NYC AIRPORT BECOMES SCENE OF ANGUISH AFTER TRUMP TRAVEL BAN
Source: Associated Press
Jan 28, 11:12 PM EST
BY WILLIAM MATHIS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City's Kennedy airport became a scene of anguish and desperation Saturday for the families of people detained after arriving in the U.S. from nations subject to President Donald Trump's travel ban.
Many flights to the U.S. already were in the air Friday when the president's order barred entry to citizens of seven predominantly Muslim nations. A federal judge in New York Saturday night issued an emergency order temporarily barring the U.S. from deporting people who arrived with valid visas or an approved refugee application. But Trump's immigration ban caused chaos earlier in the day.
Lawyers and advocates working at the airport said they didn't have a hard count on the number of people taken into custody after getting off their flights.
Yosre Ghaled, 25, was among about a dozen distraught people waiting at an airport terminal Saturday to see if loved ones would be released, or put back on an outgoing plane.
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