micdotcom:Refugees unlawfully detained in airports after Trump’s immigration executive orderOn Frida
micdotcom:Refugees unlawfully detained in airports after Trump’s immigration executive orderOn Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending the nation’s refugee settlement program and barring immigrants from countries with “would-be terrorists,” namely Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.The executive order went into immediate effect, meaning refugees on planes to the United States landed in a nation newly hostile to their presence. Though they were given permission to settle here by the U.S. State Department, after a long, complex vetting process, they are now being detained in U.S. airports, waiting for news of their fate. Read more. -- source link