Congressman Cleaver Denounces the Supreme Court’s Decision on the Travel Ban

June 26, 2018

(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the travel ban which denies visas to nationals of six Muslim-majority countries. The lower courts struck down three previous versions of the travel ban. The Supreme Court announced its decision with a vote of 5-4 today on the case of Trump v. Hawaii.

"I am troubled by the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the travel ban. President Trump's travel ban on specific countries undoubtedly targets Muslims. It is discriminatory and immoral. For the Supreme Court to uphold such a ban is an endorsement of further discrimination and religious intolerance. It is shameful.

When the travel ban was ordered during President Trump's first year in office, I held a town hall in Kansas City, Missouri focusing specifically on immigration and the executive orders signed by the President. Thousands of people attended concerned about how the travel ban, then and now, would devastate families, rip them from their loved ones and encourage people to fear and develop animosity toward Muslims. Make no mistake, we cannot allow our country to ban people solely because of their religion or nationality."

Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO)

Emanuel Cleaver, II is the U.S. Representative for Missouri's Fifth Congressional District, which includes Kansas City, Independence, Lee's Summit, Raytown, Grandview, Sugar Creek, Blue Springs, Grain Valley, Oak Grove, North Kansas City, Gladstone, Claycomo, and all of Ray, Lafayette, and Saline Counties. He is a member of the exclusive House Financial Services Committee, the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, and also a Senior Whip of the Democratic Caucus. For more information, please contact Heather Frierson at 816-842-4545 or Heather.Frierson@mail.house.gov A high-resolution photo of Congressman Cleaver is available here.