C*I
发帖数: 4736 | 1 他说他们一家等了两年终于拿到了签证，卖了房子，卖了所有家里的东西，小孩也退了
学，花了5000多美元给老婆，他和3个孩子一家买了机票，高高兴兴的到了美国机场后
却把他们又送回了回去。当时一下子就傻了眼，回去了也没有地方去。
今天终于说可以来了，就又赶紧坐飞机来了，入关后记者采访一家人都在哭。 |
x****u
发帖数: 44466 | 2 把国家搞成这熊样的公知该有此报啊
【在 C*I 的大作中提到】
: 他说他们一家等了两年终于拿到了签证，卖了房子，卖了所有家里的东西，小孩也退了
: 学，花了5000多美元给老婆，他和3个孩子一家买了机票，高高兴兴的到了美国机场后
: 却把他们又送回了回去。当时一下子就傻了眼，回去了也没有地方去。
: 今天终于说可以来了，就又赶紧坐飞机来了，入关后记者采访一家人都在哭。
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x****u
发帖数: 44466 | 3 不赔就行了
大不了继续打官司，美国联邦法官有本事把总统行政权逐条都禁掉，国家改为议会制。
【在 C*I 的大作中提到】
: 他说他们一家等了两年终于拿到了签证，卖了房子，卖了所有家里的东西，小孩也退了
: 学，花了5000多美元给老婆，他和3个孩子一家买了机票，高高兴兴的到了美国机场后
: 却把他们又送回了回去。当时一下子就傻了眼，回去了也没有地方去。
: 今天终于说可以来了，就又赶紧坐飞机来了，入关后记者采访一家人都在哭。
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g***n
发帖数: 14250 | 4 这是打算来了就不走了。。。吃福利吃定了阿。
翻译都给发绿卡吗
【在 x****u 的大作中提到】
: 把国家搞成这熊样的公知该有此报啊
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x****u
发帖数: 44466 | 5 但是在移民局眼里，他们算非移民，中国大学校长算移民
【在 g***n 的大作中提到】
: 这是打算来了就不走了。。。吃福利吃定了阿。
: 翻译都给发绿卡吗
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m********s
发帖数: 55301 | 6 有移民倾向
【在 C*I 的大作中提到】
: 他说他们一家等了两年终于拿到了签证，卖了房子，卖了所有家里的东西，小孩也退了
: 学，花了5000多美元给老婆，他和3个孩子一家买了机票，高高兴兴的到了美国机场后
: 却把他们又送回了回去。当时一下子就傻了眼，回去了也没有地方去。
: 今天终于说可以来了，就又赶紧坐飞机来了，入关后记者采访一家人都在哭。
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a*****1
发帖数: 3817 | 7 这点是要批评川普，行动过于一刀切
你和带路党很是心有戚戚啊，你们都是带路党，可以理解
【在 C*I 的大作中提到】
: 他说他们一家等了两年终于拿到了签证，卖了房子，卖了所有家里的东西，小孩也退了
: 学，花了5000多美元给老婆，他和3个孩子一家买了机票，高高兴兴的到了美国机场后
: 却把他们又送回了回去。当时一下子就傻了眼，回去了也没有地方去。
: 今天终于说可以来了，就又赶紧坐飞机来了，入关后记者采访一家人都在哭。
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C*I
发帖数: 4736 | 8 不赔航空公司不答应啊。
【在 x****u 的大作中提到】
: 不赔就行了
: 大不了继续打官司，美国联邦法官有本事把总统行政权逐条都禁掉，国家改为议会制。
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s**********d
发帖数: 36899 | 9 当然吃福利啊。
难民平均花费一年八万多美元。
这是打算来了就不走了。。。吃福利吃定了阿。
【在 g***n 的大作中提到】
: 这是打算来了就不走了。。。吃福利吃定了阿。
: 翻译都给发绿卡吗
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x****u
发帖数: 44466 | 10 美国把民航飞机都击落过也不赔，航空公司也没办法
制。
【在 C*I 的大作中提到】
: 不赔航空公司不答应啊。
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s**********d
发帖数: 36899 | 11 6亿人机票？全中东的人全在这一周来美国了？
【在 C*I 的大作中提到】
: 不赔航空公司不答应啊。
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c***z
发帖数: 887 | 12 如果细看你说的，漏洞真是太多了。在美国政府做翻译, 是随便一个人就可以做的吗？
是在伊拉克找好了美国政府的工作，然后过来的？还是男的已经在美工作的一段时间，
这次是回去接人的？如果已经在美，那是什么签证？怎么拿的？ 就凭媒体说那么几句
