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Federal court halts Trump’s immigration ban

1/28/17 at about 8:45 EST:  Per Dale Hoe, Director, ACLU Voting Rights Project

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updated to add:  from The New Civi Rights Movement

A federal judge in New York on Saturday evening issued a nationwide order blocking the deportation of people detained in the U.S. under President Donald Trump’s immigration and refugee ban.

U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly, an Obama nominee who took the bench in 2015, issued the ruling in response to a lawsuit brought by the ACLU, the National Immigration Law Center and other groups on behalf of two Iraqi men detained at JFK Airport earlier Saturday.

Both men had U.S. Visas and were in the air when Trump signed the order Friday, which blocked people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the country for 90 days. The order also halted the U.S. refugee program for 120 days, and indefinitely suspended the intake of refugees from Syria.

Initial reports on Twitter indicated that the judge’s order applies only to those who were either in transit or had already been detained. That means it won’t necessarily prevent the Trump administration from implementing the ban going forward.

So, it looks like it only includes those who are currently detained or are in the process of traveling to the US.

Federal court halts Trump’s immigration ban

ACLU sues White House over immigration ban

ex0skeletal:

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Saturday sued the Trump administration on behalf of two men who were detained at an airport while traveling back to the U.S. because of President Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Read the full article here.

Many of you aren’t sure what to do to combat this absurd immigration ban. You can start by donating to the ACLU, who also fight for reproductive and LGBT rights, among many other issues. If you can’t afford to donate, please signal boost.

Donate to the ACLU here!

justice4mikebrown:

5calls.org is a site that makes it super easy to take action by calling your representatives.

All you have to do is enter your zip code and you will see a list of issues on the left side of your screen that you can choose from. When you click on one you will see a brief summary of the issue followed by the name and number for one of your representatives. Underneath that is a script for the specific issue you are calling about if you need it. 

This is incredibly helpful.  I may need to get some friends together to give me that boost of courage, but it gives you who to call based on your zipcode, the rationale behind your call, a script, etc.

Cory Booker on Twitter

See the video.

‘For myself,’ said Faramir, ‘I would see the White Tree in flower again in the courts of the kings, and the Silver Crown return, and Minas Tirith in peace: Minas Anor again as of old, full of light, high and fair, beautiful as a queen among other queens: not a mistress of many slaves, nay, not even a kind mistress of willing slaves. War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend: the city of the Men of Númenor; and I would have her loved for her memory, her ancientry, her beauty, and her present wisdom. Not feared, save as men may fear the dignity of a man, old and wise.’

Cory Booker on Twitter