Travel Ban

Elon Musk Says He Put Travel Ban On The Agenda As He Defends Continued Trump Council Participation

... other council participants, however, it does seem like climate at least has been a noteworthy part of the agenda. GM CEO and strategic and policy forum member Mary Barra provided Tech Crunch with the following statement about her participation in Friday’s meeting via email from a GM spokesperson. I’m pleased to have been part of a very constructive discussion on how we can all work together on policies that support a strong and competitive U. S. economy, create jobs and address safety and environmental issues. As we have stated, a vibrant U. S. economy that is competitive globally and that grows jobs is what we all want. While GM has addressed the immigration order issued by Trump last week in an internal memo shared with media from the company’s HR lead John Quattrone, Barra herself has not addressed the executive measure publicly. Of the major U. S. automakers, only Ford CEO Mark Fields has made a statement ...

More Protests Heat Up Around The World Against Trump

... 4, 2017. Jan Schmidt-Whitley / Sipa USA via AP. The pro-immigration stances are in opposition to Trump's executive order barring foreigners from seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the country over the past week. That order was reversed Saturday as State Department and Homeland Security officials said they wouldn't stop airlines from accepting those travelers after a federal judge halted Trump's order. Meanwhile, marches were held in cities from New York to London and Miami to Paris for a third weekend in a row related to Trump's ascension as leader of the free world. About 30 demonstrators protesting the Trump travel ban at LAX __link__/Nllm X 1 p 41 Z. — Jane Yamamoto (@Jane News) January 29, 2017. A protest was also held in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday afternoon — just across the water from Mar-A-Lago, the Trump-owned resort where the president was working out of over the weekend. Related: Your Gate is Now Open: Judge Halts Trump Immigration Order. In ...

Demonstrators Protest Trump's Travel Ban As Government Suspends Enforcement

... held a sign that read “We can do this every weekend,” referring to the demonstrations. She said people need to stand up and say what they will and won’t tolerate. The U. S. government on Saturday suspended enforcement of the ban a day after a federal judge in Washington state temporarily blocked it. Marchers also carried signs in Salt Lake City from the federal building to the state capitol building. At Los Angeles International Airport, about 150 people gathered in front of the international terminal to protest the ban and other Trump policies. A handful of women in Muslim headscarves chanted: “This is what America looks like.”. View Gallery. Protester Brandon Mc Tear holds a sign and the American flag as demonstrators gather to protest against President Trump’s executive order banning refugees and immigrants from seven primarily Muslim countries from entering the United States during a rally in ...

Iraqi Interpreter Feels 'very Blessed' To Return To U.s. After Travel Ban

... help Iraq get rid of the Islamic State group. "I just want to tell Mr. Trump, President Trump: 'We are your allies,'" he said. "Please let us be your friends. We want to be your friends. Don't let the Iraqi people down. We look to America like it is our big brother.". Alaskry got a call Wednesday from the U. S. embassy in Baghdad that he could now travel to the U. S. The person did not say if a mistake had been made or offer apologies. He bought four more tickets, spending a total of $8,000 on all the airfare. He feels sad for his fellow Iraqis who are barred but is happy to get his family out. As he walked out of the New York airport Friday afternoon, he said the Statue of Liberty topped his list of attractions he wanted to visit. His wife, wearing a headscarf, trailed behind, holding their two children's hands. His daughter clutched a colorful paper "Welcome Munther and family" sign covered in hearts that was ...

Iranian Tech Exec Scouts Expansion Outside Us After Trump Travel Ban

... year ago, when lawmakers implemented changes to the Visa Waiver Program , which previously allowed Shokrollahi, as a German citizen, to enter the U. S. without a visa. Now dual citizens of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Sudan would need one. While losing the waiver was a significant inconvenience for Shokrollahi, as documented in a story from the Intercept , he never imagined that he'd be forbidden from entering the U. S. altogether. "It's not for me to decide how the U. S. government will protect itself against threats," he said. "I'm just surprised. I myself have gone through so many background checks in U. S. The work I've been doing in previous companies and the kinds of customers I worked for required very extensive background checks on me.". Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images. (L-R) Amazon's chief Jeff Bezos, Larry Page ...

From Indonesia To Colorado, Protests Continue On Travel Ban, Trump

... Neil Hall/Reuters. Hundreds of protesters also Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, where a wall once separated east and west Germany. Protesters attend a rally against U. S. President Donald Trump’s immigration policies outside the U. S. embassy in Berlin, Germany February 4, 2017. Photo by Pawel Kopczynski/Reuters. And there were demonstrations in Manila, Philippines; Jakarta, Indonesia and at the base of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Filipino activists burn a portrait of U. S. President Donald Trump during a protest against U. S. immigration policies outside the U. S. embassy in metro Manila, Philippines February 4, 2017. Photo By Romeo Ranoco/Reuters. Filipino activists hold banner and placards while marching towards the U. S. embassy during a protest against U. S. President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, in metro Manila February 4, 2017. Photo by Romeo Ranoco/Reuters. Activist hold placards as they protest against U. S. President Donald Trump’s recent policies, outside the U. S. ...

