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Members of the Boards,


Two weeks ago, on Wednesday, January 25th, President Trump launched his
first executive order on immigration; he followed that action up two days
later, on Friday, January 27th, with the now-infamous executive order
targeting refugees and those of heritage from seven Muslim-majority
countries.


I'm proud to say that in those two weeks, Truman has been hard at work on
this front.


We hit the ground running with a statement
<http://trumanproject.org/home/doctrine-blog/truman-project-statement-on-published-and-anticipated-executive-orders/>
released that Wednesday and full message guidance sent out as soon as the
actual EO was signed on Friday. Over the weekend, our members went out to
airports across the country as lawyers, translators and citizens to help
those directly impacted and show solidarity with the protests. Veterans in
particular had an outsized impact on public perception of both the ban and
the airport protests. Chapters took action at the local level, with San
Diego
<http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sd-me-security-trump-20170127-story.html>
and San Francisco
<http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/SF-Resistance-to-Trumps-Immigration-Order-Grows-412227533.html>
holding press conferences on Friday and Monday, and other
Chapters—including Los Angeles, Texas, Atlanta, and Philadelphia—releasing
statements and letters to the press in the back half of the week and over
the weekend. And we held major calls on Monday and Tuesday, first to
announce to press a letter
<https://cdn.americanprogress.org/content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/30141336/Honorourpromise-2.pdf>
signed by more than 300 veterans against the ban, and then to provide
background to staff on the Hill about the security implications of the
EO. We followed that up by providing two witnesses, myself included, to
testify at a forum
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/democrats-khizr-khan-trump-executive-order_us_5893a37ae4b09bd304ba6911>
held by Leader Pelosi and House Democrats on Thursday.


On top of all that, we drummed up an enormous media presence. The press
call and various Chapter activities resulted in mentions in national,
international, and local markets in 48 states and 12 countries. Members
have so far had op-eds published in national outlets as well as local
papers in 12 states as diverse as Montana
<http://mtstandard.com/news/opinion/guest/letter-to-my-iraqi-interpreter/article_27be04b1-e061-5a06-a528-4ec59bca7ff5.html>
and Massachusetts
<http://www.bostonherald.com/opinion/op_ed/2017/02/kistner_travel_ban_betrays_american_values>.
And I personally had two high profile media appearances--one on MSNBC
<https://twitter.com/TrumanProject/status/825877222326087680>, and another
debating Tucker Carlson at length on Fox News (video in two
<http://app.criticalmention.com/app/#clip/view/25963202?token=2f0caad3-6810-422f-afc4-93191f69d044>
parts
<http://app.criticalmention.com/app/#clip/view/25963205?token=2f0caad3-6810-422f-afc4-93191f69d044>)—and
signing on to another major letter covered by Politico
<http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-executive-order-refugees-immigrants-reversal-urged-234378>
.


I'm happy to provide a more comprehensive readout of all the individual
pieces of work, but I just wanted to share with you how proud I am of the
incredible volume of work we’ve done so far. These are the opening salvos
in a longer fight, but I have every confidence that with this community’s
efforts and your support, we can keep advocating for the values that make
this country strong.


Very Respectfully,

Michael Breen

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