Panic at the borders: Seven U.S-bound migrants stopped in Cairo and two refugees detained at JFK as Trump immigration ban takes effect Read more: htt

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[h=1]Panic at the borders: Seven U.S-bound migrants stopped in Cairo and two refugees detained at JFK as Trump immigration ban takes effect while top firms like Google scramble to get Middle Eastern workers back into U.S.[/h]

• Seven migrants stopped from boarding Cairo flight to New York on Saturday
• Two Iraqis were also detained at New York's JFK airport on Friday night
• It came just hours after Trump signed an executive order with tough new bans
• Those already flying when order came into effect were detained on arrival
• Others trying to fly from banned countries were blocked from boarding planes
• Google earlier called on employees to return to U.S. immediately fearing bans

 

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Visa, green card holders and refugees have already been blocked from entering the United States just hours after Trump signed an executive order introducing his tough new immigration bans.
Seven migrants - six from Iraq and one from Yemen - were stopped from boarding a flight from Cairo on Saturday, while at least two Iraqis were detained after flying in to New York's JFK airport on Friday night.
Panic broke out after Department of Homeland Security issued a directive at 4.30pm on Friday enforcing Trump's executive order to essentially close down the borders to refugees and visa holders from a list of banned Muslim-majority countries.

 

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday afternoon providing for 'extreme vetting' of immigrants and visa holders

It has sparked legal limbo for some refugees already who were on their way to the U.S. when the order came into effect.
Lawyers representing two Iraqi refugees detained at New York's JFK airport on Friday night were desperately seeking to have their clients released in court on Saturday morning, The New York Times reports.
[h=3]WHAT WILL TRUMP'S ANTI-IMMIGRATION ORDER DO?[/h]Ban refugee entries from all countries for 120 days. Refugees can be accepted on case-by-case basis, including if they are a religious minority facing religious persecution
Block refugee entries from Syria indefinitely.
Cap refugee intake at 50,000 per year.
Ban visa and immigration entries for 90 days from Muslim-majority countries on banned list, including Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Iran, Libya, Yemen and Somalia.
Suspend visa issuance to countries of particular concern.

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One of Iraqis detained, Hameed Khalid Darweesh, has been working in Iraq on behalf of the U.S. government for 10 years. The other, Haider Sameer Abdulkhaleq Alshawi, was flying to American to join his wife and son.
Cairo airport officials say seven U.S.-bound migrants - six from Iraq and one from Yemen - were prevented from boarding an EgyptAir flight to New York's JFK airport.
The officials said the seven migrants, escorted by officials from the U.N. refugee agency, were stopped from boarding the plane on Saturday after authorities at Cairo airport contacted their counterparts in JFK airport.
The action at Cairo airport was the first there since Trump imposed the three-month ban on refugees.
It is not clear how many refugees or visa holders are already being detained across the country.
The Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee said there was chaos at airports and in the air following Trump's ban with the organization already receiving calls for help from green card and other visa holders after being boarding and admission into the United States at the airport.
'Visas being denied immediately. Chaos at airports and in the air. #MuslimBan will apply to green card holders attempting to return tonight,' the ADC's Abed Ayoub tweeted on Friday night.

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Trump's immigration ban has angered activists (pictured in New York on Friday) with the U.S. banning all refugee entries for 120 days

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Trump, pictured with the executive order on Air Force One on Thursday, has put a 90-day pause on visas and immigration from seven countries including Iraq and Syria

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The U.S. has resettled tens of thousands of refugees from warn-torn Syria, something the Trump administration will indefinitely pause out of fears that jihadis will lurk among them

 

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Trump's ban puts a 90-day pause on visas and immigration from seven countries including Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Iran, Libya, Yemen and Somalia.
The order also puts a 120-day ban on all refugee entries into the country and declares that refugees from Syria are not welcome until further notice.
[h=3]TRUMP'S LIST FOR 'EXTREME VETTING' MEASURES:[/h]Trump's executive order provides a list of possible mechanisms for 'vetting' prospective immigrants and catching those 'seeking to enter the United States on a fraudulent basis with the intent to cause harm'.
They include:

