Immigration ban: Airport protests continue nationwide
Friday, 30 Jan, 2017
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Protests against President Trump’s immigration ban have escalated across the country as crowds of thousands converged at airports.
International gateway airports including New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Dallas Fort Worth and Minneapolis saw a second day of protests as the global backlash against the ‘Muslim ban’ grew ever stronger.
Trump’s executive order bans travelers from Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Syria, Sudan, Libya and Yemen for an initial 90 days and all applications for refugee status for 120 days.
The abrupt order began in typical chaotic fashion with airlines given very little time to comply with the new rules, offering last minute refunds and ticket waivers for affected travelers.
Gulf carrier Emirates was forced to make late changes to flight crew rosters.
An Emirates statement said it had made ‘necessary adjustments to our crewing, to comply with the latest requirements.’
Media reports estimated up to 300 people were left in limbo or detained en route to the US but there could be many more.
We just simply don’t know how many people there are and where they are," said Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Immigrants’ Rights Project.
Many stories focused on families separated by time zones due to the ban.
"I have several clients impacted by the executive order — married couples whose spousal visas have been stopped, causing them to be separated. A father living in Iran who is unable to come to his son’s wedding in California," said Saam Borhani, a Los Angeles based immigration attorney.
Shares fell in early trading in Europe and Asia on Monday and the dollar dipped against the Japanese Yen due to the continuing uncertainty
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