Sally Q. Yates, the acting attorney general, during a news conference in June. By Matt Zapotosky, Sari Horwitz and Mark Berman The Washington Post President Trump fired Acting Attorney General Sally Yates Monday night, after Yates ordered Justice Department lawyers Monday not to defend his immigration order temporarily banning entry into the United States for … Continued
By Martina Guzmán and Angilee Shah PRI The World President Donald Trump’s executive order banning refugees and migrants from seven Muslim countries is stirring chaos across the Detroit metro, a part of the country known as the Arab capital of the US for its large and long-standing Arab American communities. At the center of the … Continued
By Lauren Gambino and Sabrina Siddiqui , Paul Owen, and Edward Helmore The Guardian Thousands of protesters gathered and marched in cities and at airports across the US on Sunday, in opposition to the executive order from Donald Trump which imposed a freeze on refugee admissions and a ban on travel from seven Muslim-majority countries. In a statement on Sunday, Trump … Continued
Phil Wahba Fortune Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz sought Sunday to reassure employees anguished about President Donald Trump‘s immigration ban, and said the coffee chain would look to hire 10,000 refugees in its stores worldwide, including some who have helped the U.S. military. “I write to you today with deep concern, a heavy heart and a resolute promise,” Schultz wrote in a … Continued
The mosque burned hours after Trump’s executive order targeting Muslims went into effect [Courtesy of Islamic Centre of Victoria] By Creede Newton Al Jazeera A Texas community has rallied behind its Muslim residents after their mosque burnt to the ground shortly after President Donald Trump signed into effect a “Muslim ban” on refugees and others … Continued
By Jason Easley Politicus USA While some major universities are advising their students that they are studying Trump’s Muslim ban, the University of Michigan released a statement on Saturday that flatly refused to release the immigration status of their students. The Maize and Blue isn’t playing along with Trump’s Muslim prejudice. In a statement, the … Continued
BY KARA SWISHER AND INA FRIED recode Apple CEO Tim Cook became the latest tech industry leader to speak out against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies on Saturday. “Apple would not exist without immigration, let alone thrive and innovate the way we do,” wrote Cook in an email to Apple staff obtained by Recode. “I’ve … Continued
BY BROOKE SEIPEL The HIll A federal judge in New York has issued an emergency stay temporarily halting the removal of individuals detained after President Trump issued an order to ban immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. The move appears to mark the first successful legal challenge to the Trump administration and … Continued
By NICHOLAS KULISH and MANNY FERNANDEZ The New York Times President Trump’s executive order closing the nation’s borders to refugees was put into immediate effect on Friday night. Refugees who were airborne on flights on the way to the United States when the order was signed were stopped and detained at airports. The detentions prompted … Continued
Protesters near the White House on Wednesday. CreditAl Drago/The New York Times By DAVID J. BIER The New York Times President Trump signed an executive order on Friday that purports to bar for at least 90 days almost all permanent immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries, including Syria and Iraq, and asserts the power to extend the ban … Continued
The Huffington Post Linda Sarsour, the executive director of the Arab American Association of New York, explains how President Donald Trump’s restrictions on refugees will affect U.S. national security and Muslims who live in the United States.
By Sarah Harvard Mic The Los Angeles Times published a draft copy of President Donald Trump‘s expected executive order on immigration on Wednesday. The executive order, which is expected to be signed on Thursday or Friday, is expected to include a ban on refugees, and the suspension of visas from seven Muslim-majority countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Sudan, Syria and Somalia. The Trump administration will likely place a 120-day ban on … Continued
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