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“Like many campaign promises, Mr. Trump’s commission may never become reality. But it would be far harder to challenge in court than a Muslim ban or registry. It must be vigorously resisted as a threat not only to American Muslims, but all Americans who dread a return to McCarthyism.”

Faiza Patel, co-director of Liberty & National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice

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