The Gold Star father who emotionally addressed the 2016 Democratic National Convention has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down President Trump's travel ban.
Khizr Khan says the restriction "desecrates" the service and sacrifice of his son, Humayun Khan, a captain in the U.S. Army who was killed in Iraq in 2004.
In court papers, Khan's attorney said the latest version of Trump's travel ban before the court is "yet another watered-down version of the Muslim ban," the Washington Examiner reports.
"The taint of discrimination has not been washed away. Indeed, the underlying message of the Proclamation is the same as that of the original Muslim Ban," the lawyer says in his brief for Khan.
"The message is that Muslims are unwelcome outsiders. And that message has been received loud and clear — not only by Muslims like Mr. Khan, but by those who have been denigrating and attacking Muslims with increasing frequency and vehemence since President Trump called for, and then began trying to implement, his unconstitutional Muslim Ban.''
A conflict between Trump and Khan broke out after Khan's father criticized Trump as the GOP presidential nominee in a Democratic National Convention speech in 2016.
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