Muslim Ban

Iranian Filmmaker Barred From Oscars After Trump's Muslim Ban

... at the Chinatown Gate in Boston before walking to the State House in a demonstration against President Trump's new immigration order the day after it was issued, Jan. 28, 2017. (Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images). NEW YORK - JANUARY 28: Nydia Velazquez seen as protesters gather in a demonstration against President Trumps executive order barring immigrants and refugees from certain predominantly Muslim countries outside JFK airport terminal 4 on January 28, 2017 in New York City. PHOTOGRAPH BY Joel Sheakoski / Barcroft Images London-T:+44 207 033 1031 __link__ - New York-T:+1 212 796 2458 __link__ - New Delhi-T:+91 11 4053 2429 __link__ __link__ (Photo credit should read Joel Sheakoski / Barcroft Images / Barcroft Media via Getty Images). NEW YORK - JANUARY 28: Protesters gather in a demonstration against President Trumps executive order barring immigrants and refugees from certain predominantly Muslim ...

At Sfo, Hundreds Protest Trump’s Ban As 3 Travelers Are Detained

... refugees at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. (Li Po Ching/Bay Area News Group). About 300 people protest against the detention of Muslim refugees at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. U. S. President Donald Trump signed an executive action prohibiting Muslims from entering into the United States. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group). Ayelet Waldan, center, of Berkeley, and about 300 people protest against the detention of Muslim refugees at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. U. S. President Donald Trump signed an executive action prohibiting Muslims from entering into the United States. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group). A San Francisco Police officer watches protesters during a ...

Muslim Ban Accomplishes Nothing But Hate

... 2015 and  Ryan in July 2016. Ryan and Pence eventually backed the ban, but Mc Cain's recent remarks have focused on enforcing Russian sanctions.). "You should be ashamed of yourselves," Nanjiani wrote. "On your deathbeds, you will know you made the world worse. You're saying to a billion people, 'You're all the same. You're all dangerous to us.' Children hear this. You breed evil here & everywhere.". You're saying to a billion people "You're all the same. You're all dangerous to us." Children hear this. You breed evil here & everywhere. — Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) January 28, 2017. In fact, Nanjiani added a simple recipe for breeding terrorists. "1. Ban everybody from a certain group from entering the country. 2. Wait.". How to make terrorists. — Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) January 28, 2017. "As someone who was born in Pakistan, I can tell you coming into America is VERY difficult," he wrote on Twitter Saturday. "A #Muslimban accomplishes nothing but hate.". Nanjiani was born in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, but attended college in the USA and holds dual citizenship. "There are ...

Facing Intense Criticism, Some Republicans Are Speaking Out Against Trump’s Refugee Ban. Paul Ryan And Mitch Mcconnell Aren’t Among Them

... in December 2015. “This is not conservatism. What was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for. And more importantly, it’s not what this country stands for.”. The majority of Republicans in Congress were silent on the order Saturday — including Mc Connell. Calls and emails to more than a dozen top GOP lawmakers were not returned. Conservative advocacy groups, meanwhile, generally supported Trump’s actions. In an interview Saturday with The Washington Post, Faith and Freedom Coalition chairman Ralph Reed defended Trump’s executive order, calling it an “entirely prudent move” and rejecting the notion that it amounts to a ban on Muslims or infringes on religious liberties. “It makes perfect sense not to try to build the airplane in the air,” said Reed, who advocated hitting “the pause button” on current practices on immigration and refugee policies, over concerns about terrorism. Congressional aides who did respond generally insisted ...

Trump’s 'muslim Ban' Sees Passengers Detained At Airports, Threatens Silicon Valley

... the executive action also covers green card holders from the seven targeted countries. "It will bar green card holders," Gillian Christensen, acting Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman, said in an email cited by Reuters. There have also been reports of refugees and immigrants being detained at airports across the US in the wake of the order. The detentions quickly prompted legal challenges as lawyers representing two Iraqi men being held at JFK Airport filed a writ of habeas corpus seeking to have their clients released. The detained men are Hameed  Khalid  Darweesh, who was granted a Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) for his service to the United States as an interpreter, engineer and contractor, and Haider Sameer Abdulkhaleq  Alshawi, who was granted refugee status due to a family association with the US ...

