People from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen were banned from entering the US. In 2018, the Supreme Court with a 5-4 decision allowed for Trump’s ban to be established. The ban has separated Muslim families, rejected Muslims from accessing medical procedures that could save their lives, and stopped many from visiting their families within the US. This ban further encourages the idea that Muslims are a threat, and not part of American society.

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Muslim Americans have experienced hate crimes 67% more in 2015 than in 2014. The No Hate Act includes the enforcement of protections for religiously-affiliated property, improving tools people use to report hate crimes, and also funding state and local governments to do things like create training for employees to identify hate crimes.