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On January 28, 2017, thousands of people gathered at [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] in [[Queens]], [[New York City]], to protest President [[Donald Trump]]'s [[Executive Order "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States"|executive order]] returning refugees and other visitors from select predominantly Muslim countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-trailguide-updates-thousands-at-jfk-airport-in-new-york-1485642642-htmlstory.html|title=Thousands at JFK airport in New York protest new visa and refugee suspensions|first=Barbara|last=Demick|publisher=''Los Angeles Times''|date=January 28, 2017|access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref> According to various sources over 2,000 people were at the protest at the airport.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/protests-airports-immigration-action-president-trump/|title=Protests erupt at airports nationwide over immigration action|last=|first=|date=January 28, 2017|work=CBS News|access-date=January 28, 2017|via=}}</ref><ref name=":11" />
On January 28, 2017, thousands of people gathered at [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] in [[Queens]], [[New York City]], to protest President [[Donald Trump]]'s [[Executive Order "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States"|executive order]] returning refugees and other visitors from select predominantly Muslim countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-trailguide-updates-thousands-at-jfk-airport-in-new-york-1485642642-htmlstory.html|title=Thousands at JFK airport in New York protest new visa and refugee suspensions|first=Barbara|last=Demick|publisher=''Los Angeles Times''|date=January 28, 2017|access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref> According to various sources, over 2,000 people were at the protest at the airport.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/protests-airports-immigration-action-president-trump/|title=Protests erupt at airports nationwide over immigration action|last=|first=|date=January 28, 2017|work=CBS News|access-date=January 28, 2017|via=}}</ref><ref name=":11" />


== Background ==
== Background ==

Revision as of 00:46, 30 January 2017

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Protesters holding signs outside terminal 4

On January 28, 2017, thousands of people gathered at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York City, to protest President Donald Trump's executive order returning refugees and other visitors from select predominantly Muslim countries.[1] According to various sources, over 2,000 people were at the protest at the airport.[2][3]

Background

Main article: Executive Order "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States"

On January 27, President Trump signed an executive order which created a suspension of all refugees entering the United States for 120 days and an indefinite block for Syrian refugees.[4] The order also blocks citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen from entering the U.S. for 90 days.[4] Green card holders from these countries are also affected.[5]

Approximately 27 air passengers coming into airports around the United States were either detained or sent home on January 28.[5] By January 29, an estimated 375 travelers have been affected by the order.[6] Two Iraqi detainees were released from the JFK airport and as of 6 pm Eastern Time, 11 detainees remained.[5] On January 29, there were still two detainees left inside the airport.[7] One detainee at the JFK airport was Hameed Jhalid Darweesh, who is an Iraqi interpreter for the United States Army.[8] Darweesh was held for twelve hours without being allowed to see his lawyers.[9] Two elderly and disabled Iranian citizens with green cards were detained for hours at Washington Dulles International Airport.[10] President Trump told the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) that Christian refugees will be given priority in terms of refugee status in the United States.[11]

Protest

'Trump Immigration Order Sparks Protests at NY Airport' report from Voice of America

The protest started January 28, with a small group[12] around 11am in the morning.[13] Protesters gathered in front of Terminal 4, where international arrivals take place.[8] As advocacy groups, such as the New York Immigration Coalition, called out to protestors on social media, the crowd grew.[14] The protestors were gathered to denounce Trump's executive order and to show support for refugees and immigrants.[15] The demonstration became large enough by sunset that it spread into the parking deck near the terminal.[12] Demonstrators brought signs, chanted slogans and called the action a "Muslim ban".[14] The protesters marched from terminal to terminal.[16] A compainion protest sprang up on Staten Island in the evening, taking place in Port Richmond.[17]

Other groups involved in the protest included Make the Road New York, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ), Black Latino Asian Caucus members[18]. The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) was also involved in the protests, having expressed anger that the executive order, which would have harm the prospects of Muslim refugees, was signed on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and groups of Jews broke Sabbath to join the protests[19][20]. From 6–7pm, taxi drivers of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA) stopped picking up passengers at the JFK airport in protest of those detained.[21][22] In the evening, the police were turning away anyone without airplane tickets from using the AirTrain.[12] After 8pm, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo asked that people be allowed to board the Air Train once again.[12]

