Murphy, Blumenthal, Urge the American Bar Association to Approve Proposed Connecticut Bar Association Resolution on Regufees

Statement

Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) sent a letter to the American Bar Association urging approval of a proposed Connecticut Bar Association resolution on refugees, which reaffirms the moral imperative and long standing American tradition of extending a hand to those in need, regardless of their nationality or religion. Today, the American Bar Association is expected to vote on the resolution.

"The obligation to ensure refugees and similarly vulnerable migrants receive humane treatment and legal protection is particularly strong for attorneys. Regardless of career path -- government prosecutor, public defender, civil litigator, elected official -- we are all committed to upholding the rule of law. When hatred is allowed to transform the law into a means of separating children from their parents and returning those who have escaped torture to their torturer, our entire profession suffers. When the Constitutional principle of non-discrimination is abandoned, our entire justice system is weakened," the letter states.

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