Stonewall Protest Shows LGBT Solidarity With Muslims Against Trump Ban
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A federal judge in Brooklyn has blocked part of President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration and international travel, temporarily helping scores of refugees and others who were detained at airports around the country on Saturday.
Judge Ann M. Donnelly, of Federal District Court in Brooklyn, granted a stay for the people whowere detained in airports,ruling that the government was enjoined and restrained from, in any manner and by any means, removing individuals who had arrived in the United States with valid visas or refugee status.
Trump signed an executive order on Friday 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. Department of Homeland Security said that the order has also barred green card holders from those countries from re-entering the United States.
Refugees and travelers were detained at airports around the country on Saturday as a result of the order. Protests surfaced at airports, with supporters calling for the refugees and travelers to be let into the United States.
Lawyers for A.C.L.U. sued the government to block the White House order, and Donnelly delivered her ruling after their testimony that one of the people was on a plate to be deported at that moment.The judge said the stay is only temporary, until a permanent ruling is given later.
New York Times reports that the "ruling does not appear to force the administration to let in people otherwise blocked by Mr. Trumps order who have not yet traveled to the United States."
Refugees who were detained at the airports have been freed from custody.
Amazing, emotional scenes here at Dulles as some passengers finally unite with crying relatives surrounded by protestors welcoming them. pic.twitter.com/h8sW3LR75N
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WATCH: ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero coming out of the court where the ACLU just argued and won block of Trump's Muslim ban. pic.twitter.com/kvWDgWiUIn
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