EAST LANSING, MI (MPRN)-- A handful of Michigan groups are renewing their fight against the travel ban which restricts people from several Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.
In June, the United States Supreme Court said the travel ban that limits people from seven countries can continue while its constitutionality is decided in court.
The ACLU of Michigan had already filed a lawsuit with organizations including the Arab American Civil Rights League and the American Arab Chamber of Commerce. Their goal is to keep families together by proving religious discrimination. Recently they amended their lawsuit to contest President Trump’s latest version of the travel ban.
“The Muslim ban is tearing apart these families, preventing them from coming together, from being together,” said Miriam Aukerman, lead attorney on the case for the ACLU of Michigan.
The White House has said the areas cited in the ban failed to meet minimum requirements for screening and vetting.