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US Judge Grants Stay on Deportations Under Trump Immigration Order, But Overall Ban Remains

By Dean Schabner
Michael Edison Hayden
Jan 29, 2017, 12:04 AM ET

A federal court in Brooklyn tonight granted an emergency stay on President Trump's executive order that bans immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries for two Iraqi men who had valid visas to enter the United States but were detained today when they arrived in New York.

Trump's order calls for an immediate suspension of immigration from countries with ties to terror, including Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq, Iran and Libya, for a time period of 90 days. It also calls for the complete suspension of Syrian refugees for an indefinite period.

The ACLU, which had filed the challenge on behalf of the two men, contended that the stay applied nationally to all cases, but that was not clear from the ruling. ABC News was attempting to clarify whether that was the case.

US Judge Grants Stay on Deportations Under Trump Immigration Order, But Overall Ban Remains

The order came as protests spread to airports across the country, after at least 66 passengers were detained or sent home from at least seven different airports so far -- according to officials from each airport -- and hundreds of people around the world were barred from boarding U.S.-bound flights.

A senior Department of Homeland Security official provided additional, broader figures during a conference call with reporters late Saturday night. According to the official, 375 travelers -- including the aforementioned 66 -- have been impacted in one way or another by the executive order. Of those 375 travelers, 109 were in transit to the U.S. and denied entry, 173 were denied entry to the U.S. prior to boarding their flights in a foreign port, and 81 were granted waivers because of their legal permanent resident or special immigrant visa status.

Officials anticipate a smaller number of travelers will be impacted Sunday, now that the policy is in full effect.

Hundreds of people turned out at John F. Kennedy International Airport to protest the president's order, chanting "No hate, no fear, refugees are welcome here. No hate, no fear, Muslims are welcome here."

In New York, the protesters received statements of support from local politicians, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Sen. Chuck Schumer.

Hundreds also gathered outside the Brooklyn federal courthouse where the emergency hearing was called on the ACLU's legal challenge brought on behalf of the two Iraqi men who were detained at JFK Airport this morning. The two men were targeted for their assistance or connections to the U.S. military and were approved for resettlement in the United States.

The two Iraqis who were detained at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City have been released, according to officials, but 10 people were still detained at the airport, the officials said. Other passengers were detained or sent home from the following airports (figures as of 10:30 p.m. ET): Chicago O'Hare International Airport (1 passenger), Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (9 passengers), Philadelphia International Airport (6 passengers), Washington Dulles International Airport (approximately 20 people), Los Angeles International Airport (at least 7 people), and Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (11 people), according to officials in those cities.

One of the Iraqis detained at JFK, Hameed Jhalid Darweesh, was released early today and left with New York Reps. Nydia Velazquez and Jerry Nadler, who joined more than 100 protesters that assembled there. The other, Haider Sameer Abdulkhaleq, was released Saturday evening, shortly before the order from the federal court for the Eastern District of New York.

Darweesh expressed his gratitude for those who supported him while he was detained.

"America is the land of freedom," Darweesh said. "The land of freedom, the land of the rights. This is what brought me to come here, and I'm very thankful."

Neither Darweesh nor Abdulkhaleq are technically refugees according to the definition in the president's executive order but appear to have come to the U.S. on visas, a Trump administration official tells ABC News.

In Seattle, members of Congress from Washington state, Washington Governor Jay Inslee, and Seattle Mayor Ed Murray all spoke out against the executive order.

The executive order contains a caveat that allows certain individuals to be admitted to the country if there is a national security interest in doing so, and these two may be eligible for such an exemption, which must be agreed upon by the State and Homeland Security Departments, but the process by which this happens is unclear.

At least one person was detained at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago today, and it is expected that she will return to Saudi Arabia, according to the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR).

Sahar Alghnimi, a Syrian woman who came to the U.S. on tourist visa to see her mother who had just undergone cancer surgery, was detained when she arrived from Saudi Arabia at 8:48 AM on Eithad Airlines, CAIR Chicago executive director Ahmed Rehab told ABC News.

Alghnimi had been to the U.S. several times before and has a valid visa, Rehab said.

In Philadelphia, two Syrian families were detained.

Mayor Jim Kenney issued a statement on Trump's executive order, suggesting that the detentions were carried out by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.

In Dallas, nine people have been detained, according to a media representative of CAIR.

Ripple effects from the executive order are also being felt in multinational technology companies.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai circulated a staff memo, obtained by Bloomberg News, in which he criticized Trump's action and suggested that some of the firm's employees and their families could be affected by it.

Likewise, several colleges advised foreign students and scholars who might be affected by Trump's order to defer travel outside of the U.S. at least until there is more clarity on how the order may affect them.

Trump categorized the executive order as part of a vetting plan to prevent "radical Islamic terrorists" from reaching American soil.

The seven-page document calls for an immediate suspension of immigration from countries with ties to terror -- Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq, Iran and Libya -- for a time period of 90 days. But none of the countries on the list have had anything to do with terror incidents on U.S. soil since the 9/11 attacks, and Saudi Arabia -- where 15 of the 9/11 hijackers were from -- is not included.

It also calls for the complete suspension of Syrian refugees for an indefinite period. It also calls on the secretary of state to suspend the entire U.S program for admitting refugees for 120 days while authorities review the application and adjudication process.

Green card holders, who are legal residents of the United States, also fall under Trump's executive order on immigration if they come from any of the seven Muslim-dominated countries from which immigration is temporarily banned, according to a senior administration official who spoke to ABC News.

Trump told the the Christian Broadcasting Network that Christian refugees would be given priority over Muslims in applications to come to the U.S.

"We are going to help them," Trump said of Christians in Syria.

ABC News' Benjamin Stein, Matt Foster, Aaron Katersky and Jack Date contributed to this report.

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So ban stays, the ones who were caught up in the timing are in, the rest will be vetted, everyone's gone home, the subject will occupy all Sunday News Shows, DemoQuacks will be out in force hailing their support for .... refugees and immigrants.

Will they ever stand up for an American Citizen? A forgotten American? An American child dodging bullets in Chicago? An American daughter who doesn't have the money to fly from New York to Cleveland to visit a parent sick with cancer let alone from Iran to the United States "several times"?

When was the last time Apple. Google or Facebook stood up for an American worker? Do they even have any any more?

Well, let them rant on against security and common sense, let them hail their foreign workers, let them stand up for refugees and immigrants.

Americans are watching, hearing and wondering "why are these people in my country stealing my jobs, blocking my roads, clogging my airports and ruining my news"?

The ban stays in place for now that is all that matters. Trump could not given a heads up on the Executive Order to avoid Terrorists flooding in prior to its implementation. He knew people would would be caught in the process and that people would freak out, that is the collateral damage I am sure he expected. But the ban remains that is the point of the Executive Order.