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President Trump's executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. also applies to green card holders from those countries, the Department of Homeland Security said Saturday. "It will bar green card holders," acting DHS spokeswoman Gillian Christensen told Reuters.
Green cards serve as proof of an individual's permanent legal residence in the U.S. A senior administration official clarified on Saturday afternoon that green card holders from the seven countries affected in the order who are currently outside the U.S. will need a case-by-case waiver to return to the U.S. Green card holders in the U.S. will have to meet with a consular officer before departing the country, the official said.
Source: The Hill
At least one case quickly prompted a legal challenge as lawyers representing two Iraqi refugees held at Kennedy International Airport in New York filed a motion early Saturday seeking to have their clients released. They also filed a motion for class certification, in an effort to represent all refugees and other immigrants who they said were being unlawfully detained at ports of entry. Shortly after noon on Saturday, Hameed Khalid Darweesh, an interpreter who worked on behalf of the United States government in Iraq, was released. After nearly 19 hours of detention, Mr. Darweesh began to cry as he spoke to reporters, putting his hands behind his back and miming handcuffs.
[...] Inside the airport, one of the lawyers, Mark Doss, a supervising attorney at the International Refugee Assistance Project, asked a border agent, "Who is the person we need to talk to?"
"Call Mr. Trump," said the agent, who declined to identify himself.
[...] An official message to all American diplomatic posts around the world provided instructions about how to treat people from the countries affected: "Effective immediately, halt interviewing and cease issuance and printing" of visas to the United States. Confusion turned to panic at airports around the world, as travelers found themselves unable to board flights bound for the United States. In Dubai and Istanbul, airport and immigration officials turned passengers away at boarding gates and, in at least one case, ejected a family from a flight they had boarded.
[...] Iranian green card holders who live in the United States were blindsided by the decree while on vacation in Iran, finding themselves in a legal limbo and unsure whether they would be able to return to America. "How do I get back home now?" said Daria Zeynalia, a green card holder who was visiting family in Iran. He had rented a house and leased a car, and would be eligible for citizenship in November. "What about my job? If I can't go back soon, I'll lose everything."
Source: The New York Times
(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 28 2017, @11:00PM
Not really, none of the Trump supporters I met were enthusiastic about the racism and sexism. They were enthusiastic about somebody burning the government to the ground. And he's well on pace for that.
The only reason he lost is because the DNC thought they could cram another Clinton down our throats. She should have been charged over her mishandling of classified materials and I'm looking forward to President Trump making good on his promise to have her before a grand jury. Just during the time that investigation was going on, somebody else was ultimately punished for lesser incompetence in the handling of classified materials.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 29 2017, @12:09AM
> ... making good on his promise to have her before a grand jury.
If this actually comes to pass, keep your eyes open for the real activity. The grand jury (or whatever) will be a smokescreen for something that you and I are not meant to see.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday January 29 2017, @02:40AM
Your statement, taken literally, is true. The public is most certainly not intended to see or to understand how the powerful really do things.
All the same, drag that bitch to court. Drag her, her husband, and Bush all before the same court. Don't forget Cheny.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 29 2017, @08:36AM
All the same, drag that bitch to court. Drag her, her husband, and Bush all before the same court. Don't forget Cheny.
And while we're at it, take Runaway, too! Drag his cowardly candy-ass to jail for fomenting false charges against a fellow American, double-parking eighteen-wheelers, being a racist, stealing valor by falsely claiming to be a vet, and I am sure that there are a few other violations of the laws of God and man that he is in violation of.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 29 2017, @02:19AM
I'm looking forward to President Trump making good on his promise to have [Hillary] before a grand jury
You have to go all the way down to #14 before you get to "opposition candidates", but the whole list is worth a read.
The 14 Characteristics of Fascism [ratical.org]
...and, if there was actual justice to be had, Donnie Tiny Hands would have gone to prison years ago for an extensive pattern of what are, at best, deceptive business practices.
Donald Trump's Wealth Is Built On Stiffing Scores Of Contractors, Businesses, and Employees For Years [googleusercontent.com] (orig) [commondreams.org]
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 29 2017, @06:13AM
Yeah, that is pretty much a reflection of two facts. The first fact is how crooked NYC business is. (Don't bother telling me how clean it totally is, I know some pretty big money people there personally, including family, and it's about as clean as a neglected sewer.)
The second is that people are stupid. If you know for a fact that some guy is a complete asshole about payment, you make damn sure you get penalties in the contract. If that's not enough, you demand bonds in escrow up front. Or you don't do business with them, period.
At some point, if you have free enterprise, you need to let people make those huge mistakes. Sucks to be them.