Late in the evening on January 28, a Federal District court judge in Brooklyn, Ann M. Donnelly,[4] blocked part of the executive order, "providing immediate relief to dozens stranded at airports around the country."[23] In the U.S. District Courts in Seattle and Virginia, similar rulings were made.[23] This emergency stay will allow affected individuals with valid visas to stay in the US.[24] However, lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union and Zachary Manfredi from Yale's Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic caution that individuals detained at the airports could still be transferred to different detention facilities.[24] Reports coming from midnight, January 28, indicated that Legal Aid lawyers were still not given access to clients being held inside of JFK.[16] In Brooklyn, demonstrators waited outside the Federal District court as the case was being decided.[4]

Additionally, two Iraqi men who had been detained have filed lawsuits on January 28 against both Trump and the United States government over the issue.[18]

President Donald Trump was quoted as saying that his executive order's ban is "working out very nicely. You see it at the airports, you see it all over."[25] Former New York City mayor, Rudy Giuliani, said that President Trump came to him for guidance over the ruling which Giuliani described as a "Muslim ban."[26]

Other protests

Main article: List of protests against Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States
Protesters at San Francisco International Airport

Protests occurred at airports across the U.S., including Chicago's O'Hare International Airport,[27] San Francisco International Airport,[27][28] Los Angeles International Airport,[29] Seattle's SeaTac Airport,[30] Portland International Airport in Oregon,[31][32] and in airports in Newark, Boston, Denver, Dallas,[33] and San Diego.[34] Also planned were Houston, Las Vegas,[14] Orlando, Philadelphia and Atlanta.[33]

Protesters at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago

The protest in Seattle on January 28, grew to more than 3,000 protesters was supported at an on-site news conference by numerous elected officials, including the state Governor Jay Inslee.[35][30][36] "Up to 13 people" were detained in the Seattle airport.[34] The protest in Los Angeles saw around 200 protestors on Saturday.[3] Governor of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, joined the protest at Dulles International Airport on Saturday.[33] Senator Cory Booker was also at the protest at the Dulles International Airport.[34] Mayor Marty Walsh and Senator Elizabeth Warren joined the protest in Boston at the Logan International Airport.[34] There were over 800 protesters at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.[34] At the San Francisco International Airport, around 1,000 protesters showed up in support of refugees.[37] California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom and Google co-founder Sergey Brin attended the SFO protest.[38]

People and organizations in Detroit organized a protest on January 29 at the Metropolitan Airport.[39]

A mass protest in London is scheduled for Monday evening, with 9,000 people registering on Facebook and another 16,000 stating they are interested in attending.[40]

Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, stated that Canada would be happy to accept refugees rejected by the United States.[25]

Iran protested by stating that no US citizens would be allowed in their country until the executive order was lifted.[25]

