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Think about it. You decide to go on vacation back to your native country to visit family and friends you haven’t seen for quite some time. The irony is, you left for vacation on the day Donald Trump was inaugurated. During your vacation, you get word of an executive order suspending citizens from Iran from traveling to the United States. You panic, cut your vacation short, and quickly try to purchase a ticket from Dubai to D.C, then back to your home in South Carolina. Your car is parked at the airport, and your 6-month old puppy is being watched by a neighbor and waiting your return home. You’ve boarded a plane headed home. Suddenly, you’re stopped and asked for your identification; then, airline security removes you from the flight and informs you that you will not be able to return to the United States. No warning, no time to think, no time get your life in order. This is what happened to Clemson PhD Grad Nazanin Zinouri.

A citizen of Iran, Zinouri has lived in the United States for seven years and is one of many foreign workers now living in the U.S. whose life has been interrupted by Donald Trump’s executive order. Not only is she a PhD graduate from Clemson, according to CNN, “she earned her Ph.D. in industrial engineering from Clemson University, and was awarded the Janine Anthony Bowen Graduate Fellow award for her outstanding academic performance in her field.”

Zinouri is currently employed at the tech company Modjoul in South Carolina under a worker visa.

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Zinouri posted her ordeal on Facebook and it quickly went viral, she wrote:

“No one warned me when I was leaving, no one cared what will happen to my dog or my job or my life there,” she wrote. “No one told me what I should do with my car that is still parked at the airport parking. Or what to do with my house and all my belongings.They didn’t say it with words but with their actions, that my life doesn’t matter. Everything I worked for all these years doesn’t matter.”
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At this point, no one is sure what can be done. But do whatever you can, call your senators, write letters and raise all kinds of hell to make sure that Nazanin Zinouri makes it back home to her puppy.
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It’s always great to write about some good news. This good news comes on the debut of Black History Month, during a time period where America seems to be in the political grasp of insanity at times.

Meet Imelme Umana, the recently named President of the Harvard Law Review. This new title makes Umana the first Black woman to hold the title at Harvard University. Can you guess who the first black person was? Of course – the first black person to hold this position goes by the name of President Barack Obama who held this same title in 1990.

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According to her Harvard we page description,

“She is most interested in the intersection between government and African American studies, hoping to explore how stereotypes of black women are reproduced and reinforced in American Political discourse. On campus she is active at the Institute of Politics and serves as chair of the Community Action Committee (CAC),” you can read more on the Harvard website.

The 2nd Year PHD student went viral after the Harvard’s Black Law Students Association announced her new title viaTwitter, flooding the internet with congratulations.

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We’ve seen tons of stories of families from Middle Eastern Countries who quickly packed up their belongings trying to get back to America once the news of Trump’s Travel Ban was taking shape. For most, there was not warning. They were caught in a confusing system of a “Muslim Ban” that really wasnt a ban, but ended up being a bad – get it? For one family, the irony of American politics left them bruised in the face when they realized the man they supported and voted for to become President of the United States was the reason their family members were detained, and sent back to the Middle East.

Syrian American Sarmad Assali, and current Trump supporter is not confessing to having any second thoughts about her decision for President, but she is voicing her frustration. Assali’s family were all approved to come into the United States legally, they are all currently Green Card holders. However, on Saturday the Assali family felt the pains of being in a free America, but still having to deal with the threat of discrimination. Only hours after Trump had signed the executive order, Assali’s two brothers-in-law, their wives and children were deported back to Damascus from the Philadelphia International Airport.

As if the obvious irony of their story isnt enough, Assali’s family members are Orthodox Christians and were shocked that they were experiencing the same type of discrimination their family received back in Syria for being Christians.

in a recent interview Assali had this to say:

“I understand he wants to make America safe, we’re all in with this. I definitely want to be in a safe place. But people need us and we need to be there for them. America is not America. Like ISIS now, they ask, ‘Are you Christian? What do you believe?’ And if they are not saying what they believe, they kick you out and they cut your head off. So America, same thing. They ask you are you Muslim? You’ve got to change your religion. Thank you.”

According to the family’s attorney they have been denied an injunction that would bring them back from Damascus. Assali’s family had sold everything in order to obtain green cards to come to America and escape the threat of ISIS. The family attorneys, Joseph Hohenstein and Jonathan Grode also stated:

“There is a history of the U.S. government acknowledging mistakes and errors after they have removed people and assisted in their return. When it hasn’t done its job right, they’re willing to fix it. That’s what we’re asking them to do here.” Grode added,“This poor family sold everything and used those funds for this trip and now that’s gone, if they ever make it here they will be coming with not a penny to their names.”

Source: NBC Philadelphia

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Put up or shut up. That’s the motto for 2017 and Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks is ready to “Put Up”. In a direct response to the outrageous and ridiculous “ban on Muslims” issued by President Donald Trump, the Starbucks CEO sent a message to all partners and employees on today. In his message, Schultz stated that we are living in an “unprecedented time”and that our human rights are “under attack”.

The CEO has outlined a specific plan of action, which includes supporting DACA and DREAMers, Hiring 10,000 refugees within the next five years, “building bridges and not walls”, and allowing employees to return to using the Starbucks healthcare insurance if Obamacare is reversed,

“I write to you today with deep concern, a heavy heart and a resolute promise. Let me begin with the news that is immediately in front of us: we have all been witness to the confusion, surprise and opposition to the Executive Order that President Trump issued on Friday, effectively banning people from several predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States, including refugees fleeing wars. I can assure you that our Partner Resources team has been in direct contact with the partners who are impacted by this immigration ban, and we are doing everything possible to support and help them to navigate through this confusing period. ”Read the letter in its entirety

Thank you Howard Schultz and the great folks over at Starbucks for not allowing silence in the face of madness, and in a state of #resistance.

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It hasn’t even been 30 days since the Obamas left the White House, and America can already tell that life here in the U.S. may never be the same again. After leaving Washington, the Obama’s went on a much-deserved family vacation in the British Virgin Isles, but one Obama decided to ditch family fun time and set her sights on something much more pressing.

Malia, Barack Obama’s oldest daughter, left her family to join protesters at a Dakota Access Pipeline protest The Sundance Film Festival on Friday. According to The Hill, protesters were amazed to see Obama join in, actress Shailene Woodley stated:

“It was amazing to see Malia, to witness a human being and a woman coming in to her own outside of her family and outside of the attachments that this country has on her, but someone who’s willing to participate in democracy because she chooses to, because she recognizes, regardless of her last name, that if she doesn’t participate in democracy, there will be no world for her future children.”

Under Barack Obama, the Dakota Access Pipeline’s construction was halted when protester voiced concerns about oil spills and affecting the natural water supply and tribal rights of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. This past week Trump issued an executive order reversing the halt and advancing the construction of the pipeline.

Seeing Malia participate in the pipeline protest gives us all hope. It let’s us know that her father’s time in the oval office was not in vain. Malia’s time in Washington has clearly made an impact on her life. We look forward to seeing the influence Malia Obama will make on the future of the United States.

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