With Travel Ban Lifted, Bay Area Residents Rush To Fly Relatives Back To U.s

... From left, Khaleah Tahan, of Daly City, Kerry Mc Cracken, of Oakland, Bayan Tahan, of Daly City and her mother Rawa Alchalian, of Daly City, protest with hundreds of other people against the detention of Muslim refugees at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. Tahan has family from Syria, they said. U. S. President Donald Trump signed an executive action prohibiting Muslims from entering into the United States. February 4, 2017 at 1:16 pm. | UPDATED. February 4, 2017 at 8:31 pm. As news spread that President Donald Trump’s executive order barring certain refugees and visa-holders from the United States had been temporarily lifted, anxious families across the Bay Area hustled Saturday to get relatives stranded overseas on planes headed west. Related Articles. Trump lashes out a federal judge over ruling on travel ban. With a legal battle brewing in federal court, immigration advocates said families have very little time to act. The Justice Department filed an appeal late Saturday of U. S. District Judge James L. Robart’s ruling, issued Friday, that temporarily blocked enforcement of the ...

Travel Ban Attacks Our Core Values

... Christianity. Among the misconceptions is that all Muslims are Arabs. Actually about 20 percent of them are. Nor are all Arabs Muslim. Since the 1960 s, South Asian Muslims have also immigrated to America for the same reasons as forefathers of most of the Americans: opportunities, a better life and the protection of human rights. The ill-advised travel ban for Muslim majority countries has created mass confusion. This is a humanitarian predicament. Elderly people have been kept for questioning for hours. Families are separated. People with valid papers have been denied admission. Thousands of people who protested against this executive order are not against the security of the country. They are for American core values of compassion and against discrimination. We are all for extreme vetting processes. American Muslims support this even more strongly as we don’t want any radicals to misrepresent our faith or commit crimes against humanity in the name of Islam. The ban will not help to fight ...

Trump's Shock-and-awe Strategy Produces His First Major Setback

... filed lawsuits on behalf of those who had green cards designating them as permanent legal residents, the Trump administration clarified that green-card holders would be exempt from the travel ban. Government officials also reversed a prior position this week and said that dual citizens who held citizenship from one nation that was not on the restricted list would be exempt, even if they also were citizens of a country on the list. Caption 90 seconds: 4 stories you can't miss. Ali Vayeghan  was one of an unknown number of people whose plans were disrupted by President Trump's entry ban. UC Berkeley was home of the free speech movement. Today, California's flagship university is under fire  from the right and left. Tread cautiously. That's how Super Bowl advertisers  are feeling in the fraught political landscape. Snapchat app maker Snap's IPO filing  might be the biggest ever for a Los Angeles company. Caption 90 seconds: 4 stories you can't miss. Ali Vayeghan  was one of an unknown number of people whose plans were disrupted by President Trump's entry ban. UC Berkeley was home of the free speech movement. Today, California's flagship university is under fire  from the ...

Trump Officials Slow-walked Court Orders On Travel Ban

... to the person brief on the call, who wasn’t authorized to speak to reporters. Another person familiar with the process confirmed CBP issued new instructions overnight. CBP agents at Dulles continued to block lawyers from talking to travelers into Sunday, so they were unable to determine if green card holders were being detained. Rep. Connolly arrived on Sunday afternoon, joined by fellow Democrats Jamie Raskin and John Delaney of Maryland and Don Beyer of Virginia. Airport police blocked them from meeting with CBP officials. Connolly said he concluded CBP was not complying with the order based on talking with the lawyers and passengers outside and by CBP’s refusal to meet with the congressmen. By Marc Caputo and Josh Dawsey. “You’ve got an Orwellian order implemented with Kafkaesque incompetence leaving large parts of America in chaos and pandemonium, and lots of real people got hurt,” Raskin said. “We have a ...

Iranian Baby Caught In Trump Travel Ban Headed To Us For Surgery

... told CNN. Fatemeh’s family contacted the office of Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, for help. Merkley took “interest in the case and assigned a case worker from his office to work as a facilitator between the family and immigration lawyers,” the senator’s communications director Sara Hottman told CNN on Thursday. “He’s involved and very personally interested in this issue, being very opposed to this ban as it’s having potentially devastating effect on lives,” Hottman said. That leverage apparently included the letter to Tillerson, which Merkley’s office sent with other congressional Democrats from the state. “Whether Fatemeh and her family are allowed access to this urgent and necessary medical care in the United States will determine whether she lives or dies,” they wrote. The Democrats said granting the waiver would be “moral and humanitarian” as well as send a signal that “even in the face of highly strained diplomatic relations, the United States offers help to those suffering tragic circumstances.”. The surgery. Doctors from around the country and from Canada and Germany responded to calls for help, Murray told CNN. “She has a ...