September 26, 2019

Earlier this year, we established that two of our policy focuses will be to defund the Muslim Ban and to address hate crimes and their root causes. Nine months have now passed since we made that pledge to you.

Here's a brief update on what we accomplished:

	In partnership with NILC, the ACLU and Oxfam we hosted the Muslim Ban Congressional Reception We worked with members of Congress to introduce legislation which would end Trump’s Muslim Ban and prohibit future such bans, the introduction of H.R. 810 was a result of that.
	Facebook announces they will take our recommendations on White Supremacy
	We testified on the House Oversight Committee White Supremacy Hearing (Part I)
	We held a Congressional Briefing on the Muslim Ban Visa Waivers with Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren
	After many months of work, the NO BAN Act was introduced.
	We attended the White Supremacy Hearing (Part II) that was held by Congress
	Joined the special DHS Taskforce on protecting houses of worship
	We released our white paper: “The White Supremacist Threat to America” We hosted a panel with Rep. Adam Schiff on countering white supremacy at All Saints Church in Pasadena
	In a speech at the Brookings Institute, DHS Secretary Kevin McAlaneen acknowledges white supremacy as a national security threat and issued a strategic plan to confront it.
	White Supremacy Hearing (Part III), in which Congress acknowledges white supremacy as a transnational threat.
	Congress held a Muslim Ban Oversight Hearing after our many months of calling for it.

Here's what’s next on our agenda:

We will continue to work to defund the Muslim Ban: this week, Congress finally heard from those affected most by the travel ban. This was after the many months of work by the No Ban Coalition that we are a part of. The Muslim Ban hearing was a critical step in our process to permanently end the ban - and ensure that a future discriminatory ban can not happen. Our next step is to continue our work with the No Muslim Ban Ever coalition to ensure that the bill becomes law. 

We will continue to work to address white supremacist violence, and its impact on American Muslim communities: We’ve been working with civil society partners and the DHS to counter violent white supremacy and protect houses of worship. Our goal is to make more public resources available for American Muslim institutions.