US Travel Ban: New Rhetoric, Same Old Prejudice

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Afghani evacuee Israr, 26, shows photos on his phone of himself working in Afghanistan as a translator with military forces at his new apartment in Charlestown, Massachusetts, February 21, 2022. © 2022 Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images Have you ever been shut out or denied something based solely on your group identity? That is the essence of discrimination; a deeply dehumanizing disregard for individuality, reducing your personal value to a generic category.On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court unanimously reiterated in Ames v. Ohio that the US Civil…

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