Attorneys general from 16 states condemn Trump immigration order
(Reuters) – Attorneys general from 16 U.S. states, including California, New York and Pennsylvania, issued a joint statement on Sunday condemning President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries.
Green card holders will need additional screening: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. green card holders will require additional screening before they can return to the United States, the White House said on Saturday.
How Trump’s abrupt immigration ban sowed confusion at airports, agencies
NEW YORK (Reuters) – After immigration agents detained two Iraqis on Saturday at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, their lawyers and two U.S. lawmakers accompanying them tried to cross into a secure area to consult with the men.
Syrian Christians denied entry to U.S. in Philadelphia: Lebanese airport sources
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Syrian Christian Orthodox family was turned back from Philadelphia International Airport after traveling to the United States from Lebanon, airport sources in Beirut said on Sunday.
Chaos, anger as Trump order halts some Muslim immigrants
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s order to restrict people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States sparked confusion and anger on Saturday after immigrants and refugees were kept off flights and left …
Americans with Iran visas welcome to enter country: foreign minister
DUBAI (Reuters) – Americans who already hold Iranian visas can enter the country, Iran’s foreign minister said on Sunday, even though Tehran has vowed to respond in kind to a U.S. ban on visitors from Iran and six other Muslim countries ordered by Pres…
Judge allows travelers who landed with visas to stay in country
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge in Brooklyn, New York issued an emergency stay on Saturday that temporarily blocks the U.S. government from sending people out of the country after they have landed at a U.S. airport with valid visas.
Middle Eastern immigrants to U.S. confront upended lives
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Families, students, engineers and doctors from across the Middle East who have made the United States their home on Saturday found themselves potentially uprooting established lives, after President Donald Trump this week curtail…
FBI request for Twitter account data may have overstepped legal guidelines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI appeared to go beyond the scope of existing legal guidance in seeking certain kinds of internet records from Twitter as recently as last year, legal experts said, citing two warrantless surveillance orders the social med…
ACLU says to argue for nationwide stay of Trump immigration order
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union said it would argue in U.S. District Court in New York at 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday for a nationwide stay to block deportation of people stranded in U.S. airports because of President Donald Trum…