，难道就能让一些人失去独立思考的能力了吗？ |
C*I
发帖数: 4736 | 13 人家签的可能就移民签证，如果是，当然不走了。怎么老就认为人家是吃福利的？ 人
家给美国政府在伊拉克当翻译，美国能给签证让人来，用得着你担心人家来了吃福利？
这是打算来了就不走了。。。吃福利吃定了阿。
【在 g***n 的大作中提到】
: 这是打算来了就不走了。。。吃福利吃定了阿。
: 翻译都给发绿卡吗
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l**k
发帖数: 45267 | 14 我靠，这是当年美军雇人当翻译时说好的福利吧，还要不要信用了？
这是打算来了就不走了。。。吃福利吃定了阿。
【在 g***n 的大作中提到】
: 这是打算来了就不走了。。。吃福利吃定了阿。
: 翻译都给发绿卡吗
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l**k
发帖数: 45267 | 15 我靠，这是当年美军雇人当翻译时说好的福利吧，还要不要信用了？
这是打算来了就不走了。。。吃福利吃定了阿。
【在 g***n 的大作中提到】
: 这是打算来了就不走了。。。吃福利吃定了阿。
: 翻译都给发绿卡吗
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x****u
发帖数: 44466 | 16 美国没有汉奸签证的，只能是非移民签证，然后行政命令让领事馆直接放过
【在 c***z 的大作中提到】
: 如果细看你说的，漏洞真是太多了。在美国政府做翻译, 是随便一个人就可以做的吗？
: 是在伊拉克找好了美国政府的工作，然后过来的？还是男的已经在美工作的一段时间，
: 这次是回去接人的？如果已经在美，那是什么签证？怎么拿的？ 就凭媒体说那么几句
: ，难道就能让一些人失去独立思考的能力了吗？
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x****u
发帖数: 44466 | 17 美国拿移民签证耗时长，汉奸肯定要先非移民入境了再说，不然被人杀了全家就完了
【在 C*I 的大作中提到】
: 人家签的可能就移民签证，如果是，当然不走了。怎么老就认为人家是吃福利的？ 人
: 家给美国政府在伊拉克当翻译，美国能给签证让人来，用得着你担心人家来了吃福利？
:
: 这是打算来了就不走了。。。吃福利吃定了阿。
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C*I
发帖数: 4736 | 18 你心操的到不少，看样子你还成天阿弥陀佛的，能不能心理稍微健康一些？ 把人往好
的角度想一些？
【在 m********s 的大作中提到】
: 有移民倾向
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g***n
发帖数: 14250 | 19 靠这要是移民签证，算哪一类别的？
【在 l**k 的大作中提到】
: 我靠，这是当年美军雇人当翻译时说好的福利吧，还要不要信用了？
:
: 这是打算来了就不走了。。。吃福利吃定了阿。
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S*******D
发帖数: 12188 | 20 Refugee。
【在 g***n 的大作中提到】
: 靠这要是移民签证，算哪一类别的？
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C*I
发帖数: 4736 | 21 不是６亿，６万吧，具体多少我也不知道。
【在 s**********d 的大作中提到】
: 6亿人机票？全中东的人全在这一周来美国了？
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C*I
发帖数: 4736 | 22 为啥要这么肯定？ 为啥人家就是难民？ 为啥要如此想当然？ 说不定人家的经济收
入比你还好呢！ 你知道人家给美国政府在伊拉克做翻译一年收入多少嘛？ 福利都是
什么嘛？
【在 s**********d 的大作中提到】
: 当然吃福利啊。
: 难民平均花费一年八万多美元。
:
: 这是打算来了就不走了。。。吃福利吃定了阿。
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s******8
发帖数: 4192 | 23 没人看新闻吗？
他们用得是Special Immigrant Visa program，专门为带路党准备的。这个是国会专门
批准的（National Defense Authorization Act 和 Afghan Allies Protection Act）
，来了之后，还会被美国政府雇佣，
在state department，美军或者CIA工作。
这个签证如果被拦下来，那么就直接违法了法律（这是很少有国会直接授权的移民签证
），打官司几乎必输无疑。而且这些人直接受到军队的支持。来了之后直接是老兵组织
负责安排。 |
x****u
发帖数: 44466 | 24 哪来的这个签证，还要排队两年，搞笑么？
【在 s******8 的大作中提到】
