Iraqis With Ties To US Forces File Lawsuit Against Trump’s Muslim Ban

Abed Ayoud, legal and policy director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, said they’ve received more than 1,000 calls by midday Saturday from people who have been stranded or detained in the us and overseas.

“We’re doing what we can to gather intelligence of what’s going on all around the country”, Jadwat told TIME. Another 11 refugees are still being detained.

Protesters and elected officials are rallying at JFK airport Saturday night as several refugees have been detained following President Trump’s executive order banning all immigration from seven Muslim majority countries for at least 90 days.

On Saturday, more than a dozen people were held at JFK under the order.

There are reports being made by social media users that agents are not only detaining greencard holders but also asking them about their social media posts and views on Trump.

According to the filing, Darweesh was granted a special immigrant visa on January 20, the same day Trump was sworn in as president. Darweesh has worked with the U.S.in Iraq as an interpreter for the Army, a contractor, and an engineer for the last 10 years.

“I’m very thankful and I’m very happy”, Darweesh told reporters at JFK after his release. Because they’re good people.

The group’s president David Miliband said, “America must remain true to its core values”. But it’s already clear that people all over the world are concerned.

Trump indefinitely blocked those fleeing Syria, where a civil war has raged, and imposed a 90-day ban on all immigration to the USA from seven Muslim majority nations, citing terrorism concerns.

It also suspended entry of all refugees for 120 days and indefinitely halted the admission of refugees from Syria.

They filed a writ of habeas corpus early Saturday in NY demanding their clients be released, and filed a motion for class certification so that they might represent all refugees and immigrants who say they are being unlawfully detained. He had been targeted twice for working with the USA military, according to the report. He is not a potential terrorist. “This is about religious discrimination and codifying it into law, and as such we stand against it”, executive director Ahmed Rehab said.