On Friday President Trump signed an executive order banning “the entry of any refugee who is awaiting resettlement in the U.S.,” according to The Atlantic. “It also prohibits all Syrian refugees from entering the U.S. until further notice. Additionally, it bans the citizens of seven countries—Iraq, Iran, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Libya, and Yemen—from entering the U.S. on any visa category.”
Chaos and protests at airports around the country quickly appeared Saturday.
A Federal judge in Brooklyn Saturday, issued a stay on the immigration ban, thus allowing those with visas to remain. The immigration chaos continues.
New York Times: President Trump’s Immigration Order, Annotated
President Trump on Friday afternoon approved a sweeping executive order that suspended entry of all refugees to the United States for 120 days, barred Syrian refugees indefinitely, and blocked entry into the United States for 90 days for citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. It also barred green card holders from those countries from re-entering the United States, the Department of Homeland Security said, though the administration said exemptions could be granted.
Here are some major excerpts from the executive order, with comments by The New York Times. The full text of the order is available here.
Reuters: Chaos, anger as Trump order halts some Muslim immigrants (Video)
President Donald Trump’s order to restrict people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States sparked confusion and anger on Saturday after immigrants and refugees were kept off flights and left stranded in airports.
ABC News: US Judge Grants Stay on Deportations Under Trump Immigration Order, But Overall Ban Remains
A federal court in Brooklyn tonight granted an emergency stay on President Trump’s executive order that bans immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries for two Iraqi men who had valid visas to enter the United States but were detained today when they arrived in New York.
LA Times: Trump’s refugee policy raises a question: How do you tell a Christian from a Muslim?
In President Trump’s telling, the Middle East is a place where Christians run a daily gantlet of persecution, threatened at every corner by religious zealots eager to chop off their heads.
The U.S. government under previous administrations, he alleged, showed little pity.
Tech companies on Saturday expressed concerns over President Donald Trump’s order to restrict migration from several countries, with leaders saying the move could directly impact their own staffers.
Silicon Valley’s chieftans provided emotional support, as well as offers of legal assistance to employees affected by an executive order that banned all non-citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States for at least 90 days.