: 没人看新闻吗？
: 他们用得是Special Immigrant Visa program，专门为带路党准备的。这个是国会专门
: 批准的（National Defense Authorization Act 和 Afghan Allies Protection Act）
: ，来了之后，还会被美国政府雇佣，
: 在state department，美军或者CIA工作。
: 这个签证如果被拦下来，那么就直接违法了法律（这是很少有国会直接授权的移民签证
: ），打官司几乎必输无疑。而且这些人直接受到军队的支持。来了之后直接是老兵组织
: 负责安排。
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C*I
发帖数: 4736 | 25 第一天，那三个在纽约机场被block的，一个是美军，一个为美国政府工作。有一个最
后被有关部门直接带走进去了。另外一个最后和另一个由人权组织帮助打官司赢了，也
进去了。
这些为美国政府，军队，和特别机构工作的外国人，签证和移民的类型估计也不一样。
不好一概而论，具体都是什么估计没有人能说得清。
【在 s******8 的大作中提到】
: 没人看新闻吗？
: 他们用得是Special Immigrant Visa program，专门为带路党准备的。这个是国会专门
: 批准的（National Defense Authorization Act 和 Afghan Allies Protection Act）
: ，来了之后，还会被美国政府雇佣，
: 在state department，美军或者CIA工作。
: 这个签证如果被拦下来，那么就直接违法了法律（这是很少有国会直接授权的移民签证
: ），打官司几乎必输无疑。而且这些人直接受到军队的支持。来了之后直接是老兵组织
: 负责安排。
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s******8
发帖数: 4192 | 26 不是排队。是审查。很详细的背景审查过程。不是两年，是7年。7年的背景审查没有查
出问题，还要怎么样。这个签证是必须美国大使亲自批准的。必须有军方证明人。法律
直接指定是只适用于伊拉克国籍的人，EO又直接否定伊拉克国籍的人，冲突太明显了。
【在 x****u 的大作中提到】
: 哪来的这个签证，还要排队两年，搞笑么？
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S*******D
发帖数: 12188 | 27 这些穆斯林兄弟为美军出生入死，为国家贡献极大。应该予以优待
【在 s******8 的大作中提到】
: 没人看新闻吗？
: 他们用得是Special Immigrant Visa program，专门为带路党准备的。这个是国会专门
: 批准的（National Defense Authorization Act 和 Afghan Allies Protection Act）
: ，来了之后，还会被美国政府雇佣，
: 在state department，美军或者CIA工作。
: 这个签证如果被拦下来，那么就直接违法了法律（这是很少有国会直接授权的移民签证
: ），打官司几乎必输无疑。而且这些人直接受到军队的支持。来了之后直接是老兵组织
: 负责安排。
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x****u
发帖数: 44466 | 28 你这就更扯淡了
大使真想帮你，直接批你个B2马上入境美国，不用担心全家被IS砍头
【在 s******8 的大作中提到】
: 不是排队。是审查。很详细的背景审查过程。不是两年，是7年。7年的背景审查没有查
: 出问题，还要怎么样。这个签证是必须美国大使亲自批准的。必须有军方证明人。法律
: 直接指定是只适用于伊拉克国籍的人，EO又直接否定伊拉克国籍的人，冲突太明显了。
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S*******D
发帖数: 12188 | 29 你对移民法狗屁不通。B2要求非移民倾向。给这种政治避难移民批B2大使是违反移民法
的。根本就不可能。
【在 x****u 的大作中提到】
: 你这就更扯淡了
: 大使真想帮你，直接批你个B2马上入境美国，不用担心全家被IS砍头
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x****u
发帖数: 44466 | 30 你有没有移民倾向，是大使馆独立的主观判断
方励之柴玲吾儿凯西都没倾向，你有，不服？
【在 S*******D 的大作中提到】
: 你对移民法狗屁不通。B2要求非移民倾向。给这种政治避难移民批B2大使是违反移民法
: 的。根本就不可能。
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S*******D
发帖数: 12188 | 31 这几个人都不是B签证
【在 x****u 的大作中提到】
: 你有没有移民倾向，是大使馆独立的主观判断
: 方励之柴玲吾儿凯西都没倾向，你有，不服？
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x****u
