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| Trump Signs Executive Order Barring Muslims From Certain Countries From Entering The U.S. (Updated) | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 28 2017, 01:39 AM (878 Views) | |
| Webster | Jan 28 2017, 01:39 AM Post #1 |
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MSN News: Trump Bars All Refugees, and Citizens From 7 Muslim Nations...continued in next post.... |
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| Webster | Jan 28 2017, 01:40 AM Post #2 |
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| Webster | Jan 28 2017, 07:40 AM Post #3 |
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(The Guardian) Morning Summary --As the world picks apart Donald Trump’s move to deny refugees and immigrants from certain Muslim-majority countries entry to the United States, the 45th president of the US will take phone calls from major world leaders including the Russian president Vladimir Putin. The phone calls come after his first meeting as president with a major world leader – the UK prime minister, Theresa May. Much of the coverage of their meeting has been hung around one defining image, that of May and Trump awkwardly holding hands as they walk round the White House. But May’s meeting with Trump is already behind her as she travels to the Turkish capital, Ankara, to meet with the country’s president, Recep Erdoğan. It is expected the two leaders will discuss a post-Brexit trade deal. We’ll keep you up to date with reaction to Trump’s latest executive order, the continued analysis of the special relationship, May’s meeting with Erdoğan and other political developments to emerge. |
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| Webster | Jan 28 2017, 07:42 AM Post #4 |
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(The Guardian) Trump is facing mounting criticism for his ban on all Syrian refugees entering the US and a halt on arrivals from a string of mostly Muslim countries, Guardian staff report. The US president’s executive order, named Protection of the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States, places a 90-day block on entry to the US from citizens from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia. Chuck Schumer, Democratic leader in the Senate, said: Tears are running down the cheeks of the Statue of Liberty tonight as a grand tradition of America, welcoming immigrants, that has existed since America was founded, has been stomped upon. The Council on American-Islamic Relations announced it would be filing a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the order “because its apparent purpose and underlying motive is to ban people of the Islamic faith from Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States”. |
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| Webster | Jan 28 2017, 07:42 AM Post #5 |
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(The Guardian) Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani campaigner for girls’ education who survived an attempted murder by the Taliban when she was 15, said she was “heartbroken” that America was “turning its back on a proud history of welcoming refugees and immigrants – the people who helped build your country, ready to work hard in exchange for a fair chance at a new life”. She added: I am heartbroken that Syrian refugee children, who have suffered through six years of war by no fault of their own, are singled out for discrimination. |
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| Webster | Jan 28 2017, 07:43 AM Post #6 |
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(The Guardian) Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, said in a statement he was concerned about the impact of Trump’s executive orders. Zuckerberg, who is Jewish, said his great-grandparents came to the US from Germany, Austria and Poland and his wife’s parents were refugees from China and Vietnam. He said: The United States is a nation of immigrants, and we should be proud of that. Expanding the focus of law enforcement beyond people who are real threats would make all Americans less safe by diverting resources, while millions of undocumented folks who don’t pose a threat will live in fear of deportation. |
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| Webster | Jan 28 2017, 07:44 AM Post #7 |
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(The Guardian) Madeline Albright, the former US secretary of state, reacting to Trump’s executive order, said: There is no fine print on the Statue of Liberty. America must remain open to people of all faiths and backgrounds. |
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| Webster | Jan 28 2017, 07:45 AM Post #8 |
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(The Guardian) Democratic senator Chris Murphy urged his colleagues to speak out against Trump’s refugee ban. Murphy posted the following tweet alongside the photo of Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy who drowned while fleeing with his family. --To my colleagues: don't ever again lecture me on American moral leadership if you chose to be silent today. (Sen. Chris Murphy, D-CT - 28 Jan. 2017) |
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| Webster | Jan 28 2017, 07:47 AM Post #9 |
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(The Guardian) Congressman Seth Moulton, an Iraq war veteran, said he was “ashamed” Trump is president. In a statement, he said: We are a nation of immigrants, and America is stronger when we welcome the refugees of our enemies. These policies do not put America first. I am ashamed that he is our president. |
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| Webster | Jan 28 2017, 07:49 AM Post #10 |
