Target: Joe Biden, President of the United States
Goal: Support elimination of restrictions that targeted Muslims and transgender Americans.
Highly controversial executive actions that endorsed discrimination in the travel world and in the U.S. military helped shape a divisive human rights legacy for the previous administration. This petition and this petition on ForceChange called for a reversal of the ban on travel from Muslim-majority countries and the ban on transgender military service, respectively. The new administration has listened to the outcry against these human rights abuses by banishing the arbitrary dictates.
On January 20, President Biden signed an executive order striking down travel restrictions into the United States directed at citizens of seven countries. Since people living in these nations are overwhelmingly part of the Islamic faith, critics widely viewed this ban as a fulfillment of former President Trump’s pledge to keep Muslims out of the country. Another executive order signed five days later eliminated a ban seen as an unnecessary assault on transgender Americans. With this ban lifted, all Americans who want to serve and protect their country are free to do so again, without regard to sexual or gender identity.
Sign the petition below to hail these important restorations of human rights.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear President Biden,
The Muslim-centered travel restriction and the ban on transgender military service were among the earliest and most contentious actions of the Trump administration. These dictates coldly struck at individuals who have already endured marginalization and oppression. In the case of the military ban, this heartless action also punished Americans who spent their lives in service to their country.
Thank you for honoring your promises and ending these unjust and un-American bans. Please continue to fight for the free and fair treatment of all human beings.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
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