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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) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 29 2017, @03:11PM
Invasion, you move to another country so that you can bend it to your ways.
Immigration, you move to another country so that you can bend to it's ways.
In the US, all major waves of immigrants have been a mix of both.
The new group of folks generally adjusts to the existing US customs, but these customs are slightly augmented by the wave.
This is the melting pot. A new immigrant needs to be willing to accept this.
If you are not willing, they are not an immigrant, you are more interested in invasion.
Vetting is the process to separate and nudge folks from invasion to immigration.
It needs to include the initial investigation and a followup and support to make sure things are working out well.
Sadly, this appears to be a 'we are the govt and we are here to help' situation.
Dear Mr. President.
I completely agree that we need a national debate on how immigration should work.
It definitely need to include an expectation of the immigrant adapting to US customs.
A couple of our more useful customs are rule of law and due process.
To implement this, there is a thing called federal rules of procedure for making regulations.
It involves proposing a new rule and asking for public comment, then deciding what to do.
It provides the folks affected by a new rule a chance to prepare and adjust.
An XO catching folks in mid flight might have had some room for improvement.
It certainly diminishes the value of the customs the folks are expect to adjust to.
So, to some extent, your XO is working against it's ultimate purpose.
Being President is about having the power to do stuff but also having the wisdom to choose what stuff to do.