Press Advisory Highlights of Cleveland City Council Meeting January 30, 2017 Cleveland (January 30, 2017) -- City Council adopted a resolution tonight strongly objecting to the recent presidential executive order that temporarily bans migrants from Muslim-majority countries and refugees from around the world from entering the United States. The legislation states that the executive order is illegal and un-American and calls on Cleveland citizens to join together to build a stronger “Welcoming City” Cleveland. “This executive order is anathema to our shared values as a nation of immigrants, a nation that grants relief and safe haven to people from war-torn countries and from religious, ethnic and all other forms of persecution,” the legislation reads. “This ban enflames U.S. relations with Muslim-majority countries, indeed with all Muslims, and will surely make the United States less safe from acts of terrorism.” Joan Mazzol Chief of Communications Cleveland City Council 216.664.4466 jmazzolini@clevelandcitycouncil.org,