发帖数: 44466 | 32 都是非移民签证
上次那个当众跟CNN说不回国的反华分子，也拿了F1留学美国了
【在 S*******D 的大作中提到】
: 这几个人都不是B签证
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t*****9
发帖数: 10416 | 33 民主的狗粮 都要停 ～～
【在 a*****1 的大作中提到】
: 这点是要批评川普，行动过于一刀切
: 你和带路党很是心有戚戚啊，你们都是带路党，可以理解
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C*I
发帖数: 4736 | 34 这是一个minutes by minutes story, 很有意思，有兴趣的可以看一看,长点见识。说
不定这事什么时候你真能遇上。
其中说了一个小伙子，在田纳西一个社区学院读书，回到土耳其去看他的新婚妻子，结
果就回不来了。他的妻子是乌兹别克斯坦人。 昨天突然听到消息说法官临时限制了总
统令后，就又赶紧花了1000多块钱买了机票折回来了。
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the reaction to a court order blocking U.S.
President Donald Trump's ban on travelers and immigrants from seven
predominantly Muslim countries (all times Eastern):
1:30 p.m.
The Justice Department has appealed a judge's order blocking his travel ban
at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, citing the "
sovereign prerogative" of a president to admit or exclude aliens.
The appeal says it's a basic principle, that "an alien seeking initial
admission to the United States requests a privilege and has no
constitutional rights regarding his application."
The Justice Department is asking that the federal judge's order be stayed
pending appeal.
___
11:45 p.m.
Travelers at New York's Kennedy Airport seem to be entering the United
States undeterred a day after a federal judge blocked President Donald Trump
's executive order banning people from seven mostly Muslim countries.
Speaking for a dozen attorneys monitoring arrivals Saturday evening, Alan
Kaplan told The Associated Press that no one under the ban Trump signed a
week ago appears to have been detained. The lawyers say that's a vast
improvement over the high anxiety that filled airports worldwide as
travelers were turned back.
On Friday, a Seattle federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of Trump'
s ban. The Department of Justice filed a notice Saturday to appeal the
ruling in court.
In his executive order, Trump named seven countries as harboring potential
terrorists: Iraq, Iran, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Libya and Yemen.
___
9:15 p.m.
President Donald Trump is predicting his administration will win an appeal
of a judge's ruling temporarily halting his refugee and immigration ban.
