The Student Association Senate took a stand against President Trump’s executive order to ban travel and immigration from seven nations for 90 days.

The senate passed the TYRANT Act, Terrified Youth Resolved Against Nationalistic Tyranny, calling upon Trump to repeal the travel ban.

The resolution was sponsored by senators; Mosby, Anwar and Altilio. The resolution was cosponsored by 22 other senators.

“Interim President Stellar indicated that 30 UAlbany students and several more professors come from the seven affected nations…” the resolution said.

“It is our responsibility to show we are standing with these students,” Senate Head Chair Jarrett Altilio said while introducing the resolution.

Not all senators agreed with the resolution and was passed by roll call instead of passing unanimously. Senator Brett Wolfe voiced his reason for voting against the bill. “I was voted by the students not to make the political statement for the students, but to represent them in SA government and not actual government.”

“I think what really lead myself and Senators Mosby and Anwar to actually putting it into resolution form was when President Stellar had sent out his notice to the student body,” Altilio said. “What made it really real to the student body was when he related back to the student body and faculty and staff.”

Multiple senators have worked closely with people who have been affected by the ban. Senator Rachel Eager, a member of the Global Institute of Health and Human Rights, spoke about why she cosponsored the resolution.

“It’s so hard to get into our country already … I think a lot of people don’t already realize that,” she said. “My bosses are specifically from Iran… their brother is actually over there, visiting his father, and they don’t know if they’re getting back to the U.S. anytime soon.”

The Global Institute of Health and Human Rights was founded in 2013 by human rights activists Kamiar Alaei and Arash Alaei. The mission of the group is to generate a deeper understanding of the intersection of health and human rights, said on the University at Albany website.

The travel ban has currently reached the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco, the New York Times reports.

“Something tells me that President Trump is not really interested in listening to the opinion of the Albany Student Association, but at the very least I hope we could get a tweet out of him,” Altilio said. “Governor Cuomo has stood up for New Yorkers that have been affected, like in the airports over the weekend… we support the efforts that he’s taking… to him, and Senator Schumer, and Gillibrand, and Congressman Tonko to keep fighting the way they are fighting now.”