executive order
Critics line up against expected executive order on religious liberty
By Adelle M. Banks — May 3, 2017
(RNS) President Trump can expect serious pushback on a religious liberty executive order he is reportedly poised to sign.
As a Catholic priest, I am against an executive order on religious liberty
By Bryan N. Massingale — April 26, 2017
NEW YORK (RNS) Leaked drafts of President Trump’s order suggest it will be read by many as a broad assault upon LGBT rights and a license to deny basic services to same-sex couples.
Republicans in Congress push Trump for religious liberty executive order
By Eliza Collins — April 25, 2017
WASHINGTON (USA Today) More than 50 GOP House members want the president to fulfill a campaign promise to scale back Obama-era protections for gays and lesbians. The White House says it's complicated.
Lutheran refugee agency is ‘cautiously hopeful’ following blocked immigration order
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 27, 2017
CHICAGO (RNS) President Trump's executive order would have more than halved the number of refugees accepted by the United States from the current ceiling of 110,000.
Trump’s second travel ban also runs afoul of Establishment Clause
By Mark Silk — March 16, 2017
There was no escaping those prior, contextual statements by the President and his advisors.
Trump vows to appeal travel ban ruling to Supreme Court
By Reuters — March 15, 2017
(Reuters) The new ban had been set to go into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday.
3 Muslim Americans on their lives today: Facing new obstacles
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 9, 2017
(RNS) 'Muslims have always dealt with feeling misunderstood, but this is altogether something different,' said 24-year-old Nadia Dreid.
Trump travel ban orders a report on honor killings
By Kimberly Winston — March 6, 2017
(RNS) Civil liberties experts say the focus on honor killings is another attempt to target Muslims.
Faith groups: New immigration order still anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant
By Lauren Markoe — March 6, 2017
(RNS) To many religious leaders, this is simply 'Muslim ban 2.0.'
Constitutionality of leaked executive order on religious freedom called into question
By Adelle M. Banks — February 16, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) Rabbi David Saperstein told a congressional subcommittee that leaked language of a proposed presidential executive order on religious liberty could cause 'constitutional problems.'
Muslim students join lawsuits against Trump
By Zachary Siegel — February 16, 2017
LOS ANGELES (RNS) For Hadil Mansoor Al-Mowafak, a 20-year-old international affairs student at Stanford University, the president’s executive order meant that if she went to see her husband in Yemen, she risked not being able to return.
Does the Bible really advocate sanctuary cities?
By James K. Hoffmeier — February 15, 2017
DEERFIELD, Ill. (RNS) American cities, counties and universities that offer sanctuary for undocumented foreigners cannot claim to be following the practice described in the Bible.
500 prominent evangelicals take out full-page ad supporting refugees
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 9, 2017
(RNS) Christians are called to love their neighbors as themselves, and that includes "the stranger and anyone fleeing persecution and violence," according to the letter.
Literary agents ISO Muslim authors
By Lauren Markoe — February 7, 2017
(RNS) 'Literary agents are in a unique position to help contribute to bringing more empathy, compassion, understanding and tolerance into this world through books,' the agents explain.