What We Saw at the #MuslimBan Protest at LAX

A Syrian national who received a U.S. reunification visa on Friday was stopped boarding a flight to Los Angeles hours after President Donald Trump signed his controversial executive order restricting travel.

US President Donald Trump insisted on Sunday that his executive order temporarily halting travel from seven majority-Muslim countries was “not a Muslim ban“.

Protestor Parker Higgin told Mashable he believed that around 1,000 people were gathered “easily” at SFO. But when I came here, they say no and they treat me as I break the rules or do something wrong. KLM and Qatar Airways are indicating that green card holders or holders of diplomatic visas (A, G, C-2 or North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, ) from the seven countries are allowed to fly.

Tens of thousands of people turned out again on Sunday across the U.S. to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order that limits immigration for 90 days. The requirements to get a waiver remain unclear.

Dual nationals born in any of the seven banned countries are also covered by the ban even if they hold passports from a USA allied country like Australia.

Two lawyers representing refugees being held at JFK Airport in NY filed a writ of habeas corpus early this morning in an attempt to bring their clients in front of a judge who could order their release.

The group estimates that between 100 and 200 people are being detained at airports or in transit.

The ACLU’s briefing called the ban a part of a “widespread pattern applied to many refugees and arriving aliens” in the wake of Trump’s executive order. The action also ordered that those held must have access to lawyers. It included green card and visa holders who were out of the country at the time of signing, banning them from returning for 90 days.

Protesters were carrying homemade signs that read “Let my friends in” and “Refugees are welcomed here”, among others. Donnelly’s injunction does not prevent the administration from refusing admission to future visa and asylum applicants from Syria, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Iran and Yemen.

Lee Gelernt, an ACLU official who argued the case in NY, said: “This ruling preserves the status quo and ensures that people who have been granted permission to be in this country are not illegally removed off USA soil”.

Among those who voiced support for those targeted by the ban, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took to social media with a welcoming message on behalf of the country. “You see it all over”.

As reported by the Telegraph, the ban completely suspends the United States’ Syrian refugee program that accepted a total of 12,486 Syrians previous year. Religious minorities and Christians will be given preference.