temporarily stopping the removal of individuals detained at the
airports after President Trump’s order banned immigrants from seven
Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S.
administration and affects those who have arrived in the U.S. already or
were in transit with valid visas.
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The court ruled on a habeas corpus petition filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of two Iraqi men who were detained at
John F. Kennedy International Airport on Friday after Trump’s ban.
Since then both men, Hameed Khalid Darweesh and Sameer Abdulkhaleq
Alshaw, have been granted entry into the U.S.
indefinitely and halts the resettlement of all refugees for four months
as the administration reviews the vetting process.
Judge Ann Donnelly of the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn granted the
request from ACLU to stay the deportations after determining that the
risk of injury to those detained by being returned to their home
countries necessitated the decision.
And only minutes after the judge’s ruling in New York, another came in
Virginia when U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema issued a temporary
restraining order to block the removal of any green-card holders being
detained at Dulles International Airport for seven days.
Brinkema’s action also ordered that lawyers have access to those held there because of the president’s ban.
There have been several protests at various airports since the ban was announced.
Source: CNN/The Hill
