| Tech companies protest Trump immigration order Posted: 28 Jan 2017 05:44 PM PST  Google, Apple and other tech giants expressed dismay over an executive order on immigration from President Donald Trump that bars nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. The ...
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| EU leaders vow 'firm' response to Trump Posted: 28 Jan 2017 05:39 PM PST  The EU's traditional power couple France and Germany expressed mounting alarm at key decisions by US President Donald Trump in his first week in office, saying they raised many issues of concern. French President Francois Hollande vowed a "firm" response to a growing list of pronouncements by the maverick tycoon, including his encouragement for Brexit and suspension of all refugee arrivals. "We must conduct firm dialogue with the new American administration which has shown it has its own approach to the problems we all face," the French leader said after a meeting of southern EU countries in Lisbon, flanked by fellow leaders.
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| Trump says his immigration ban is ‘working out very nicely’ Posted: 28 Jan 2017 05:05 PM PST  President Trump on Saturday touted his executive order blocking citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States. In response, a large protest broke out at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City, with notable demonstrations at airports around the country. Speaking in the Oval Office to reporters, Trump denied that the order was meant to target Muslims and cited the scenes at American airports as evidence that the ban is a success.
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| Trump shuts door on refugees, but will the US be safer? Posted: 28 Jan 2017 04:46 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says his halt to immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations and ban on refugees is being done in the name of national security. But it's not clear that these measures will help prevent attacks on American soil, and they could wind up emboldening extremists who already view the U.S. as at war with Islam.
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| Trump gives generals 30 days for new anti-IS strategy Posted: 28 Jan 2017 04:43 PM PST  President Donald Trump signed an executive order Saturday giving the US military 30 days to devise a plan to "defeat" the Islamic State group. The plan makes good on a key campaign pledge of Trump, who mocked and criticized the slow pace of his predecessor Barack Obama's progress in the fight against the extremist fighters. The text, which calls for a "comprehensive strategy and plans for the defeat of ISIS," is seen as meaning more US forces and military hardware moving into Iraq and Syria.
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| Trump's call for deadlier Islamic State push may hit limits Posted: 28 Jan 2017 04:42 PM PST  By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's call for a military plan to defeat Islamic State is likely to see the Pentagon revisiting options for a more aggressive use of firepower and American troops. The order calls for the combined experts to recommend any changes needed to U.S. rules of engagement or other policy restrictions, to identify new coalition partners and to suggest mechanisms for choking off Islamic State funding sources.
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| Trump ban sparks U.S. immigration chaos, infuriates Muslims Posted: 28 Jan 2017 04:34 PM PST  By Jeff Mason and Jonathan Allen WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's order for "extreme vetting" of visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries had an immediate impact on people around the world on Saturday, stranding legal residents of the United States and travelers with visas at airports and infuriating Muslims, Iranians and Western allies alike. Immigration lawyers and advocates reacted furiously to the order, promising lawsuits after many worked through the night trying to help marooned travelers find a way back home. Confusion abounded at airports as immigration and customs officials struggled to interpret the new rules, with some legal residents who were in the air when the order was issued detained at airports upon arrival.
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| Trump vows better Russia ties, reassures NATO allies Posted: 28 Jan 2017 04:32 PM PST  President Donald Trump vowed Saturday to improve floundering ties with Russia, while also reassuring close US allies he supports NATO. Amid growing international alarm over Trump's halt to refugees and travelers from Muslim countries, French President Francois Hollande warned of the "economic and political consequences" of the American leader's protectionist stance. The comments came one day after Trump signed a sweeping executive order to suspend the arrival of refugees for at least 120 days and bars visas for travelers from seven Muslim majority countries for the next three months.
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| Iraqis with U.S. ties are first to sue over Trump immigration order Posted: 28 Jan 2017 04:31 PM PST By David Ingram and Mica Rosenberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - An initial volley in a potential barrage of legal challenges to President Donald Trump's new restrictions on immigration came on Saturday on behalf of two Iraqis with ties to U.S. security forces who were detained at New York's JFK Airport. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, the men are challenging the directive on constitutional grounds. |
| NYC airport becomes scene of anguish after Trump travel ban Posted: 28 Jan 2017 04:20 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's Kennedy airport became a scene of anguish and desperation Saturday for the families of people detained after arriving in the U.S. from nations subject to President Donald Trump's travel ban. |
| The Latest: Anguished relatives of detainees at NY airport Posted: 28 Jan 2017 04:11 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on U.S. President Donald Trump and his ban on refugees from Muslim-majority countries (all times local):
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| The Latest: Trump reaffirms NATO commitment to France Posted: 28 Jan 2017 04:01 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EST):
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| Middle Eastern immigrants to U.S. confront upended lives Posted: 28 Jan 2017 03:09 PM PST  By Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Families, students, engineers and doctors from across the Middle East who have made the United States their home on Saturday found themselves potentially uprooting established lives, after President Donald Trump this week curtailed immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries. The countries – Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya, and Somalia – together sent around 86,000 visitors to the United States in 2015, according to Department of Homeland Security data. More than 52,000 people from those countries obtained permanent U.S. residency that year.
