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POR 2017 #32 · Agenda item attachment · Jan 30 2017
That the City Council will continue to oppose future Executive Orders violating the constitutional rights of Muslims and therefore the constitutional rights of all Americans
City of Cambridge
O-
ORIGINAL ORDER
IN CITY COUNCIL
January 30, 2017
COUNCILLOR MAZEN
VICE MAYOR MCGOVERN
WHEREAS:
The President has issued an executive order on Friday, January 27th 2017 banning
nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries including Syria, Iran, Iraq, Libya,
Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen; and
WHEREAS:
Several federal judges have issued a stay on the order and it will likely be ruled
unconstitutional; and
WHEREAS:
Cambridge is a city that takes pride in all residents and its diverse immigrant
population many of whom have come to Cambridge from the seven named countries;
now therefore be it
ORDERED:
That the City Council recognizes this as first step in the President’s campaign promise
to enact a Muslim ban; and be it further
ORDERED:
That the City Council go on record as opposed to this executive order; and be it further
ORDERED:
That the City Council will continue to oppose future executive orders violating the
constitutional rights of Muslims.