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President Donald Trump's executive immigration order

Late Saturday, a federal judge in New York temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order blocking the entry of Syrian refugees and imposing a de facto ban on travelers coming from several Muslim-majority countries.

The American Civil Liberties Union and refugee relief organizations had filed the action in federal court Saturday morning on behalf of two Iraqi nationals who were detained at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, asking for a declaration that the order is unconstitutional and requesting an injunction to prevent its implementation.

The legal action named Trump in his official capacity as president, as well as the Department of Homeland Security and other high-ranking officials. Although temporary, it represents the first constitutional setback faced by the new administration.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/court-blocks-trump-refugee-ban_us_588d4b53e4b0b065cbbc6a6f
 
Late Saturday, a federal judge in New York temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order blocking the entry of Syrian refugees and imposing a de facto ban on travelers coming from several Muslim-majority countries.

The American Civil Liberties Union and refugee relief organizations had filed the action in federal court Saturday morning on behalf of two Iraqi nationals who were detained at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, asking for a declaration that the order is unconstitutional and requesting an injunction to prevent its implementation.

The legal action named Trump in his official capacity as president, as well as the Department of Homeland Security and other high-ranking officials. Although temporary, it represents the first constitutional setback faced by the new administration.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/court-blocks-trump-refugee-ban_us_588d4b53e4b0b065cbbc6a6f
Make America great ... "we had a set back"...Again( to be continued)
 
| Sat Jan 28, 2017 | 9:23pm EST | Reuters
Judge allows travelers who landed with visas to stay in country


A federal judge in Brooklyn, New York issued an emergency stay on Saturday that temporarily blocks the U.S. government from sending people out of the country after they have landed at a U.S. airport with valid visas.

The American Civil Liberties Union estimates the stay will affect 100 to 200 people detained at U.S. airports or in transit, but government lawyers could not confirm that number.

The ruling by Judge Ann Donnelly of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York came during a hearing called after President Donald Trump issued an executive order blocking people from seven Muslim-majority from entering the United States and putting a temporary halt to refugee admissions.


(Reporting by Mica Rosenburg, Writing by Frank McGurty; Editing by Nick Zieminski)


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If they have valid visas, they should be allowed in.
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there is a saying...Devil lies in details...passing executive orders is one thing...implementing them is a different ball game...there are many such people who have kids here(american citizen)...so are they now going to kick out their won citizens because their parents happen to be from these 7 countries??
green card is not citizen, its like a prolonged visa/permanent residence as they call it, being on green card for 3-5 years transition you to a national, he cant block Americans
 
All the greencard holders will be let in on a case by case basis from the 7 countries.
 
Why Ban Iran ? and Libya ? none of the country ever Try or Conspire to attack US ? I thought ISIS is Sunni and Iran is a Shia Majority .. Trump has gone nuts :lol:
because Israel, Iran is about the only muslim country still fussing about Palestine and keep saying retarded stuff like they'll wipe Israel off the map besides funding Hamas and Hezbollah. Libya is a major source of the refugee influx into Europe.
 
BUSINESS NEWS | Sat Jan 28, 2017 | 9:54pm EST | Reuters
U.S. tech leaders sound alarm over Trump immigration order

By Joseph Menn and Julia Love | SAN FRANCISCO

The U.S. technology industry, a major employer of foreign workers, hit back on Saturday at President Donald Trump's sudden executive order on immigration, with some leaders calling it immoral and un-American.

Trump's order temporarily bars citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States even if they hold valid visas or permanent residence permits, a move that caught many companies off-guard.

Netflix Inc Chief Executive Reed Hastings called it "a sad week" and added: "It is time to link arms together to protect American values of freedom and opportunity."

Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook sent a letter to employees saying Trump's order was "not a policy we support" and promised to help affected employees.

"We have reached out to the White House to explain the negative effect on our coworkers and our company," Cook added.

Elon Musk, the South African-born founder of Tesla and SpaceX who met recently with Trump, said on Twitter: "The blanket entry ban on citizens from certain primarily Muslim countries is not the best way to address the country’s challenges."

Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky said: "Not allowing countries or refugees into America is not right and we must stand with those who are affected."

Airbnb will provide free housing to anyone not allowed into the United States, Chesky said.

Aaron Levie, the outspoken founder and CEO of online storage company Box Inc, said: "The executive order on immigration is immoral and antithetical to our values."

Friday's order could be a major headache for tech companies, potentially leaving employees stranded overseas and unable to return to the United States.

Alphabet Inc's Google urgently called back employees from overseas and told ones who might be affected by the ban not to leave the United States.

CEO Sundar Pichai said in an email to staff that more than 100 Google employees were affected by the order, according to a Google executive.

One Google employee of Iranian nationality with legal U.S. residency made it back to the United States just hours before the order took effect, the executive said.

"We're concerned about the impact of this order and any proposals that could impose restrictions on Googlers and their families, or that could create barriers to bringing great talent to the U.S.," Google said in a statement.

Microsoft Corp President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith said in a company-wide email posted on LinkedIn that 76 company employees were citizens of the seven countries in question and held U.S. work visas, and thus were directly affected by the order.

He said the company had not determined how many people with green cards, or permanent residence status, might be affected.

"As a company, Microsoft believes in a strong and balanced high-skilled immigration system," Smith said in the post. "We believe in the importance of protecting legitimate and law-abiding refugees whose very lives may be at stake in immigration proceedings."

Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] CEO Travis Kalanick, who has faced criticism from some employees for participating in President Trump's business advisory council, said in a statement that the company would compensate drivers from the seven countries who might not be able to return to the United States for three months or more. He said the company knew of about a dozen affected employees.

"This ban will impact many innocent people - an issue that I will raise this coming Friday when I go to Washington for President Trump’s first business advisory group meeting," Kalanick said.

Facebook Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post on Friday that was "concerned" about the order and voiced support for immigrants.


(Reporting by Joseph Menn, Julia Love and Kristina Cook; Writing by Jonathan Weber; Editing by Alan Crosby, Bill Rigby and Nick Zieminski)


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Regardless of where these technical guys are from, if they have valid visas or green cards they should be allowed to return.
Otherwise it may cause unnecessary disruptions to these tech companies.

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well they have right to protect their country and they did what was necessary but the question is is American their country ??? or isnt trump is a son of a european immigrant migrated to the land of native americans???
 
well they have right to protect their country and they did what was necessary but the question is is American their country ??? or isnt trump is a son of a european immigrant migrated to the land of native americans???
So if i sign a paper saying that pakistanis are not allowed for Hajj this year bc of security ( bc they are " maybe " terrorist") would i be in my right?
 
So if i sign a paper saying that pakistanis are not allowed for Hajj this year bc of security ( bc they are " maybe " terrorist") would i be in my right?

well brother u r confusing the topic ... Hajj is a religious duty nobody can stop any muslim for that also there is only one Kaba ... but you have to understand why non muslims are not allowed to enter Makkah?? not because they r non muslims only but for security purpose as well .... this guy has a right to protect his people .. if our leaders are not good enough to protect their citizen rights then we shudnt blame others ...
 
well brother u r confusing the topic ... Hajj is a religious duty nobody can stop any muslim for that also there is only one Kaba ... but you have to understand why non muslims are not allowed to enter Makkah?? not because they r non muslims only but for security purpose as well .... this guy has a right to protect his people .. if our leaders are not good enough to protect their citizen rights then we shudnt blame others ...
You see, the problem is not security, but trump use that instead of using "the real" word of it, trump do not want muslim, since he's accepting only "christian" refugees... . The thing used for hajj was to give you the absurdityof his statement. And then those asking why not all muslim countries then, if he doens't want muslims... well it's simple, one part of the muslims have power the other not... . This has nothing to do with security, it's just hate and politics. if he want to protect his country then he should start banning afghanistans , pakistans, few in the golf, yemen and even north africa...
 
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