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| US agrees to 'immediate' post-Brexit trade talks: UK Posted: 28 Jan 2017 03:08 PM PST  US President Donald Trump has agreed to start immediate trade talks with Britain with the goal of preserving current arrangements when it leaves the European Union, Downing Street said Saturday. The "high-level talks", agreed during Prime Minister Theresa May's visit to the White House on Friday, risk antagonising EU leaders, who have warned London cannot start negotiations with other countries until it exits the bloc. "The first step towards achieving this will be a new Trade Negotiation Agreement (TNA) which will see high-level talks between the two nations beginning immediately," a Downing Street spokesman said.
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| British MP says new Trump rules bar him from entering US Posted: 28 Jan 2017 03:03 PM PST  An MP from British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party on Saturday revealed he would be barred from entering the US under President Donald Trump's immigration clampdown, presenting his boss with a diplomatic headache. Iraqi-born MP Nadhim Zahawi tweeted that he had had "confirmation that the order does apply to myself and my wife as we were both born in Iraq," even though the pair have British passports. Following his meeting with May, Trump on Friday signed a sweeping executive order to suspend the arrival of refugees and impose tough new controls on travellers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
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| Trump order on refugees, Muslims sparks confusion, worry Posted: 28 Jan 2017 02:40 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Confusion, worry and outrage grew Saturday as President Donald Trump's crackdown on refugees and citizens from seven majority-Muslim countries took effect. Airlines blocked people traveling to the United States, legal challenges were underway and doubts abounded about whether the order would make America safer.
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| Trump's ban dashes hope for many asylum-seekers Posted: 28 Jan 2017 02:39 PM PST  An Iraqi pleaded for his life to President Donald Trump. A former Iraqi translator for the U.S. military landed in his new home with words of praise for America still on his lips. And community and church groups, geared up to welcome Syrian families, looked in dismay at homes prepared for refugees that may never be filled.
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| Canada's Trudeau welcomes all immigrants in sunny Twitter message Posted: 28 Jan 2017 02:33 PM PST  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed Canadian immigrants Saturday in a sunny Twitter message written in stark contrast to Donald Trump's order temporarily banning all refugees and many Muslims from traveling to the United States. Diversity is our strength #WelcomeToCanada," Trudeau posted on Twitter. The message comes one day after Trump signed a sweeping executive order to suspend the arrival of refugees for at least 120 days and impose tough new controls on travelers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen for the next three months.
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| Trump's call for deadlier Islamic State push may hit limits Posted: 28 Jan 2017 02:19 PM PST  By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's call for a military plan to defeat Islamic State, made in an executive order on Saturday, is likely to see the Pentagon revisiting options for a more aggressive use of firepower and American troops. "It is going to be very successful," Trump said as he signed the order in the Oval Office at the White House. In a briefing with reporters on Saturday, a senior administration official said the order would ask the joint chiefs of staff to submit a plan in 30 days for defeating Islamic State, fulfilling one of Trump's campaign trail pledges.
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| Canada's Trudeau welcomes refugees, airline rejects U.S.-bound passenger Posted: 28 Jan 2017 02:15 PM PST  By David Ljunggren and Anna Mehler Paperny OTTAWA/TORONTO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed those fleeing war and persecution on Saturday even as Canadian airlines said they would turn back U.S.-bound passengers to comply with an immigration ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries. A day after U.S. President Donald Trump put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily barred travelers from the seven countries, Trudeau said in a tweet: "To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith.
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| Trump ban causes U.S. immigration chaos, draws fury of Muslims, Iran Posted: 28 Jan 2017 02:13 PM PST  By Jeff Mason and Jonathan Allen WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's most far reaching action since taking office plunged America's immigration system into chaos on Saturday, not only for refugees but for legal U.S. residents who were turned away at airports and feared being stranded outside the country. Immigration lawyers and advocates worked through the night trying to help stranded travelers find a way back home. Lawyers in New York sued to block the order, saying many people have already been unlawfully detained, including an Iraqi who worked for the U.S. Army in Iraq.