The Justice Department filed a notice of appeal Saturday night as it took a
step toward asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to lift the judge's
stay.
Asked about the appeal effort, Trump told reporters: "We'll win. For the
safety of the country, we'll win."
Trump is staying at his private club in Florida, Mar-a-Lago, for the weekend
and attending the annual gala of the American Red Cross at the club's
ballroom.
___
9 p.m.
About 3,000 demonstrators have marched near President Donald Trump's Florida
estate to protest his now-blocked executive order temporarily limiting
immigration.
The Saturday protest began with a rally outside Trump Plaza, twin 30-story
waterfront condo buildings in West Palm Beach. The march headed two miles to
Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, where the International Red Cross is holding a
fundraiser.
Protesters shouted anti-Trump slogans and set up a flag-draped coffin that
they said represented the death of democracy.
A federal judge in Seattle on Friday temporarily invalidated Trump's ban on
travel to the U.S. from seven primarily Muslim nations. The Justice
Department on Saturday night alerted a court in Washington state that it's
appealing the judge's ruling.
___
8:05 p.m.
The Justice Department is asking a federal appeals court to set aside a
judge's order that temporarily blocked the Trump administration's travel ban.
The Justice Department has alerted a court in Washington state that it is
appealing the judge's ruling from a day earlier.
The appeal is to be filed Saturday night with the 9th Circuit Court of
Appeals.
The ruling from U.S. District Judge James Robart temporarily halted a Trump
administration executive order that suspended America's refugee program and
halted immigration to the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority countries.
The administration on Saturday moved to suspend enforcement of the travel
ban as the Justice Department readied its legal challenge.
President Donald Trump has lashed out at Robart on Twitter, calling him a "
so-called judge."
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8 p.m.
Visa holders from seven majority-Muslim countries affected by President
Donald Trump's travel ban are hurrying to board U.S.-bound flights following
a federal judge's order temporarily blocking the ban.
Those who could travel immediately were being urged to do so Saturday
because of uncertainty over whether the Justice Department would be granted
an emergency freeze of the order issued Friday.
An immigration lawyer in Djibouti, Africa, said it wasn't until well after
midnight local time that stranded Yemeni citizens with visas at Djibouti-
Ambouli International Airport were finally allowed to board planes. Julie
Goldberg says about 40 out of 240 people were able to board their Qatar
Airways flights.
On Saturday night, the Justice Department asked a federal appeals court to
set aside a judge's order that temporarily blocked the Trump administration'
s travel ban.
___
6:30 p.m.
About 1,000 protesters are holding a rally outside Trump Plaza, a luxury
waterfront condo building in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Protesters shouted "We want a leader, not an angry tweeter," Saturday
evening and set up a flag-draped coffin that they said represented the death
of democracy.
They're expected to march two miles to President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago
resort, where he's staying this weekend.
Demonstrations were held Saturday in cities around the country including in
Denver, Colorado, where thousands gathered for a rally in support of the
Muslim community. Participants carried signs, heard speeches, sang and
chanted.
In New York City, thousands of LGBT Americans gathered outside the New York
City bar where the gay rights movement was born, demanding that the
president suspend his immigration ban.
___
6:15 p.m.
Vice President Mike Pence says he doesn't believe President Donald Trump's
reference to the "so-called judge" who ordered a stay of his refugee and
immigration ban undermines the separation of powers in the Constitution.
Trump turned to Twitter on Saturday to mock U.S. District Judge James Robart
as a "so-called judge" and dismiss his ruling as "ridiculous" and one that
could allow "many very bad and dangerous people" into the U.S.
In an interview for ABC's "This Week," Pence said Robart had the authority
to stay Trump's executive order. But, Pence added, the administration will
go through the process in the courts of getting a stay so that Trump's
action can be implemented.
As far as Trump's reference to the "so-called judge," Pence tells ABC that "
the American people are very accustomed to this president speaking his mind
and speaking very straight with them."
