Writing for the majority, Chief Justice Roberts acknowledged the president’s frequent mention of the need for a “Muslim ban” to make the country more secure, but the decision upheld his right, in all of his authority, to do so.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s partial reinstatement of the president’s executive order on immigration isn’t likely to prevent most immigrants and refugees from reaching the U.S., but advocates will be on point for instances of overreach.
Two circuit courts recently ruled against Trump’s travel ban. The administration asked the Supreme Court to review these lower court rulings. The Supreme Court has three options for moving forward, but since it’s a 90-day ban, timing is critical.
When President Trump revealed he found healthcare “unbelievably complex,” he probably never considered the interactive complexity of health and immigration.
This may be a moment of reflection for the Trump administration, with its communications relatively unrestrained by truth or caution. What else did he say on the campaign trail, or in a tweet, or through one of his surrogates that might come back to haunt him?
Can a new platform mobilize members to change immigration ordinances in local communities?
Citing their policies on inclusiveness, Girl Guides of Canada will steer clear of U.S. travel. They’re not the only children’s organization from Canada to do so, either.
President Donald Trump strikes again, issuing a second temporary immigration ban that will be harder, though not impossible, to bring down in the courts. The ban puts thousands of people in immediate danger and directly impacts the work of many nonprofits.
It is time to change the way we think about organizations. Organizations are living systems. All living systems have the capacity to self-organize, to sustain themselves and move toward greater complexity and order as needed. They can respond intelligently to the need for change. They organize (and then reorganize) themselves into adaptive patterns and structures without any externally imposed plan or direction. —Meg Wheatley, The Irresistible Future of Organizing
Amid a wave of ICE detentions across the country, reports of new draft guidelines that would significantly increase the detention and deportations of immigrants lacking legal status, and a promise from President Trump that he will release a new executive order to “comprehensively protect our country” against undocumented immigrants, refugees, and travelers, localities, schools, and other entities are progressing with their own efforts at protecting refugees to the greatest extent possible.
It takes a lot for most nonprofits to turn down a grant that’s equal to half their annual budget, but if that grant is at all questionable, that is precisely when it should be turned down.
