign-protest<wbr>-of-trump-immigration-order/</a></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Here's the actual petition, search on "Urbana":</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://notoimmigrationban.com/" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">https://notoimmigrationban.com<wbr>/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>===</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_-1570695515930443613gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Robert Naiman<br>Policy Director<br>Just Foreign Policy<br><a href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">www.justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><div><span style="text-align:left"><a href="tel:(202)%20448-2898" value="+12024482898" target="_blank">(202) 448-2898 x1</a></span><br></div><div><span style="text-align:left"><br></span></div></div></div></div>
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