Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals – Global Student Square

Voices of the Square: Q&A with Zahra Billoo, civil rights lawyer and Muslim activist

May 18, 2017
Beatrice
Education, Immigration, Interview, Justice & Equality, Libre Talks, Opinion, Podcast/Audio, Politics, Top Stories, USA, Voices Of The Square

GSS Libre Talks columnist Hannah Shraim interviews CAIR executive director Zahra Billoo about issues facing our nation, including President Trump's moves to ban Muslims from traveling to the U.S., a program that’s targeting Muslim high school students in Maryland as potential community informants, and what she prefers to a really nutritious dinner.

Appeals court set to rule on restraint of Muslim ban as California student journalists cover impact of “Executive Disorder”

February 6, 2017
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Immigration, News, Politics, Top Stories, Videos

Beginning Friday, Jan. 27, student journalists at the Blue Devil Hub spent the next seven days covering an airport protest in San Francisco, a fundraising drive that raised $22,000 for a local Islamic mosque after it was vandalized on Jan. 22, the story of a Davis High School parent who was refused permission to travel to Iran for her father's memorial service after the Trump ban went into effect, and a meeting of the local school board to answer questions on "what can schools do to protect their most vulnerable students from a federal government that is targeting them and their families?"