Posted on 01/28/2017 7:55:06 AM PST by metmom
Washington (CNN)Lawyers for two Iraqis who had been granted visas to enter the US have filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and the US government after they were detained when they arrived in New York Friday.
The lawsuit could represent the first legal challenge to Trump's controversial executive order, which indefinitely suspends admissions for Syrian refugees and limits the flow of other refugees into the United States by instituting what the President has called "extreme vetting" of immigrants. Trump's order also said Iraqi citizens, as well as people from six other Muslim-majority nations, cannot enter the US for 90 days, and suspends the US Refugee Admissions Program for 120 days until it is reinstated "only for nationals of countries for whom" members of Trump's Cabinet deem can be properly vetted. According to court papers, both men legally were allowed to come into the US but were detained in accordance with Trump's move to ban travel from several Muslim-majority nations. The lawyers for the two men called for a hearing because they maintain the detention of people with valid visas is illegal.
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This is only a *controversial executive order* for those who want to destroy the US.
The media are the ones making it controversial.
The rest of us agree with it.
That’s why we elected President Trump.
NO country owes anyone who wants to come in permission to do so. It’s a PRIVILEGE, not a RIGHT.
And it’s NOT their country.
No shortage of nerve, that’s for sure.
For sure.
And I’m sure it’s only the beginning.
Seems to me, the VISAs have been suspended, so they are not currently valid. Anyway, detained is not good enough, expelling them is.
I can only guess at Trump’s response? Bring it on?
Pres. Trump eats lawsuits for lunch. He may welcome them, in fact.
Where in the Constitution does it state that non-citizens have rights? Specifically, the “right” to enter the US?
ROFL...they didn’t hear ‘their brother’ was not in power any longer??? To sad, ship em back!!!
Visas are at the pleasure of United States Government; they can be revoked at ANY time. They have no standing.
No mention if they were Chaldean, please dominant media, do your homework.....
Shades of clockboy. LSM will cover all the initial hubbub and none of the fizzle out.
The left-wing media use the word “controversial” when they want to signal their opposition. It’s curious that none of BHO’s edicts were ever “controversial.” For a better grasp of the truth of things, ignore CNN and go to Breitbart.
Yep, get ‘em out of the way, which should discourage others.
File the lawsuit in Baghdad.
I see the Iraqis are learning the American tradition of litigation and victimhood fueled by an ambulance chaser stationed on the airport tarmac.
Next stop, a flaming liberal jurist to rule against the Trump administration.
yeh just the beginning...but eventually I hpe to see a repeal of those gd Klinton toilets; and eventually, maybe even bring obama to justice!
No hurry, whenever the new American President can squeeze these in—tight svhedule and all that!
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Dick.G: AMERICAN/RED (Retired, Extreme, Deplorable!
aka: Gunny G
Viva President TRUMP!
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Ship them to Obama’s handlers in Saudi Arabia.
Hardly.
Good luck and screw them.
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