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Reuters reports:
Immigration lawyers sued on Saturday to block President Donald Trump’s order halting the entry of refugees and foreign nationals from seven predominantly Muslim countries to the United States, saying numerous people have already been unlawfully detained.
The lawyers from numerous immigration organizations and the American Civil Liberties Union sued in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, on behalf of two Iraqi men, one a former U.S. government worker and the other the husband of a former U.S. security contractor.
The two men had visas to enter the United States but were detained on Friday night at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, hours after Trump’s executive order put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily barred travelers from Syria and six other Muslim-majority countries, the lawsuit said.
The lawsuit asks a judge to order the release of the two men and to block the enforcement of Trump’s order on behalf of a class of people who have valid entry documents but are in the same situation at various U.S. airports.
We filed suit against @RealDonaldTrump's #MuslimBan https://t.co/pcs3TM4qqq
— ACLU National (@ACLU) January 28, 2017
.@NydiaVelazquez @RepJerryNadler say, "This is not who we are. This is a matter of life and death." #MuslimBan pic.twitter.com/gnhnZBL5Po
— MaketheRoadNewYork (@MaketheRoadNY) January 28, 2017
We said that if Trump tried to implement any of his unconstitutional campaign promises we'd sue, and now unfortunately we have to. https://t.co/9WyU3bDNBg
— ACLU National (@ACLU) January 28, 2017
Barring Muslims from entering the U.S. while favoring the entry of Christians is immoral, illegal, and foolish. https://t.co/HR2NkpHYWS
— ACLU National (@ACLU) January 28, 2017
American Muslims, immigrants and US-born alike, are part of the fabric of this nation and part of what makes America great.
— ACLU National (@ACLU) January 28, 2017
.@NydiaVelazquez & I met w/CBP @ JFK and will continue to work to get refugees access to their lawyers & to justice. #muslimban pic.twitter.com/nYjFjJLR6i
— (((Rep. Nadler))) (@RepJerryNadler) January 28, 2017