• In-person interviews
• Database of identity documents proffered by applicants to ensure that duplicate documents are not used by multiple applicants
• Amended application forms that include questions aimed at identifying fraudulent answers and malicious intent
• Mechanism to ensure that the applicant is who the applicant claims to be
• Process to evaluate the applicant's likelihood of becoming a positively contributing member of society and the applicant's ability to make contributions to the national interest
• Mechanism to assess whether or not the applicant has the intent to commit criminal or terrorist acts after entering the United States.

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After that period of time, refugees will be accepted only from countries that the State and Homeland Security Departments decide are safe to work with.
It also provides a list of possible mechanisms for 'vetting' prospective immigrants and catching those 'seeking to enter the United States on a fraudulent basis with the intent to cause harm, or who are at risk of causing harm subsequent to their admission.'
Google urged its staff travelling overseas on Friday to immediately return to the U.S. if they would be affected by the order.
CEO Sundar Pichai issued a memo slamming Trump's order saying 100 employees were affected, Bloomberg reports.
The tech company feared its employees, even though they have valid visas, would be stopped from returning to the country.
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg hit out at Trump condemning his anti-immigration bans.
'The United States is a nation of immigrants, and we should be proud of that,' Zuckerberg said.
It follows reports that Muslim-majority countries with ties to Trump's business empire have excluded from the order.
Statistics show Trump doesn't have any business relations with the seven black-listed countries, but does with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Turkey, the NY Daily News reports.

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai urged its staff travelling overseas on Friday to immediately return to the U.S. if they would be affected by the order

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Demonstrators took part in a rally in support of Muslims and immigrants in New York on Friday ahead of Trump's executive order

Trump's order declares that U.S. policy is 'to protect its citizens from foreign nationals who intend to commit terrorist attacks in the United States; and to prevent the admission of foreign nationals who intend to exploit United States immigration laws for malevolent purposes.'
It also gives Homeland Security 60 days to begin providing the president with the names of other countries to add to the list.
The nation will limit the total refugee resettlement numbers to 50,000 per year, according to the order.
Trump's executive order declares that the U.S. will 'prioritize refugee claims made by individuals on the basis of religious-based persecution.' But that only applies when 'the religion of the individual is a minority religion in the individual's country of nationality.'
The International Rescue Committee called President Trump's suspension of the U.S. refugee resettlement program a 'harmful and hasty' decision.
In a statement issued late Friday night after the suspension was announced, IRC President David Miliband said: 'America must remain true to its core values. America must remain a beacon of hope.'
The IRC statement declared that the U.S. vetting process for prospective refugees is already robust - involving biometric screening and up to 36 months of vetting by '12 to 15 government agencies.'
Miliband praised U.S.'s record as a resettlement destination and said: 'This is no time for America to turn its back on people ready to become patriotic Americans.'

 

[Greenbacks]

I must Detain you.....Fuck off Muslims.

Go fly some planes through buildings in your home land.

 

[Acebb]

American citizens should be in any sort of panic. This is good news.

 

[StevieRay]

Better safe than sorry

 

[Acebb]

American citizens should be in any sort of panic. This is good news.

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Should not be.

 

[Greenbacks]

 

[Dave007inVegas]

Iran said on Saturday it would stop U.S. citizens entering the country in retaliation to Washington's visa ban against Tehran and six other majority-Muslim countries announced by new U.S. President Donald Trump.


"While respecting the American people and distinguishing between them and the hostile policies of the U.S. government, Iran will implement the principle of reciprocity until the offensive U.S. limitations against Iranian nationals are lifted," a Foreign Ministry statement said.

Oh ouch! :missingte

 

[AlwayzRight]

Obama did the same thing in 2011. Nobody said a thing. Why are the libs crying now?

 

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