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posted by takyon on Saturday January 28 2017, @09:22PM   Printer-friendly

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


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 29 2017, @12:31AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 29 2017, @12:31AM (#459986)

    We mostly get low-quality people trying to escape shitholes of their own creation.

    But I thought Texas was going to secede? At least former Gov. Hair might get out, and have a nice job watching the Nueculars.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 29 2017, @06:31AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 29 2017, @06:31AM (#460158)

    No, that's old news. Now it's all about #calexit.

    Get on our level, dude.

    California's going to figure it out, and leave the rest of you to wrestle with your red state issues. Hell, maybe just SoCal. Everything north of San Francisco is just as red.

    Remember: Hillary only got her plurality because of SoCal! You'll miss it when it's gone!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 29 2017, @10:10AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 29 2017, @10:10AM (#460197)

      maybe just SoCal.

      The coast of the state is pretty Blue.
      The Frisco Bay Area is traditionally the deepest Blue of anywhere in the state.
      Los Angeles County gave then a run for their money this last time.

      Orange County is where Republicans have routinely gone to raise cash when they hit the West Coast.
      Look what happened to famously-Red OC this time around.

      Everything north of San Francisco is just as red [as Texas]

      Like Florida, in Cali, the farther north you go, the farther south you are.
      East of Frisco it's pretty Red too. Farming country.
      There's a big Red swath east of Santa Barbara as well. (Kern County, el al.)
      On the map, those large Red patches look impressive, but they aren't anywhere as densely populated as the Blue places.
      2012 map [wikimedia.org]
      2016 map [wikimedia.org]

      -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]

    • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Monday January 30 2017, @04:30AM

      by Phoenix666 (552) on Monday January 30 2017, @04:30AM (#460514) Journal

      I think Texas should push to secede, too, so they can call it "Texit." (I hereby copyright that term)

      --
      Washington DC delenda est.
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 30 2017, @07:25PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 30 2017, @07:25PM (#460755)

      I thought it was #kalexit... that feeling after you eat kale that it wants to immediately exit.