___
6 p.m.
Thousands of LGBT Americans have raged against President Donald Trump
outside the New York City bar where the gay rights movement was born. They'
re demanding that the president suspend his immigrant ban.
The activists gathered outside the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village on a
chilly Saturday afternoon, chanting "Resist, resist!"
The president issued an executive order a week ago barring travelers from
seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. A judge temporarily
blocked the ban on Friday.
Activist Cathy Renna says LGBT Americans have been deeply affected by what
she calls "the horrible things Trump has been doing" because their community
includes gay Muslim men, immigrants and women hurt by rollbacks on
reproductive rights.
In 1969, Stonewall Inn was raided by police, sparking riots.
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5:25 p.m.
President Donald Trump is criticizing anew the judge who has suspended
enforcement of his refugee and immigration ban from seven predominantly
Muslim countries.
Trump's latest tweet says: "Because the ban was lifted by a judge, many very
bad and dangerous people may be pouring into our country. A terrible
decision."
The tweet is one of several Trump has issued since U.S. District Judge James
Robart's Friday ruling, putting a nationwide hold on Trump's executive
order.
The Justice Department says it will challenge Robart's action, which has led
federal agencies to unwind enforcement of Trump's executive order.
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4 p.m.
Demonstrators have once again taken to the streets around the country to
protest President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from seven predominantly
Muslim countries.
Washington demonstrators walked from the White House chanting "No hate, no
fear, refugees are welcome here."
Rosalie Kendall, of Virginia, held a sign that read "We can do this every
weekend," referring to the demonstrations. She said people need to stand up
and say what they will and won't tolerate.
Marchers also carried signs in Salt Lake City from the federal building to
the state capitol building.
At Los Angeles International Airport, about 150 people gathered in front of
the international terminal to protest the ban and other Trump policies. A
handful of women in Muslim headscarves chanted: "This is what America looks
like."
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3:40 p.m.
German airline Lufthansa is cautioning passengers that rules for travel to
the U.S. for people from seven countries could change "at any time."
The airline told passengers Saturday on its website that a judge had halted
the ban on travelers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen
. People with those passports and holding a valid visa "are again allowed to
travel to the USA."
The airline's statement warns that "short notice changes to the immigration
regulations may occur at any time. "
The airline said the final decision regarding immigration lies with the US
authorities.
The airline's hub in Frankfurt is a major transit point for international
travelers heading to the US.
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3:30 p.m.
A Yemeni national ended his trip to Turkey to see his fiancee earlier than
scheduled for fear he wouldn't be allowed to return to the United States.
Ammar Alnajjar is a green card holder and student at Southwest Tennessee
Community College in Memphis. He said he was in Istanbul visiting his
fiancee, who is a citizen of Uzbekistan. Alnajjar moved to USA from Turkey
in 2015 to escape civil war.
When he heard a U.S. district judge put a nationwide hold on President
Donald Trump's travel ban Friday night, he paid $1,000 to return immediately
to the states. He said he was held for about an hour for questioning at JFK
and his phone and email were checked.
Alnajjar called Trump a racist and says he broke his future.
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2 p.m.
Some airlines are honoring the temporary halt on President Donald Trump's
travel ban but some immigrants are still having trouble boarding planes to
the United States.
Royal Jordanian is resuming flights from Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Iran and
Somalia to the US as long as people present valid visas or green cards.
But an immigration lawyer in Djibouti, Africa, wasn't having much luck
Saturday arranging flights at Djibouti-Ambouli International Airport for
stranded Yemeni citizens with visas. Julie Goldberg said she was told by a
Qatar Airways representative and Turkish Airlines supervisor that immigrants
from those seven countries are still not being allowed to fly.
One person who finally was allowed to board was a 12-year-old Yemeni girl
whose family are U.S. citizens. She is flying with her father.
