The American Muslim advocacy group Emgage Action on Wednesday endorsed it Democratic presidential candidate Kamala HarrisThe former President said, Donald Trump He poses a major threat to the community with his promise to re-impose the travel ban on majority Muslim countries.
The group, which endorsed President Joe Biden in 2020 after first supporting Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, says it organized 1 million Muslim voters in that election.
Harris has already secured the endorsement of smaller Muslim groups, including the Black Muslim Leadership Council Fund and the American Muslim Democratic Caucus. November 5 elections,
There was no immediate comment from Trump’s campaign.
He says he would reinstate the so-called “travel ban,” which restricts entry to the United States of people from a list of largely Muslim-majority countries. Biden lifted the ban shortly after taking office in 2021.
The Biden administration, where Harris serves as vice president, has faced calls from both fellow Democrats and international allies during Israel’s campaign in Gaza to pressure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to ease the devastating humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave.
The United States, Israel’s biggest ally and arms supplier, has sent more than 10,000 highly destructive 2,000-pound (900-kilogram) bombs and thousands of Hellfire missiles to Israel since the Gaza war began in October, US officials told Reuters in June.
According to Israeli figures, the war in the Gaza Strip began on 7 October 2023, when Hamas gunmen stormed Israeli communities, killing around 1,200 people and abducting about 250 hostages.
Since then, Israeli forces have leveled large parts of Gaza, driving some 2.3 million people from their homes, leading to deadly hunger and disease that has killed more than 41,000, according to Palestinian health officials.