This week, Representatives Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and Luis V. Gutiérrez (IL-04) led 62 House Democrats in sending a joint letter to Speaker Paul Ryan urging him to reverse course and take a stand against the implementation of President Donald Trump’s Muslim Ban executive order. Continue reading
Hundreds Of Bodegas From Harlem To Hollis Will Close Thursday To Protest ‘Muslim Ban’
Hundreds of Yemeni-owned bodegas and grocery stores across NYC's five boroughs from Harlem to Hollis plan to shut their doors Thursday from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m., strike organizers say, in protest of President Donald Trump's recent executive order barring travel to the U.S. from Yemen and six other Muslim-dominant nations.Continue reading