NEW YORK (June 26th, 2017) — In response to the news that the Supreme Court will hear the IRAP v. US case regarding President Trump’s Muslim Ban, Make the Road New York Co-Executive Director Javier H. Valdés issued the followed statement on behalf of the organization’s 20,000 members:

“President Trump remains fixated on discriminating against and vilifying Muslims and refugees and betraying core American values of inclusiveness and fair treatment. Given that all the federal courts that have heard these cases have ruled against these bans, we strongly disagree with the Supreme Court’s decision today to take up this case and allow portions of this discriminatory policy to move forward. That said, we will continue to stand up against the Trump administration’s blatant attempts to discriminate against Muslims and refugees, and our members stand ready to act in solidarity—at the airports, at the courthouses, and in the streets. We remain confident that our side will again prevail, as we have done in courts around the country, when the case is heard by the Supreme Court.”