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Updated at 6:47 p.m. ET. President Trump’s executive order on immigration is sending shockwaves across the U.S. and the globe.
Immigrants are being detained at U.S. airports.
Earlier in the day, several Iraqi refugees in Cairo, who had been cleared for resettlement in the U.S., were blocked from boarding their flight to New York City.
He said the company is “upset” about any immigration restrictions that prevent “great talent” from coming to the U.S.”.
At major U.S. airports, NPR’s Kirk Siegler reports international refugee assistance groups are sending attorneys and translators to support new arrivals who are being detained.
News of both sets of detainments follows on the heels of Trump’s Friday order, which also halted all refugee admission to the U.S. Trump’s freeze on immigration applies not only to people from Iraq and Yemen, but also Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia and Sudan.