References

  1. ^ Demick, Barbara (January 28, 2017). "Thousands at JFK airport in New York protest new visa and refugee suspensions". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 28, 2017. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ "Protests erupt at airports nationwide over immigration action". CBS News. January 28, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  3. ^ a b Bacon, James; Gomez, Alan (January 29, 2017). "Protests against Trump's immigration plan set in more than 30 cities". USA Today. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d Shear, Michael D.; Kulish, Nicholas; Feuer, Alan (January 28, 2017). "Trump's Order Blocks Immigrants at Airports, Stoking Fear Around Globe". The New York Times. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  5. ^ a b c Hayden, Michael Edison (January 28, 2017). "At Least 27 People Detained or Sent Home Following Trump's Executive Order". ABC News. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  6. ^ Jacobo, Julia (January 29, 2017). "Trump's Immigration Order Sparks Protests at Airports Nationwide". ABC News. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  7. ^ Jamieson, Amber; Taylor, Matthew (January 29, 2017). "Protests spread over Trump travel ban on Muslim majority countries – live". The Guardian. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  8. ^ a b George, Michael (January 28, 2017). "Following Detainment, 'Refugees Welcome' Protest Erupts at JFK Airport". NBC New York. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  9. ^ McDonnell, Mary; Tracy, Thomas; McShane, Larry (January 28, 2017). "Iraqi man, Hameed Darweesh, free after detainment at JFK Airport". New York Daily News. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  10. ^ Torbati, Yeganeh; Mason, Jeff; Rosenberg, Mica (January 29, 2017). "Chaos, anger as Trump order halts some Muslim immigrants". Reuters. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  11. ^ Brody, David (January 27, 2017). "Brody File Exclusive: President Trump Says Persecuted Christians Will Be Given Priority As Refugees". The Brody File. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  12. ^ a b c d Rosenberg, Eli (January 28, 2017). "Protest Grows 'Out of Nowhere' at Kennedy Airport After Iraqis Are Detained". The New York Times. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  13. ^ Lam, Katherine (January 28, 2017). "Large Kennedy Airport protest against Trump refugee detentions ends in jubilation as judge halts deportations". PIX 11. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  14. ^ a b c Regan, Michael D. (January 28, 2017). "Protests erupt at U.S. airports after refugees detained". PBS Newshour. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  15. ^ Neelakantani, Hailaja (January 29, 2017). "Showdown begins: Hundreds gather spontaneously outside New York's JFK airport to protest Donald Trump's Muslim ban". Times of India. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  16. ^ a b Knefel, John (January 29, 2017). "Inside the Huge JFK Airport Protest Over Trump's Muslim Ban". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  17. ^ "Trump's Muslim Ban Sparks Protest on Staten Island". NY1 News. January 28, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  18. ^ a b "Protest at JFK airport over Trump's refugee ban". Al Jazeera. January 28, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  19. ^ Nathan-Kazis, Josh (January 28, 2017). "At JFK Protest Against Muslim Ban, Cries of 'Never Again'". Forward. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  20. ^ Koran, Laura (January 28, 2017). "Jewish groups pan Trump for signing refugee ban on Holocaust Remembrance Day". CNN. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  21. ^ Westbrook, Justin T. (January 28, 2017). "New York Taxi Workers Alliance Halting JFK Airport Pickups To Protest Immigration Ban". Jalopnik. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  22. ^ Seipel, Brooke (January 28, 2017). "NY taxis refuse to pick up from JFK over refugee detention". TheHill. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  23. ^ a b Loffredo, Nicholas (January 28, 2017). "Feds Blocked From Sending Airport Detainees Home". Newsweek. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  24. ^ a b de Vogue, Arlane; Watkins, Ell; Orjoux, Alanne (January 28, 2017). "Judge halts implementation of Trump's immigration order". CNN. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  25. ^ a b c "Donald Trump hails immigration ban as passengers turned back from US-bound flights". ABC. January 29, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  26. ^ Hensley, Nicole (January 29, 2017). "Rudy Giuliani says Trump tasked him to craft 'Muslim ban'". New York Daily News. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  27. ^ a b "Photos: Chicagoans Protest Trump's Immigration Ban & Detentions At O'Hare". Chicagoist. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  28. ^ "SFO protesters hoping immigration detainees will be released". SFGate. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  29. ^ "Protests planned at LAX in wake of Trump order halting immigration". Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  30. ^ a b "More Than 3,000 Protest Trump Executive Order At Sea-Tac Airport". Seattle Patch. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  31. ^ "UPDATED: PortlandersAre Marching at PDX to Protest Donald Trump's Refugee Ban". Portland Mercury. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  32. ^ Staff, KATU.com. "Protest disrupts traffic at Portland International Airport". KATU. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  33. ^ a b c Langmaid, Tim; Hackney, Deanna (January 29, 2017). "The ban that descended into chaos: What we know". CNN Politics. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  34. ^ a b c d e Doubek, James (January 29, 2017). "Thousands Protest At Airports Nationwide Against Trump's Immigration Order". NPR. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  35. ^ "Gov. Jay Inslee Speaks At Sea-Tac Against Trump's Order". Seattle Times. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  36. ^ "Watch: Gov. Jay Inslee Speaks At Sea-Tac Against Trump's Order". Seattle Patch. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  37. ^ Swartz, Jon (January 28, 2017). "About 1,000 flood SFO to protest immigration ban". El Paso Times. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  38. ^ Swartz, Jon (January 28, 2017). "About 1,000 flood SFO to protest immigration ban". USA Today. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  39. ^ "Protests Against 'Muslim Ban' Taking Place At Metro Airport". CBS. January 29, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  40. ^ Gillett, Francesca (January 29, 2017). "Donald Trump Muslim ban: Thousands of Londoners set to protest at Downing Street against refugee crackdown". Evening Standard. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
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