US judge suspends president Trump deportations

A US judge has issued a temporary halt to the
deportation of visa holders or refugees stranded
at airports after President Donald Trump issued an
order barring entry to them for 90 days.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a
case in response to the order issued on Friday.
It estimates that 100-200 people are being held at
airports or in transit.
Thousands of people have been protesting at US
airports over Mr Trump's clampdown on
immigration.
His executive order halted the entire US refugee
programme and also instituted a 90-day travel ban
for nationals from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan,
Syria and Yemen.

Those who were already mid-flight were detained
on arrival - even if they held valid US visas or
other immigration permits.
Defending his move, Mr Trump early on Sunday
tweeted : "Our country needs strong borders and
extreme vetting, NOW."
On Saturday, amid protests and court challenges,
he told reporters the order was "working out very
nicely. You see it at the airports, you see it all
over."
Other executive orders issued by Mr Trump on
Saturday were:

A ban on administration officials ever lobbying
on behalf of a foreign government
An order to Defence Secretary Jim Mattis to
come up with a plan within 30 days to defeat
so-called Islamic State
Restructuring the National Security Council
with a key role for Steve Bannon , the former
populist right-wing media executive who is
now Mr Trump's top strategist
'Irreparable injury'
The ruling from federal Judge Ann Donnelly, in
New York, prevented the removal from the US of
people with approved refugee applications, valid
visas, and "other individuals... legally authorised
to enter the United States".

The emergency ruling also said there was a risk of
"substantial and irreparable injury" to those
affected.
Her ruling is not on the constitutionality of Mr
Trump's executive order. What will happen to
those still held at airports remains unclear.
In its response, the Department of Homeland
Security said it would continue to enforce the
measures that on Saturday had affected "less than
1% of the more than 325,000 international air
travellers who arrive every day".
It added that the US government "retains its right
to revoke visas at any time if required for national
security or public safety".

'Dreams shattered' - those affected
"The feeling of injustice is so big, and this ban is
so demeaning! Shame!" - Syrian scientist working
on skin cancer research and living in Germany
who now finds she cannot travel to Philadelphia in
February to visit colleagues.
"Dreams shattered" - cardiology fellow from
Jordan whose Syrian wife's family cannot come to
visit in the US.
"We may try our chances with other countries" -
Iranian professional in Washington DC, whose wife
is now stuck overseas.

Mo Farah: 'I might have to tell my children I can't
home'
US entry ban victims vent fury
The case was brought early on Saturday on behalf
of two Iraqi men detained at JFK Airport in New
York.
One worked for the US military in Iraq. The other
is married to a former US military contract
employee.
Both have now been released. Another court
hearing is set for February.
Lee Gelernt, deputy legal director of the Immigrants
Rights Project, who argued the case in court said
that some people had been threatened with being
"put back on a plane" later on Saturday.
Mr Gelernt also said the judge had ordered the
government to provide a list of names of those
detained under the order.
Judges elsewhere in the US have also ruled on the
issue: