ERIKA: NOW WE DO WANT TO CHECK
IN WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA
HEALEY ANY ACTION SHE IS TAKING
ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TRAVEL BAN.
>> TO CHALLENGE THE EXECUTIVE
ORDER.
I'M HEARTENED TO SHARE THE STAGE
WITH OTHERS WHO WILL SHARE THEIR
WORDS.
FIRST, WE HAVE WITH US
, THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
MASSACHUSETTS, MARTY MEEHAN.
TODAY'S ACTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
ACLU MASSACHUSETTS, CAROL ROSE.
MUHAMMAD ALI, PRESIDENT AND CEO
OF CARBONITE.
RAYMOND C OFTEN HEISER,
PRESIDENT OF OXFAM AMERICA.
AVA
MALONE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE MASSACHUSETTS IMMIGRANTS
AND ADVOCACY COALITION.
MIKE SHOES AND SKI, VICE
PRESIDENT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS
HEALTH AND HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION.
WE'RE ALSO JOINED BY DR. ROBERT
BROWN, PRESIDENT OF BOSTON
UNIVERSITY, REPRESENTATIVES FROM
THE AMERICAN IMMIGRATIONS
LAWYERS ASSOCIATION.
THE SOMALI COMMUNITY
ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTATIVES
FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON, MASS
PORT, THE BOARD OF HIGHER
EDUCATION, PARTNERS HEALTH CARE,
AND TOM HOCH CROFT, PRESIDENT OF
THE TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP
COUNCIL.
WE STAND HERE AND WITH OTHERS
ACROSS THIS STATE AS A UNIFIED
MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITY, FROM
GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS, MEDICINE,
AND ACADEMIA, AND NONPROFIT
ADVOCACY, ALL WORKING TOGETHER
TO REJECT THIS DISCRIMINATORY
AND DANGEROUS MEASURE.
IT IS THIS SOLIDARITY THAT MAKES
A STRONG.
WE KNOW THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS
HAVE BEEN CHAOTIC AND
CHALLENGING FOR SO MANY.
BEGINNING ON SATURDAY, WE
LEARNED OF THE TENSIONS
HAPPENING AT LOGAN AIRPORT.
TWO OF THOSE DETAINED SATURDAY
AFTERNOON WERE PROFESSORS IN THE
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
DARTMOUTH.
IN FACT, THEY WERE DETAINED
COMING BACK TO THE UNITED STATES
TO THEIR HOME FROM AN
ENGINEERING CONFERENCE ABROAD.
ALL ARE IRANIAN NATIONALS WHO
EARNED THEIR PHD'S AT JOHNS
HOPKINS UNIVERSITY IN MARYLAND
AND ARE LAWFUL PERMANENT
RESIDENTS OF THIS COUNTRY.
THEY ARE TRAINING THE NEXT
GENERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS
ENGINEERS.
WITH A WAVE OF A PATTERN
THE
PRESIDENT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER CAP
THEM AND THOUSANDS OF OTHERS
FROM COMING HOME.
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER BARRED
PEOPLE FLEEING PERSECUTION AND
WAR.
HARD INTERPRETERS WHO HAVE
ASSISTED OUR OWN MILITARY.
IT BARRED STUDENTS AND
RESEARCHERS TRYING TO GET BACK
TO CLASSROOMS HERE IN BOSTON AND
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.
OVER AN UNCERTAIN SATURDAY
EVENING AIRPORTS AROUND THE
COUNTRY DREW A NUMBER OF
PROTESTERS.
WHEN I GOT TO TERMINAL E
, THE
ACLU ALONG WITH IMMIGRATION
LAWYERS, ADVOCATES, THE MEDIA
AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WERE
ALREADY WORKING TO GET TRAVELERS
RELEASED OCCLUDING SUSAN CHURCH
AND HEATHER YELLS WHO ARE HERE
FROM THE IMMIGRATION
LAWYERS
ASSOCIATION.
IN THE EARLY HOURS OF SUNDAY THE
FEDERAL COURT IN BOSTON
TEMPORARILY HALTED THE
DETENTION.
TODAY, MASSACHUSETTS IS JOINING
THE CASE TO PROTECT OUR STATE,
OUR UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, AND THE
RIGHTS OF FACULTY AND STUDENT
BODIES FROM THE ONGOING HARMS OF
THIS ILLEGAL BORDER.