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Noon
A Somali refugee says about 140 refugees whose resettlement in the United
States was blocked by President Donald Trump's executive order on
immigration have been sent back to their refugee camp.
Nadir Hassan says the group of Somali refugees was relocated to Dadaab camp
in eastern Kenya on Saturday. They had been expected to settle in the U.S.
this week and had been staying at an International Organization for
Migration transit center in Nairobi.
It was not immediately clear how a new U.S. court order blocking Trump's ban
on travelers and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries would
affect the group of Somali refugees.
Organization officials could not be reached for comment.
Hassan said he was hoping to start a new life in the U.S.
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11:30 a.m.
The Homeland Security Department says it's no longer directing airlines to
prevent visa-holders affected by President Donald Trump's executive order
from boarding U.S.-bound planes.
That word follows a State Department announcement that it had reversed the
cancellations of visas for foreigners after a federal judge put on hold
Trump order on immigration. The department had said up to 60,000 foreigners
had their visas "provisionally revoked" to comply with Trump's order.
The two departments have not suspended enforcement of the president's order
as the administration promises a legal appeal to the judge's ruling.
Homeland Security says it has "suspended any and all actions" related to
putting in place the terms of Trump's order.
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11 a.m.
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick says his company is buying plane tickets for
stranded drivers now that a federal judge has put a hold on President Trump'
s ban on travel to the United States by migrants from seven Muslim-majority
countries.
Kalanick tweeted Friday night that the head of litigation for the ride-
hailing app is "buying a whole bunch of airline tickets ASAP!"
U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle put a nationwide hold on Trump's
executive order Friday night.
It's not clear whether the ruling means that people from the affected
countries will immediately start flying to the United States.
Trump tweeted Saturday that the ruling "is ridiculous and will be overturned
!"
Kalanick quit Trump's council of business advisers Thursday.
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10:20 a.m.
The State Department says it's reversed the cancellations of visas for
foreigners after a federal judge put on hold President Donald Trump's
executive order on immigration.
The department had said up to 60,000 foreigners from seven majority-Muslim
countries had their visas "provisionally revoked" to comply with Trump's
order blocking them from traveling to the United States.
The department says it acted to reinstate the visas after getting word from
the Justice Department about the judge's ruling Friday in Washington state.
For now, the department says people covered by the order and holding a valid
visa may now travel to the United States.
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9:30 a.m.
Seventy-two Iranian professors in Sharif University of Technology, one of
the most reliable universities in Iran, have requested in a letter to the
Iranian government to react in a different way to Trump's "improper action"
on the visa ban.
They proposed to President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign minister Mohammad
Javad Zarif allow U.S. citizens come to Iran without obtaining a tourist
visa and related formalities in the country and to issue visas for them at
the Iran's airport with two-weeks validity during the next 90 days.
They said that Americans can see the hospitality and goodwill of Iranians
for themselves.
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9:30 a.m.
The Middle East's biggest airline has joined its smaller Gulf rivals in
confirming passengers from seven previously banned countries would be
allowed to travel to the United States.
Dubai-based Emirates said in a statement Saturday that under the direction
of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, nationals of Iran, Iraq, Libya,
Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen holding valid visas or green cards could fly to
the U.S. It says all refugees with visas would also be allowed to fly.
It cautioned that "entry requirements to the U.S. may change, and Emirates
will continue to comply with guidance provided by the U.S. Customs and
Border Protection."
Emirates offers daily flights from Dubai to several U.S. cities. Its rivals
Qatar Airways and Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways issued similar guidance to
passengers earlier Saturday.
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9:30 a.m.
An Iraqi official at Baghdad international airport says the travel terminal
was particularly crowded Saturday following news that U.S. President Donald
Trump's travel ban on Iraqis and six other majority Muslim nations was
blocked by a federal judge's ruling.
