Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) are inviting all Democratic lawmakers to join them at 6 p.m. Monday on the steps of the Supreme Court to show solidarity with legal attempts to block Trump’s travel ban. And in an interview, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said he would introduce legislation to overturn Trump’s order by forcing him to comply with the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, which banned discrimination against immigrants on the basis of national origin.
“I think ultimately this ban will be struck down by the courts, but we need to put legislation on the table that Republicans could support that overturns the ban,” Murphy said. “[The president] clearly campaigned on this ban, but the fact that he put no thought into how it was drafted or how it would be implemented is incredibly dangerous.”
Given that stance, Murphy said, Democrats must “force a debate” this week on Trump’s order by slowing consideration of the president’s remaining Cabinet nominees, especially Rex Tillerson, his choice to serve as the next secretary of state.
“We should take every ounce of time that we’re allowed on these nominees to talk about the disaster that has been the first week of this administration, especially when it comes to foreign policy,” he said.
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