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Nets’ Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, practicing Muslim, calls immigration ban ‘BS’

Nets forward Rondae Hollis-Jefferson—a Muslim—spoke out against Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Saturday, calling it “BS.”

The comments came as President Trump signed an executive order which bars citizens from seven predominantly-Muslim countries from entering the country over the next 90 days. Trump also discontinued the Syrian refugee program.

Here’s what a choked up Hollis-Jefferson told the New York Post:

“We try to teach people not to point the finger, blame a whole [group]. You can’t judge a whole group by one’s actions at the end of the day. And I feel like that’s not right.