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| Iraqi MPs want parliament to discuss U.S. travel curbs Posted: 28 Jan 2017 01:55 PM PST Iraqi lawmakers have requested that parliament discuss U.S. travel curbs imposed on the nation and six other Muslim-majority countries, an MP said on Sunday. Rinas Jano, a member of the parliament's foreign affairs committee, said he made the request with several other MPs. ``We want officials from the Iraqi foreign affairs ministry to come to parliament to explain the U.S. decision and discuss the matter,'' he told Reuters. |
| Travellers so far blocked by Trump travel clampdown Posted: 28 Jan 2017 01:28 PM PST  Travellers began to be stopped within hours of US President Donald Trump signing an order Friday to suspend refugee arrivals and impose tough controls on travellers from seven mostly Muslim countries. The visa-restricted countries are Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. An Iraqi family was barred from flying from Cairo to New York on Saturday.
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| 'Case by case' approach for U.S. green card holders under Trump's new order Posted: 28 Jan 2017 01:16 PM PST By Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. green card holders from Syria and six other Muslim-majority countries traveling outside the United States need to check with a U.S. consulate to see whether they can return, senior U.S. administration officials said on Saturday. New restrictions on immigrants and refugees in an executive order signed by President Donald Trump will mean legal permanent residents who have passports from the seven countries have to be cleared back into the United States on a case-by-case basis, an official told reporters in a briefing. |
| Diplomatic debut: Trump makes uneven entry onto world stage Posted: 28 Jan 2017 12:20 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — One week into office, President Donald Trump was trying to clean up his first international incident.
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| In Middle East, U.S. travel curbs decried as unjust, insulting Posted: 28 Jan 2017 12:19 PM PST  By Eric Knecht and Maher Chmaytelli CAIRO/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Arabs and Iranians planning U.S. trips reacted with fury on Saturday to new American travel curbs they said were insulting and discriminatory, as five Iraqis and a Yemeni were stopped from boarding a New York-bound flight in Cairo. In some of seven Muslim-majority countries affected by the restrictions, would-be travelers preparing family visits, work trips or seeking to escape war reported chaotic disruption to their plans. Iran, one of the seven countries, said it would stop U.S. citizens entering the country in retaliation to Washington's visa ban, calling it an "open affront against the Muslim world and the Iranian nation".
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| Trump's 'insulting' travel ban hits hard Posted: 28 Jan 2017 12:15 PM PST  Muslims from seven countries were barred Saturday from flying to the US and others detained there after President Donald Trump froze arrivals, with one man saying his life has been "destroyed". Iran, which saw many of its citizens stranded in European and Middle Eastern airports, denounced the "insulting" ban and said it would reciprocate. Trump on Friday signed a sweeping executive order to suspend the arrival of refugees and impose tough new controls on travellers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
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| Syria refugees see dream of better life crushed by Trump ban Posted: 28 Jan 2017 12:02 PM PST  AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Syrian refugee Ammar Sawan took a first hopeful step toward moving to the United States last fall, submitting to an initial security screening.
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| Qatar Airways, Etihad to enforce Trump travel ban Posted: 28 Jan 2017 11:56 AM PST  Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways said Saturday they would enforce the new rules governing entry to the United States following President Donald Trump's temporary order restricting arrivals from seven Muslim countries. A spokesperson for Qatar Airways said it would only carry passengers to the US who had the correct documentation. The news comes after Trump imposed tough new controls on travellers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
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| UN hopes US refugee ban is temporary Posted: 28 Jan 2017 11:51 AM PST  The United Nations hopes that US President Donald Trump's decision to ban refugees is a temporary measure and that they will again be given protection, its spokesman said Saturday. "We hope that the measures concerning the suspension of refugee flows are temporary as refugee protection needs have never been greater," said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric. In addition, all visa applications from seven Muslim countries -- Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen - were put on hold for at least 90 days.
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| A look at Trump's executive order on refugees, immigration Posted: 28 Jan 2017 11:48 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday making major changes to America's policies on refugees and immigration.
