Author: Jeff Anderson

Federal Judge Issues Emergency Stay Against Donald Trump’s “Muslim Ban” The New York Times reported Saturday evening, “A federal judge blocked part of President Trump’s executive order on immigration on Saturday evening, ordering that refugees and others trapped at airports across the United States should not be sent back to their home countries. But the judge stopped short of letting them into the country or issuing a broader ruling on the constitutionality of Mr. Trump’s actions. Lawyers who sued the government to block the White House order said the decision, which came after an emergency hearing in a New...

Republican Senator Ben Sasse Says Trump’s Refugee Order Is ‘Too Broad’ Republican Senator Ben Sasse on Saturday said that Donald Trump’s executive order ban of refugees and people from majority-Muslim countries from entering into the United States was “too broad” and that it risks serving as a recruitment tool for terrorist groups.   “While not technically a Muslim ban, this order is too broad,” Sasse said in a statement. Sasse also said that, Trump’s ban on refugees tells “the Middle East that the U.S. sees all Muslims as jihadis.” Sasse said that “if we send a signal to the Middle East...

As the day wore on Saturday, the crowds of protesters at JFK Airport and other airports around the country continued to grow. Donald Trump’s draconian Muslim-ban and refugee ban has left people stopped at airports around the country but it seems that Americans are not going to sit quietly while the president implements a refugee and Muslim-ban. According to the New York Times, Becca Heller, the director of the International Refugee Assistance Project said, “We’ve gotten reports of people being detained all over the country. They’re literally pouring in by the minute.” The New York Times also reported the...

Republican Congressman Calls On Trump To Halt Muslim Ban Order A Republican lawmaker on Saturday called for the halting of the enforcement of Donald Trump’s Muslim ban executive order. The congressman’s district has one of the largest Syrian refugee populations in the country. “I urge the administration to halt enforcement of this order until a more thoughtful and deliberate policy can be instated,” Congressman Charlie Dent told The New York Times.   News: @RepCharlieDent, a PA Republican who reps a large Syrian comm tells me: “I urge the admin to halt enforcement of this order…” (1/ — Jonathan Martin...