It was recently revealed in a Fox News poll that Biden is leading Donald Trump by a significant percentage, while the president declined to admit that he would accept the results of the upcoming election. In a bid to ensure their victory in the impending election, both leaders are pledging to offer American people what they want, and what's good for the nation.
Keeping in line with that, Biden promised to put an end to Trump's Muslim travel ban on his first day in office. The former vice president's assurance to end Trump's so-called Muslim travel ban as soon as he takes office is likely to significantly strengthen his lead over the president.
Aside from pledging to end the Muslim ban on day one, Biden said he will work along with Congress to pass hate crime legislation such as the End Racial and Religious Profiling Act, and the Jabara-Heyer No Hate Act. Biden was addressing those attending the Million Muslim Votes Summit, which is an online conference organized by Emgage Action, the country's largest Muslim-American political group.
One of Trump's initial actions after taking office in 2017 includes suspending entry to America of travelers from seven majority Muslim nations: Yemen, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya, Iraq, and Iran, for 90 days. As expected, the executive order led to chaos and outcry at airports around the world, and lawsuits were filed against the ban, The New York Times reported.
Federal judges barred the implementation of the first ban, but Trump issued a second ban that got tied up in federal courts as well. In the fall of 2017, the White House issued the third ban that applied to six majority Muslim countries, along with two non-majority Muslim countries.
In 2018, the Supreme Court sustained the constitutionality of the third ban, and it continues to remain in place even today. Addressing the Muslim communities on Monday, Biden said they were the first to experience Trump's attack on black and brown people with his offensive Muslim ban.
Biden said the ban was the first attack in nearly four years of unceasing pressure, attacks, and insult by Trump against the black, brown, and other minority communities. The former vice president even pointed to the rising number of hate crimes in the United States over the last few years, and to some of Trump's recently announced political appointees, who haven't shied away from openly expressing their Islamophobic views.
Moreover, Biden accused Trump of sparking the flames of hatred in America through his words, policies, his deeds, and appointments. Trump campaign spokeswoman Courtney Parella told CNN said Trump realizes that it is the faith of the people that unites the country, adding that the president has and will continue to defend religious freedoms for the people of America.