Protests erupt in response to Trump’s executive order on immigration

It also overlooks the hundreds of other people with legal visas or refugee status who were prevented from boarding flights to the U.S.

Chants of defiance filled Terminal A at Philadelphia International Airport Sunday where at one point thousands of outraged protesters gathered to decry President Donald Trump’s latest executive order on immigration.

“We want to ensure that we are not admitting into our country the very threats our soldiers are fighting overseas”.

He also plans to share his views on the subject at a meeting with President Trump in the near future, a spokesman said.

At least 12 immigrants were reportedly detained at JFK airport on foot of the ban prompting activists to quickly organize a protest calling for the release of those refused entry into the country.

-It instructs Homeland Security to provide public data on the number of immigrants in the United States who have been connected to “terrorism-related offenses”, were radicalized after entering the United States and have committed “acts of gender-based violence against women”.

Iran is pushing back against the United States for its ban on arrivals from seven Muslim-majority countries by banning US citizens from entering the country. Attorney Generals in more than a dozen states have lodged official protests against the move and courts in several states have issued injunctions against it.

“But we didn’t know when, and we couldn’t believe it would be immediate, that there’d be people in an airplane the moment the order was taking effect”.

He declined to give further detail.

The states could decide not to file lawsuits, and it was unclear how many would ultimately sign on for such an effort.

A Trump representative could not be reached immediately for comment.

The vote on Monday is not thought to be binding on the government of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, whose government has made no official comment on the order.

Who is affected by the ban? With detentions, ACLU lawyers and chaos at airports including LAX, Dulles in DC, DFW in Texas, NYC and more, the order puts a 90-day freeze on travel by citizens of Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Syria, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen. “The final decision is up to the government”, Al-Hassan said. “We are all Muslim”, said a cardboard sign held up by one young woman.

“We are studying this new executive order to see what it means and what the legal effects are, and in particular what the consequences are for United Kingdom nationals. But I think the government did a phenomenal job of making sure that we processed people through”. “We had to make the move some day, and we decided to make the move”.