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(The Guardian) Reports of arrivals blocked at US airports --There are already claims that Trump’s executive order banning immigration from some Muslim countries is preventing refugees and professionals from travelling into the US. The Department of Homeland Security issued a directive at 4:30pm ordering the Customs and Border Protection to enforce the executive order. The Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee said people who had landed after that had been blocked and told they had to return to their point of origin. “We’re hearing from a lot of people concerned about family members, friends, classmates. We’re hearing about a lot of folks asking ‘should I cancel my plans,’ and from folks who had to cancel events because of this,” Abed Ayoub of the ADC told the New York Daily News. “If they are already on the plane, they will not be able to enter.” Among those reportedly blocked is Iranian film director Asghar Farhadi, who will not be able to travel to the US for the Oscars, for which he is nominated for best foreign language film. |
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| Webster | Jan 28 2017, 07:51 AM Post #11 |
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(The Guardian) A report from Reuters, citing congressional sources and Republicans close to the White House, says Trump and his advisers are considering rescinding a signature policy of the Obama administration that shields young immigrants from deportation. Reuters reports: Even though Trump campaigned on a promise to roll back Obama’s executive orders on immigration, the Republican has so far left intact an order safeguarding 750,000 people who were brought to the United States illegally as children, known as the “dreamers.” The issue has become a flashpoint for White House advisers divided between a more moderate faction such as chief of staff Reince Priebus and immigration hardliners Stephen Miller and Steve Bannon, said a former congressional aide who has been involved with immigration issues in Washington. Priebus has said publicly that Trump will work with Congress to get a “long-term solution” on the issue. Meanwhile, Miller and Bannon, former head of right-wing website Breitbart News, have pushed Trump to take a harder approach and rescind the protections. |
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| Webster | Jan 28 2017, 07:52 AM Post #12 |
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(The Guardian) Former UK foreign secretary David Miliband has called Trump’s refugee ban a “harmful and hasty” decision. The ex-Labour MP, who is now the president of humanitarian aid body the International Rescue Committee (IRC), said: America must remain true to its core values. America must remain a beacon of hope. The IRC said that the US 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 America’s previous record as a resettlement destination, and added: This is no time for America to turn its back on people ready to become patriotic Americans. |
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| Webster | Jan 28 2017, 07:56 AM Post #13 |
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(The Guardian) Within hours of Trump signing the executive order banning nationals from seven countries from entering the US, human rights groups and NGOs reported that they had been inundated with calls from people concerned that they will not be able to get back into the country. The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) described it as worse than a draft form that had been leaked earlier in the week. In a statement, the council said: As a result, we strongly recommend Iranian green card holders not leave the country until further clarity is achieved. Social media was alive with claims that people being denied entry to the US -even, in some cases, if they were green card holders. The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) said it had received reports that green card holders and other visa holders have been denied boarding and admission into the United States at airports. Abed A. Ayoub, the ADC’s legal director, said on Twitter that he had received many questions from concerned members. |
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| Webster | Jan 28 2017, 07:57 AM Post #14 |
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(The Guardian) One notable casualty of the new order appeared to be the Iranian film director Asghar Farhadi who is nominated for an Oscar in the best foreign language film. Farhadi said he was concerned that he would no longer be able to enter the US for the ceremony as a result of the order. NIAC said it had learned that a daughter of a greencard holding Iranian family living in the US had been removed from her plane bound for the US from Dubai. After five hours of questioning she was allowed by Dubai officials to board another flight to the US. Later, Parsi reported on Twitter that he had learned of “another Iranian student with multiple entry visa who was denied entry as she returned to the US from from Europe.” Parsi said it appeared that US border officials were deciding on whether green card holders could re-enter the US on a “case by case” basis which involved asking individuals about their political views. |
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| Webster | Jan 28 2017, 07:58 AM Post #15 |
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(The Guardian) There were reports that some border officials were confused about their new instructions and unhappy about what was being asked of them. Ibrahim Hooper, communications director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) told the Guardian: I got a report of somebody who had just returned and had been pulled aside at the airport and was being detained and they were saying the agents don’t know what to do with them. We’re mainly starting to get questions from people, who have green cards and who are overseas and are returning now, about whether they are going to be allowed back into the country. We’re getting questions from young people who are going to go on ummas -lesser pilgrimages- in a group. They’re American citizens and they’re wondering should they go, should they postpone? I personally got a call from someone who has a green card and is overseas and had just booked the first flight they could get. They were actually on their way back trying to make it back home to their American citizen husband and children, not knowing when they land whether they will be allowed into the country. That’s what we’re getting right now. |
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