Saturday, January 28, 2017

BREAKING: Federal Court Issues Emergency Stay Halting Trump’s Travel Ban

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The federal court for the Eastern District of New York issued an emergency stay Friday night to halt President Trump’s executive order banning entry to the US from seven countries, after massive protests broke out and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in response.

The ACLU announced that it would start litigation against Trump after he signed an executive order that would deny refugees entry into the U.S. from seven countries.

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The order also called for “extreme vetting” to those allowed to enter the U.S to “keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States of America.”

The ACLU filed a habeus corpus motion Saturday in a New York federal court on behalf of two detained Iraqi’s at the JFK airport who were threatened with deportation. The ACLU argued that Trump’s executive order was a violation of the law and was “unlawful.”

This lead to protest out front of the JFK airport and a twitter campaign to help fund the ACLU’s lawsuit. Many influential people started tweeting that they would match donations to the ACLU.

The ACLU has since succeeded in stopping Trump a Federal court has issued an emergency stay halting President Trump’s travel ban the ACLU said according to Grasswire.

The ACLU also announced tips for anyone suffering through this ban “don’t sign any papers” noting that their lawyers are stationed across various U.S. airports for those who need their assistance.

You can read ACLU’s full lawsuit against Donald Trump here.

 

 

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