Vice President Mike Pence once called Muslim ban ‘offensive’

Trump also said he had “tremendous feeling” for those caught up in the “horrific humanitarian crisis” in Syria, but that his first priority is to American citizens.

Democrats argue that key offices within the State Department and the Justice Department were in the dark about the immigration order before it was made public.

The Homeland Security Department says a NY court order temporarily barring the US from deporting people from nations subject to President Donald Trump’s travel ban will not affect the overall implementation of the White House executive action.

In a joint statement, the two Senators feared that this executive order will become a self-inflicted wound in the fight against terrorism.

While no numbers have been confirmed, those that have been reported paint a picture of confusion at major airports all around the country.

Dubai Airports, operator of the world’s busiest airport for global travel, said it was “monitoring the situation”.

Hillary Clinton took to Twitter to express her support for those who came out to protest.

More than 100 protesters and dozens of immigration attorneys have gathered at the global arrivals terminal at Dulles worldwide Airport outside Washington, D.C., cheering people arriving from Muslim countries.

Further protests are planned for major airports across the country today after crowds turned out at JFK in NY, O’Hare in Chicago and elsewhere last night in support of detained passengers.

The emergency protest was organized outside of the global arrivals area of the terminal about 11 a.m.

The event, to start at 2 p.m. “We believe in their right to speak and demonstrate, but we have to protect commerce and it is a place of business”.

A second day of demonstrations got underway at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday as protesters condemned President Trump’s travel restrictions that have roiled airports across the nation.

The speakers include Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., who on Saturday worked for the release of detainees at O’Hare; Ald.

The travelers were airborne as Trump signed the action yesterday. Across the country, at airports including Detroit, Louisville, Philadelphia and others, scores of demonstrators swarmed the terminals, demanding that any refugees detained by immigration authorities be released. Standing in the main terminal Saturday, they sang “Refugees are welcome here”. “As far as green card holders moving forward, it doesn’t affect them”, Priebus said. Most of those people were moved out. Two Christian Syrian families were stopped and sent back to Doha, Qatar, after arriving at Philadelphia International Airport.

Trump brushed off comments that his order could be seen as an anti-Muslim measure, and said the “very strict” crackdown he had ordered was working out “very, very nicely”.

A few hundred people gathered in protest at LAX on Saturday night.