Rep. Bob Brady & Sen. Bob Casey are stepping up at Philadelphia International Airport

[demmiblue]

Link to tweet

Two Christian Syrian immigrant families were detained at Philadelphia International Airport on Saturday morning and sent back to Doha, Qatar while five other migrants seeking to enter this country were reportedly being detained at the airport Saturday night because of President Trump's new executive order on refugees and immigrants.

Rep. Bob Brady (D., Philadelphia) arrived at the airport just before 8 p.m., reportedly on his way to attempt to get access to the people being detained.

Sen. Bob Casey (D., Pennsylvania) tweeted just before 8 p.m. that he was on his way to meet with customs officials at the airport: "To discuss refugee situation there and reports of Syrian family being sent back."

Lawyer Jonathan Feinberg said he and close to a dozen other attorneys were waiting in the international arrivals hall Saturday night, along with Mayor Kenney, Councilwoman Helen Gym and about 100 protesters.

"It's our hope to be able to file petitions in order to secure the release of the people who have been detained," said Feinberg, of civil rights law firm Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing and Feinburg. "It's our hope that with Congressman Brady's assistance, we will be able to see the folks being held."

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/real-time/2-Syrian-families-detained-at-PHL-returned-to-Qatar.html

[underpants]

1. Casey must have been at some kind of special affair

Good for him

[enough]

2. Glad to see my Senator Casey has been pretty outspoken so far,

and this is a most welcome action on his part.

[Maru Kitteh]

3. YAYYYYYYY! THIS IS WHAT WE NEED! Thank you Senators Casey and Brady!

[malachi]

4. Brady's a street fighter. Casey's s a nice guy,but really dull. Shocked to see him at PHL.

Good on him.

[Demit]

7. He's voting against DeVos, Sessions, and Pruitt.

Sorry you find him dull, but he's more than a nice guy:

http://www.post-gazette.com/early-returns/ernational/2017/01/18/Casey-will-vote-against-confirmation-of-DeVos-Sessions-Pruitt/stories/201701180179

[blue neen]

8. Thank you for saying what I was thinking.

[blue neen]

5. Thank you Senator Casey and Rep. Brady for stepping up!

We need more of our elected officials to do the right thing!

To OP: Could you please also post this in the PA Forum? Thanks.

[bdamomma]

6. All Senators need to step up

to the plate.

[Ilsa]

9. K&R. One of the R senators from Nebraska

has condemned the EO as being too broad, discriminatory, and giving radical muslims emotional ammunition for recruitment purposes.

So glad Brady and Casey are working on this.

[Initech]

10. I'd like to tell Trump where he can shove those executive orders.,,