Afghanistan, Dec. 3 -- A major US Muslim advocacy group has urged the Trump administration to lift its Afghan visa ban, calling the policy discriminatory and unjust.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in California has called on the Trump administration to reverse its broad restrictions on visa processing and immigration pathways for Afghanistan nationals.
The organisation said late Tuesday that the measure unfairly targets an entire population and amounts to "collective punishment," arguing it could fuel discrimination and restrict basic rights for vulnerable communities.
Following a recent attack in Washington that U.S. authorities linked to an Afghan asylum seeker, Donald Trump sharply escalated his rhetoric against Afgh...