Haider al-Rubaie, an official with the state-run Iraqi airways said flights
from Baghdad to Dubai, Istanbul and Cairo were booked solid Saturday
afternoon. While there are no direct flights to the US from Baghdad, al-
Rubaie said many of the passengers were holding transit tickets to the US.
Iraqi member of parliament Ibrahim Bahr Uloom praised the U.S. judge who
ruled against Trump's ban and admonished the Iraqi leaders who were unable
to achieve the same ends through diplomatic channels.
"The U.S. justice system is better than Iraqi diplomacy," he said. "Today we
thank the American judiciary."
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9 a.m.
In Egypt, Cairo airport and airlines officials say they have received
instructions from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to suspend
President Trump's executive order to ban travel to the United States by
migrants from seven Muslim-majority countries: Somalia, Iraq, Syria, Iran,
Sudan, Libya and Yemen.
They say on Saturday there have not been any U.S.-bound migrants from those
countries going through Egyptian airports since a federal judge on Friday
blocked President Donald Trump's ban on admitting travelers from the seven
countries or any refugees.
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7:30 a.m.
President Donald Trump isn't happy that a federal judge has put on hold his
executive order that applies to refugees and people from seven predominantly
Muslim countries who want to enter the United States.
The White House has promised a quick appeal and Trump has taken to Twitter
to vent his frustration with the ruling.
He says "the opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-
enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned!"
Trump also tweets that "when a country is no longer able to say who can and
who cannot come in & out, especially for reasons of safety & security — big
trouble!"
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8 a.m.
Etihad Airways says it will begin accepting U.S.-bound passengers from the
seven previously banned countries this week.
The United Arab Emirates' national carrier said Saturday its decision
follows guidance from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection unit at its hub
in Abu Dhabi.
The airline says it is monitoring developments in the U.S. and that
passengers will be subject to screening measures in place before Trump's
executive order was issued.
U.S. border officials stationed in Abu Dhabi carry out passport and customs
screenings before passengers board U.S.-bound flights under an existing pre-
screening program.
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6:15 a.m.
The U.S. embassy in Baghdad says they are still awaiting guidance following
news of a court order blocking President Trump's ban on travelers from Iraq
and six other predominantly Muslim countries.
"We don't know what the effect will be, but we're working to get more
information," the embassy told The Associated Press in a statement, adding
that embassy staffers have received a large number of phone calls and
inquiries from Iraqis eager to see if the visa restrictions had changed.
Iraq's government spokesman says the prime minister's office is also waiting
for the "official position of the U.S. administration."
In a largely symbolic move, the Iraqi parliament called for a reciprocity
measure last week increasing pressure on the country's government as it
attempts to balance Iraq's alliance with the U.S. and powerful Iraqi
political blocks with close ties to Iran.
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3:40 a.m.
Qatar Airways has issued an advisory to passengers saying citizens of the
seven Muslim-majority countries previously barred from entry who hold a
valid U.S. visa or green card will be allowed to travel to the U.S.
The airline cited a directive by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Government-backed Qatar Airways is one of a handful of Mideast airlines
operating direct daily flights to multiple American cities. Like other Gulf
carriers, many of its customers are transit passengers whose journeys
originated elsewhere.
Its U.S. destinations from its Doha hub include New York, Chicago, Los
Angeles, Miami and Washington.
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3 a.m. Cairo
Foreign airlines operating in Iran have instructed travel agencies not to
sell U.S.-bound flight tickets to Iranians holding U.S. visas in the wake of
President Donald Trump's executive order banning visas for seven Muslim
countries, including Iran.
The move comes even though a U.S. judge on Friday temporarily blocked the
ban, siding with two states that urged a nationwide hold on the executive
order that has launched legal battles across the country.
The directive does not come from U.S. airlines.
In Tehran, the Kowsar travel agency told The Associated Press they had been
instructed by foreign airlines not to sell tickets to Iranians with visas to
enter the U.S.
The agency said there was no problem for those who have a permanent resident
card or a U.S. passport
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