Members of the U.S. House of Representatives held a forum examining and discussing President Donald Trump’s recent Muslim and refugee ban Executive Order entitled, “Not Who We Are: An Examination of Trump’s Un-American Muslim and Refugee Ban,” and the ensuing actions taken by the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State to implement the order.
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) - REMARKS
Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Nita Lowey (D-NY) and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security Ranking Member Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)
House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY)
House Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS)
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD)
House Committee on Veterans Affairs Ranking Member Timothy J. Walz (D-MN)
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Ranking Member Adam Schiff (D-CA)
Additional Members of Congress
PANELISTS
Khizr Khan, Pakistani-American lawyer and Gold Star Father
Thomas Countryman, former Assistant Secretary of State and Retired Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State
Michael Breen, President & CEO of the Truman Center and Truman National Security Project, U.S. Army Veteran
Andre Segura, Senior Staff Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union
Galen Carey, Vice President of Government Relations, National Association of Evangelicals
Farah Al Khalifi, Iraqi SIV recipient and U.S. permanent resident, Former interpreter for U.S. military, married to U.S. citizen and Navy officer.
Omar Al-muqdad, Syrian refugee journalist and documentary filmmaker, Former political prisoner under the Assad regime
