ACLU wins legal challenge against immigration ban
Jan 28, 2017 22:08:49 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2017 22:08:49 GMT -5
"I hope Trump enjoys losing":
Good.
I couldn't fucking believe they were deporting and turning back people who'd already obtained valid visas on the basis of this order Trump just fucking signed. The most heartbreaking story I read was one about a student whose parents arrived in the U.S. (with valid visas) for a visit after not seeing their daughter for three years. They were turned back -- she wasn't even allowed to see them at the airport. (Will dig up the link tomorrow.)
The American Civil Liberties Union announced Saturday evening that a federal court in New York issued an emergency stay on President Trump’s executive order banning immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries. The court’s decision, which will affect people who have been detained in airports, came after the ACLU and other activist groups filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of two Iraqis who were held at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York as a result of the order.
“I hope Trump enjoys losing. He’s going to lose so much we’re going to get sick and tired of his losing,” ACLU National Political Director Faiz Shakir told Yahoo News shortly after the decision was announced.
“I hope Trump enjoys losing. He’s going to lose so much we’re going to get sick and tired of his losing,” ACLU National Political Director Faiz Shakir told Yahoo News shortly after the decision was announced.
Trump’s executive order, which he signed on Friday afternoon, barred people from Sudan, Syria, Yemen, Iran, Iraq, Libya and Somalia for entering the United States for 90 days. It also stopped all refugees from entering the U.S. for 120 days and indefinitely suspended the entry of refugees from Syria. As a result of the order, some people with current visas have already been detained or turned around at airports.
The class action lawsuit sought an immediate injunction barring the Trump administration from blocking immigrants based on the executive order. It argued the order violates a 1965 law that banned discrimination in immigration based on national origin. According to a copy of the court decision from Judge Ann Donnelly it will stop officials from removing individuals with approved refugee applications, holders of valid visas, and people from the affected countries who have been authorized to enter — pending completion of a hearing on the matter in the court. Donnelly also wrote that the lawsuit would have a “strong likelihood of success."
The class action lawsuit sought an immediate injunction barring the Trump administration from blocking immigrants based on the executive order. It argued the order violates a 1965 law that banned discrimination in immigration based on national origin. According to a copy of the court decision from Judge Ann Donnelly it will stop officials from removing individuals with approved refugee applications, holders of valid visas, and people from the affected countries who have been authorized to enter — pending completion of a hearing on the matter in the court. Donnelly also wrote that the lawsuit would have a “strong likelihood of success."
I couldn't fucking believe they were deporting and turning back people who'd already obtained valid visas on the basis of this order Trump just fucking signed. The most heartbreaking story I read was one about a student whose parents arrived in the U.S. (with valid visas) for a visit after not seeing their daughter for three years. They were turned back -- she wasn't even allowed to see them at the airport. (Will dig up the link tomorrow.)
