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Dear John,
I’m writing again as a proud member of NIAC’s Community Council and as someone who has spent much of her academic life studying the literature of exile and diaspora, including that of the Iranian experience. I serve as the Howard Baskerville Professor of Humanities and Associate Dean for Academic Personnel at UC Irvine, and I know well how deeply questions of belonging, identity, and forced separation shape our community’s story.
That’s why the latest finding in NIAC’s new poll with YouGov struck such a chord: over 66% of Iranian Americans oppose the renewed travel ban [[link removed]] , and nearly half report being personally or familially impacted by it [[link removed]] .
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This isn’t theoretical. Families have been separated. Weddings, funerals, and the most intimate moments of life have been interrupted or erased altogether. And now, with a new version of the ban reinstated by President Trump, we are forced to relive the indignities many thought were behind us.
NIAC is meeting this moment with both urgency and care. The newly expanded Travel Ban & Immigrant Justice Resource Center offers tools for impacted families, legal guidance, and critical resources for our community and allies. And through its continued work opposing ICE raids and deportations, NIAC is standing up to the broader system of criminalization that has targeted so many in our community.
Visit the Travel Ban and Immigration Justice [[link removed]] Resource Center [[link removed]]Today, NIAC has officially launched our ICE Detentions of Iranian Nationals: Community Tracker [[link removed]] . This is a regularly updated community database of publicly available information on Iranian nationals detained by ICE in 2025.
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I hope you’ll take time to read the poll and see what it reveals: we are not alone in our opposition to these cruel and unnecessary policies. We are a majority - and we are organizing.
That’s why NIAC’s Fall Campaign [[link removed]] matters. We’re strengthening our ability to confront these policies head-on. Already, we’ve raised $76,000 toward our $400,000 goal. E very contribution builds the resources we need: expanding the Travel Ban & Immigrant Justice Resource Center, maintaining the ICE Detentions Tracker, and equipping our community to organize, advocate, and win change. Donate to NIAC this Fall [[link removed]] With hope,
Nasrin Rahimieh NIAC Community Council Memberunsubscribe: [link removed]