(Middle East Eye) Since mid-September, at least 40 Democrats in the US House of Representatives have signed on to cosponsor a piece of legislation seeking to overturn US President Donald Trump’s Muslim ban, bringing the total number of signatories to 189.
With that influx, only 49 House Democrats have yet to sign the legislation, but Muslim Advocates, a rights organisation based in Washington, wants to bring that number to zero.
The push for cosponsors on the legislation began ahead of a hearing in two House subcommittees on the Muslim ban that took effect on 24 September.
“The joint House hearing was the first ever congressional hearing on the Muslim ban,” Eric Naing, media relations officer at Muslim Advocates, told Middle East Eye on Thursday.