WE ARE SUING TO PROTECT THE
RIGHTS OF BUSINESSES, COLLEGES,
HOSPITALS AND THE RESIDENTS OF
MASSACHUSETTS WHO ARE UNABLE TO
TRAVEL OR TO PLAN FOR THE
FUTURE.
YESTERDAY, I WAS OVER AT A
MIDDLE SCHOOL IN DORCHESTER AND
I MET TWO TWIN SISTERS BORN IN
BOSTON TO PARENTS OF SOMALIA.
THAT'S ONE OF THE COUNTRIES ON
THE PRESIDENT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER
TRAVEL BAN.
THEY TOLD ME, LIKE ME THEY LIKE
TO PLAY BASKETBALL.
THE TOLD ME THEY WANTED TO GO TO
COLLEGE AND THEY WERE CHOSEN FOR
THIS PROGRAM YESTERDAY BECAUSE
THEY ARE YOUNG LEADERS IN THEIR
SCHOOL.
THEY TOLD ME
TO BANK THAT THEY
ARE AFRAID.
AFRAID OF THE PRESIDENT AND WHAT
IS HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY.
THEY ASKED ME, WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO TO MAKE US FEEL
SAFE?
I TOLD THOSE
CHILDREN OR MY
OFFICE ENFORCES THE LAWS THAT
PROTECT PEOPLE.
KEEP PEOPLE SAFE.
I TOLD THEM THAT WE WOULD BE
THERE TO PROTECT THEM AGAINST
SCRIVEN NATION BASED ON THEIR
RELIGION, THEIR RACE, THEIR
NATIONAL ORIGIN.
TALKED ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION
AND THE STATUE OF LIBERTY AND
HOW WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN A NATION
OF IMMIGRANTS.
THE SAME CONVERSATION THAT SO
MANY HAVE HAD OVER THE PAST FEW
DAYS.
ONE OF THE GIRLS THEN CRIED AND
IT BROKE MY HEART.
THAT IS THE IMPACT OF THIS
EXECUTIVE ORDER.
I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT
MASSACHUSETTS WILL HAVE THEIR
BACK AND THAT NO EXECUTIVE ORDER
, NO PRESIDENT, IS MORE POWERFUL
IN THEIR RIGHT AS AMERICANS AND
MORE POWERFUL THAN OUR
CONSTITUTION.
OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, I'VE
THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT WHAT MAKES
MASSACHUSETTS SUCH A SPECIAL
PLACE.
AS OUR COLLEGE PROFESSORS KNOW,
WE HAVE THE BEST STUDENTS FROM
AROUND THE WORLD, THE BEST
FACULTIES, THE BEST BRAINS
.
WE HAVE BUSINESSES AND LABS AND
STARTUPS.
NONPROFITS THAT REFLECT
DIVERSITY AND CREATIVITY.
BECAUSE OF OUR PEOPLE, WE HAVE
TRULY BECOME A GLOBAL STATE AND
A GLOBAL LEADER.
THAT IS JUST ONE REASON WHY THIS
EXECUTIVE ORDER IS SUCH A THREAT
BECAUSE IT THREATENS THE LIFE
BLOOD THAT DRIVES SO MUCH OF
MASSACHUSETTS.
IT SENDS THE MESSAGE THAT SOME
PEOPLE ARE NOT WANTED.
THAT PEOPLE WILL BE JUDGED,
CLASSIFIED IN SEGREGATED.
IT'S A THREAT TO OUR VALUES, THE
VALUES THEY ARE TEACHING IN
MIDDLE SCHOOL'S ALL ACROSS THIS
STATE.
IN VALUES YOU SEE REFLECTED
EVERY DAY AT PLACES LIKE THE
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS OR
BOSTON UNIVERSITY OR IN OUR
GREAT HOSPITALS OR INSTITUTIONS.
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IS A THREAT
TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY.
IT TELLS OUR ENEMIES THAT
HOMELAND SECURITY DECISIONS WILL
BE MADE WITHOUT ANY INPUT FROM
OUR INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES TO
ACHIEVE POLITICAL OBJECTIVES.
AND, IT'S A THREAT TO OUR
CONSTITUTION.
BY FILING THIS SUIT TODAY, WE
ARE FIGHTING FOR THE PRINCIPLES
THAT HAVE MADE AMERICA A BEACON
OF HOPE AND FREEDOM FOR THE
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