Muslim Alien Ban Legal

... Sudan, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen. It is to last for 90 days, while heightened vetting procedures are developed. The order has predictably prompted intense protest from critics of immigration restrictions (most of whom are also critics of Trump). At the New York Times, the Cato Institute’s David J. Bier claims the temporary suspension is illegal because, in his view, it flouts the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. This contention is meritless, both constitutionally and as a matter of statutory law. Let’s start with the Constitution, which vests all executive power in the president. Under the Constitution, as Thomas Jefferson wrote shortly after its adoption, “the transaction of business with foreign nations is Executive altogether. It belongs then to the head of that department, except as to such portions of it as are specifically submitted to the Senate. Exceptions are to be construed strictly.”. The rare exceptions Jefferson had in mind, obviously, were such matters as the approval of treaties, which Article II expressly vests in the Senate. There are also other textual bases for a ...

Tech Leaders Finally Find Their Voice, Opposing Trump’s Muslim Ban

... Travis Kalanick said he would bring up the issues at a meeting he will be having with Trump this week. “While every government has their own immigration controls, allowing people from all around the world to come here and make America their home has largely been the U. S.’s policy since its founding,” Kalanick wrote to employees and posted on Facebook. “That means this ban will impact many innocent people — an issue that I will raise this coming Friday when I go to Washington for President Trump’s first business advisory group meeting.”. Lyft CEO Logan Green was less equivocal: "Throughout our history, Lyft has worked hard to create an inclusive, diverse and conscientious community where all of our drivers and passengers feel welcome and respected. Banning people of a particular religion from entering the U. S. is antithetical to both Lyft's and our nation's core values.". Google released a much more muted response, focused on its employees, ...

Trump's Muslim Ban Excludes Countries Linked To His Businesses

... 1975 and 2015, according to statistics tallied by the conservative-leaning Cato Institute. President Trump signs an executive order Friday effectively banning citizens from seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the U. S. (Olivier Douliery/Getty Images). However, the same set of statistics show that nearly 3,000 Americans were killed by citizens from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt in the same time period — with the bulk of those killed being victims of the 9/11 attacks. Yet, people from those three countries are still welcome to apply for U. S. visas and travel permits. In a striking parallel, Trump’s sprawling business empire — which he has refused to rescind ownership of — holds multi-million dollar licensing and development deals in all of those countries, raising potential conflict of interest concerns and alarming questions over what actually went into the decision process ...

Pence Once Called Trump’s Muslim Ban ‘unconstitutional.’ He Now Applauds A Ban On Refugees

... we stand for,”  and who echoes language by  House Speaker Paul D. Ryan  and many others. Even Trump's campaign eventually distanced itself from his rhetoric. “Donald Trump's Contract with the American Voter,” released last October, mentions no Muslim ban, but rather “extreme vetting” and a halt on immigration “from terror-prone regions.”. [ What is an executive order? And how do President Trump’s stack up? ]. And by late 2016, with prospects for White House jobs in the wind, some of Trump's former critics went mum on the issue. A CNN host confronted Pence about his silence in October, long after he'd left the Indiana governor's office to campaign as Trump's running mate. “What he has said about women, about Mexicans, about Muslims matters,” the host said. “Now you are tacitly accepting those positions because you won't speak out.”. “It's not Donald Trump's position now,” Pence said of the ban, according to CNN. He fell back on the campaign's latter-day language about terrorist-linked countries rather than Muslims. Trump's secretary of state designate backed the president up at his ...

Iran Threatens To Retaliate Against Trump’s ‘muslim Ban

... 90 days. “Iran will implement the principle of reciprocity until the offensive U. S. limitations against Iranian nationals are lifted,” the Iranian foreign ministry said in a statement, stressing that it would ban U. S. citizens from entering Iran. “The move will be registered as a big gift by extremists and their supporters,” the foreign ministry explained. “The uncalculated measure of the U. S. administration to discriminate civilians of Islamic countries will only deepen discords, while encouraging spread of violence and extremism,” the statement further explained. The Iranian foreign ministry added that it will “take appropriate legal, consular and diplomatic measures” in response to America’s actions. In a speech broadcast on state television, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani criticized the isolationist tendencies of certain states. “Today is not the time to erect walls between nations,” he said, without naming Trump ...