Ilhan Omar: “It gives me great pride to rise today in support of the NO BAN Act. Our friends on the other side of the aisle might try…”

“It gives me great pride to rise today in support of the NO BAN Act. Our friends on the other side of the aisle might try to obscure the reality here by pointing to the Muslim countries that are not on the ban. The White House has tried to wrap their hateful policy up in a false story about national security, but we know the truth. I have spoken countless times, both before and since I have entered this office, about the hateful brutality of the Muslim ban. Today, I want to celebrate the work that brought us to this point. I want to celebrate the countless Americans who went to the airport the day the first ban was announced. I want to celebrate the thousands of State Department employees who signed the dissent memo and those who resigned in protest. I want to celebrate Congresswoman Chu and Senator Coons for their tireless work on overturning this ban. Today's vote is a culmination of all of their work, starting at the grassroots level. We have been in the struggle together, and we will continue to be in it until this ban is in the dustbin of history.”