A rally against the first travel ban in late January. (Photo by ep_jhu)

When President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday banning new visas for people from six majority-Muslim countries, he did so out of the public eye and without bells and whistles. The whistles and other noisemakers will be in full effect on Tuesday morning, however, during an emergency rally outside the headquarters of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

“We want to make sure that the people inside Customs and Border Protection hear us,” says Ramah Kudaimi, a board member of the Washington Peace Center and part of the D.C. Justice for Muslims Coalition, which is organizing the rally.

This is Trump’s second attempt at a travel ban. The first one, signed on January 27, immediately barred people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. and suspended the Syrian refugee resettlement program.

Its implementation led to confusion and chaos at airports, bringing protesters and phalanxes of volunteer lawyers to terminals across the globe. The order hasn’t stood up in court, either. As part of a statewide injunction, a federal judge in Virginia found that the order was motivated by an unconstitutional religious bias rather than “rational national security concerns.”

While the order signed today does not include Iraq and will be implemented starting March 16, Kudaimi cautions against considering it a more palatable outcome than the first one. “Racism is still racism, whether it’s moderate or not,” she says. “Trump thinks he can rearrange some of the wording and it will be fine. We’re sending the message that no, this is still a Muslim ban.”

Beginning March 16, the new executive order blocks new visas from Libya, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Yemen, and Somalia for 90 days, though it allows for case-by-case waivers. It also more than halves the country’s admission of refugees, from 110,000 under the Obama administration to 50,000.

While the country remains divided on the previous ban, the Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement unions “fully support and appreciate President Trump’s swift and decisive action to keep the American people safe and allow law enforcement to do its job,” according to a statement they released in late January. “Morale amongst our agents and officers has increased exponentially since the signing of the orders.”

That’s part of what compelled D.C. Justice for Muslims Coalition to plan the rally outside CBP headquarters. “The fact that these people are feeling so powerful is why we chose to protest at CBP,” Kudaimi says. “CBP should be adhering to the supposed values we claim as a country.”

There’s widespread evidence that border officers ignored court orders at Dulles International Airport the weekend the first ban was implemented. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring joined a case that alleges CBP officers illegally coerced as many as 60 people into signing away their rights.

“This pared-down order is an incredible concession from President Trump that all but concedes the significant constitutional and practical flaws that the Courts and I saw in his original ban,” said Herring in a statement. “Although the new order appears to be significantly scaled back, it still sends a horrible message to the world, to Muslim-Americans, and to minority communities across the country, without any demonstrable benefit to national security.”

He says his office is examining the new order, as is D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine.

The “No Muslim Ban 2.0” Rally begins at 8 a.m. outside of Customs and Border Patrol (1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW). Find out more information here.