Federal Court Blocks Trump’s Refugee Ban After Challenge from ACLU

A federal court has stayed Donald Trump’s executive order barring citizens from 7 countries from entering the United States. The orders resulted in dozens of detentions at airports of nationals from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia.

The ACLU had filed a habeas corpus petition in federal court for the Eastern District of New York on behalf of Hameed Khalid Darweesh and Sameer Abdulkhaleq Alshawi, two Iraqi citizens who were detained at JFK airport in New York City earlier today.

The judge’s order reportedly covers those in transit or already detained at airports, and does not apply to future arrivals.

Stay is granted

— Dale Ho (@dale_e_ho) January 29, 2017

Stay is national

— Dale Ho (@dale_e_ho) January 29, 2017

This is a nationwide stay. And here we have it: President Trump’s first legal loss on civil rights. There will be more, from @ACLU & others https://t.co/yZWXanhV2X

— Udi Ofer (@UdiACLU) January 29, 2017

Stay of ban removals pic.twitter.com/jZjtidm2IF

— Omar C. Jadwat (@OmarJadwat) January 29, 2017

News of @ACLU victory/emergency stay reaches #SFO #MuslimBanprotest pic.twitter.com/A7ou6Ak07n

— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) January 29, 2017

Developing…

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