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| Trump order draws backlash as lawsuit filed Posted: 28 Jan 2017 11:46 AM PST  Resistance to President Donald Trump's crackdown on Muslim immigration mounted quickly Saturday, with the first legal challenge filed to an order branded as blatantly discriminatory. The suit suggests Trump's order temporarily halting all refugee arrivals and that of travelers from seven Muslim countries deemed to be terror threats faces tough battles ahead in US courts. The first challenge was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and other advocacy groups after two Iraqi men were detained Friday night at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York.
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| Iraqis with U.S. ties are first to sue over Trump immigration order Posted: 28 Jan 2017 11:26 AM PST  By David Ingram and Mica Rosenberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - An initial volley in a potential barrage of legal challenges to President Donald Trump's new restrictions on immigration came on Saturday on behalf of two Iraqis with ties to U.S. security forces who were detained at New York's JFK Airport. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, the men are challenging the directive on constitutional grounds.
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| Trump talks to world leaders amid alarm over Muslim immigrant policy Posted: 28 Jan 2017 11:20 AM PST  US President Donald Trump spoke by phone on Saturday with various world leaders, amid growing international alarm and a legal challenge over his moves to drastically limit Muslim immigration to the United States. In a flurry of calls that started early in the morning and rounded out an already frantically paced week, Trump spoke with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The conversations gave the US president an early opportunity to explain new policies that have baffled and unnerved much of the rest of the world -- particularly his order to temporarily halt all refugee arrivals and those of travelers from seven mainly Muslim countries including war-wracked Syria.
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| Legal challenges mount for Trump’s travel ban from 7 Muslim countries Posted: 28 Jan 2017 11:20 AM PST  Civil liberties groups are challenging Donald Trump's executive order barring all immigration from seven majority-Muslim nations for 120 days, which the president signed Friday evening. On Saturday morning, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed that legal permanent residents of the United States with green cards are included in the ban, and will not be allowed to reenter the country. As officials raced to understand the new executive order, U.S. green card holders from Iran and the six other countries were reportedly kicked off flights, sent back to their country of origin or detained at airports.
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| Iraqi family barred from flying to US from Cairo Posted: 28 Jan 2017 10:42 AM PST  An Iraqi family was barred from flying from Cairo to New York on Saturday after US President Donald Trump signed an order restricting arrivals from seven Muslim countries. Egyptian officials said the family had visas and were in transit when they were prevented from boarding the EgyptAir plane to New York's JFK airport.
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| Britain's May refuses to condemn Trump refugee ban Posted: 28 Jan 2017 09:48 AM PST  British Prime Minister Theresa May on Saturday refused to condemn an order by US President Donald Trump suspending refugee arrivals, saying Washington was responsible for its own refugee policy. "The United States is responsible for the United States' policy on refugees. The United Kingdom is responsible for the United Kingdom's policy on refugees," May said at a news conference in Ankara, after being repeatedly pressed to give her opinion on Trump's executive order.
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| U.N. agencies urge Trump to allow refugees entry Posted: 28 Jan 2017 09:33 AM PST  By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations refugee agency and International Organization for Migration (IOM) called on the Trump administration on Saturday to continue offering asylum to people fleeing war and persecution, saying its resettlement programme was vital. U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily barred travelers from Syria and six other Muslim-majority countries, saying the moves would help protect Americans from terrorist attacks. "The needs of refugees and migrants worldwide have never been greater and the U.S. resettlement program is one of the most important in the world," the two Geneva-based agencies said in a joint statement.
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| In Mosul, Iraqi soldiers decry Trump's travel restrictions Posted: 28 Jan 2017 09:31 AM PST  In Mosul, where Iraqi forces are at the forefront of the war against jihadists, soldiers are unhappy that security concerns could keep them from visiting relatives in the United States. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order restricting the entry of citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries including Iraq in what he described as an effort to make America safe from "radical Islamic terrorists". The travel restrictions, which come on the heels of repeated assertions by Trump that the US should have stolen Iraq's oil before leaving in 2011, risk alienating the citizens and government of a country fighting against militants the president has cast as a major threat to America.
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| How Silicon Valley and Hollywood plan to fight Trump's Muslim travel ban Posted: 28 Jan 2017 09:14 AM PST Top execs in Silicon Valley, Hollywood actors, and Washington politicians are coming to the defense of Muslims affected by a temporary travel ban into the United States that White House implemented on Friday. Google and Facebook's chief executives criticized President Trump's immigration order, while former secretary of State Madeleine Albright, actress Mayim Bialik, and feminist Gloria Steinem all said they would register as Muslims if such a registry is created. |
