Donald
Trump's controversial immigration policy has suffered a setback
following a court order militating against the signed Executive Order.
A mammoth crowd of protesters in the U.S
A federal judge in Brooklyn blocked part of an executive order that
President Donald Trump signed Friday barring visitors from seven
Muslim-majority countries.
The emergency stay, issued Saturday night, temporarily prevents
people arriving at U.S. airports with valid visas from being deported.
The ruling, issued by Judge Ann Donnelly of the U.S. District Court
for the Eastern District of New York, temporarily stalls President
Trump’s plan to block visitors — including visa and green card holders —
from Syria, Iran, Somalia, Yemen, Iraq, Sudan and Libya for 90 days.
The order also suspended the refugee resettlement program for four
months.
But on Saturday, Judge Donnelly halted the deportations ruling “there
will be substantial and irreparable harm to refugees, visa-holders, and
other individuals from nations subject to the January 27, 2017
Executive Order.”
When Judge Donnelly granted the stay, the courtroom erupted in
cheers but she immediately shouted “No! No!” and the room returned to
silence.
The American Civil Liberties Union estimated that the stay will
temporarily spare 100 to 200 people from deportation. After the ruling,
ACLU asked if their clients would be put in detention until their status
was resolved. U.S. Attorneys seemed not to know. Judge Donnelly said, “If someone is not released, I guess I’ll just hear from you.”
Judge Donnelly ordered the government to provide the ACLU with a list of all the people who were being detained. “That will be hard, there are hundreds of people coming in,” government said.
“Get them a list,” Judge Donnelly responded. The news of
the stay quickly reached Terminal 4 of John F. Kennedy Airport, where
protesters and families were gathered, though it wasn’t immediately
clear who the decision applied to or if anyone detained would be allowed
to leave the airport.
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