It is very important that as many as possible turn out today in support of our
union sister and colleague Saira Rafiee!
Reportedly, 140-150 CUNY students are affected by the ban.
See below
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Protest in Support of Saira Rafiee
Wed, Feb 1, 12:30-1:30pm
CUNY Graduate Center front steps, 365 Fifth Ave
RSVP/share: https://www.facebook.com/events/1237826349657817/
[Text from announcement:] On Friday, January 27 Political Science Ph.D.
candidate Saira Rafiee was removed from an airplane in Dubai as she was
preparing to return to her studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. Saira, an
Iranian citizen, is one of the many tens of thousands affected by Trump's
reprehensible and immoral ban targeting Muslims and refugees. Protest this
discriminatory Executive Order and show your solidarity with our comrade.
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ALSO SEE:
http://gcadvocate.com/2017/01/30/trumps-immigration-policy-strikes-cuny/
[http://opencuny.org/gcadvocate/files/2017/01/SRafiee-300x300.jpg]<http://gcadvocate.com/2017/01/30/trumps-immigration-policy-strikes-cuny/>
Trump's Immigration Policy Strikes CUNY - The
Advocate<http://gcadvocate.com/2017/01/30/trumps-immigration-policy-strikes-cuny/>
gcadvocate.com
Gordon Barnes Donald Trump's executive order banning immigrants and travelers
from seven Muslim-majority countries - Iran, Iraq, Lybia, Somalia, Sudan,
Syria, and Yemen - has affected one of CUNY's own. Saira Rafiee, a doctoral
student in the Political Science Program at The Graduate Center, CUNY, was
visiting family on holiday in Iran when the ban came ...
