President Donald Trump’s Executive order, banning citizens of some Muslim countries from entering the United States of America, U.S., has sparked global outrage.
This came as the ban order through an Executive order signed by Trump, suspended the entry of all refugees to the United States for 120 days.
According to reports, this has now created a legal limbo for individuals on the way to the United States, and panic for families who were awaiting their arrival.
Seven countries which include: Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen, were specifically mentioned in the ban order.
A shocking report on Saturday, revealed that green card holders and US permanent residents from those countries, are not exempted from the ban order.
Recently, a UK resident, Hamaseh Tayari, was denied entry onto a Costa Rica-New York-Glasgow flight, because of her Iranian passport.
Also, Iraqi Muslim refugees were detained overnight on Friday, at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, as President Donald Trump’s ban on the entry of citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries took effect.
Five other Iraqi passengers and one Yemeni, were barred from boarding an Egypt Air flight from Cairo to New York yesterday, on account of the ban.
Reacting to the Executive order, Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, who posted a status update, slammed Trump’s action.
Zuckerberg in the emotional post said: “My great grandparents came from Germany, Austria, and Poland. Priscilla’s parents were refugees from China and Vietnam. The United States is a nation of immigrants, and we should be proud of that.”
Scores of Arab travelers in the Middle East and North Africa, have denounced the order, which they called humiliating and discriminatory.
One of the Iraqis detained at the Kennedy Airport, Hameed Khalid Darweesh, had worked on behalf of the U.S. government in Iraq for 10 years.
In a reaction, a source said: “You see how dumb Donald Trump is? This fool has just signed an Executive order banning valid green card holders from the following countries who are currently outside the United States, from re-entering the US: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Yemen, Sudan, and Syria. Apart from the unconstitutionality of it, it reeks of the worst form of policy stupidity.
“How do you ban green card holders from re-entering the US, while keeping those here in the US? What policy goal is being served here? This is what I make of it: If you are from these countries, but you are not currently in the United States, we won’t let you come in, because we are paranoid that you are coming in to commit acts of terrorism. But if you are in the United States, and you are a green card holder from one of the seven countries, you are free to stay, even though we are paranoid that you are going to commit acts of terrorism in US homeland. What sort of policy is that?’’
The source added: “This guy will end up growing the pool of anti-American sentiments in the world. When you have prevented a green card holder from returning to the US, you have unwittingly made a huge enemy of the state in the family left here in the United States. Not smart, but not surprised. We are being ruled by a fascist lunatic. God save America!’’
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