Immigration ban causing unrest at Bradley International Airport

THE COUNTRY -- INCLUDING CLOSE
TO HOME.
GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO
22NEWS AT 10 ON YOUR
CW-SPRINGFIELD, I'M MATT
CARON.
PROTEST AND CONFUSION AT
AIRPORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
AFTER
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S
EXECUTIVE ORDER PUT A TEMPORARY
BAN ON
IMMIGRANTS FROM PREDOMINANTLY
MUSLIM COUNTRIES.
22NEWS REPORTER DAVID MCKAY WENT
TO BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT IN WINDSOR LOCKS,
CONNECTICUT, WHERE A PROTEST WAS
HELD TODAY.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S
EXECUTIVE ORDER FRIDAY
TEMPORARILY BANNING
IMMIGRANTS FROM SEVEN
PREDOMINANTLY MUSLIM COUNTRIES
FOR 90 DAYS AND SUSPENDING THE
U.S. REFUGEE PROGRAM FOR SYRIANS
INDEFINITELY WAS MET WITH
BACKLASH THIS WEEKEND.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT
AMERICA'S ABOUT.
PROTESTS TOOK PLACE AT AIRPORTS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY SATURDAY
CALLING THE MOVE DISCRIMINATORY.
THE COUNCIL OF AMERICAN-ISLAMIC
RELATIONS-AN ISLAMIC CIVIL
LIBERTIES GROUP- HELD A PROTEST
AT BRADLEY
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN WINDSOR
LOCKS, CONNECTICUT WITH THE
CONSENT OF
THE AIRPORT SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
ESPECIALLY AS AN AMERICAN WHO
LIVES
INTERNATIONALLY AND WORKS
INTERNATIONALLY I WORRY ABOUT
HOW IT IS GOING TO AFFECT NOT
JUST
MY LIFE AND MY WORK BUT PEOPLE
THAT I CARE ABOUT AND PEOPLE WHO
HAVE LESS RESOURCES THAN I DO.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS REITERATED
IT IS A MATTER OF "EXTREME
VETTING."
IT'S NOT A MUSLIM BAN. WE WERE
TOTALLY PREPARED.
IT'S WORKING OUT VERY NICELY.
IMMIGRATION LAWYERS PART OF THE
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
TOOK
ACTION IN NEW YORK SATURDAY
NIGHT, WHERE A FEDERAL JUDGE
GRANTED A
NATIONWIDE STAY THAT WOULD BLOCK
DEPORTATION OF ALL PEOPLE
STRANDED IN
U.S. AIRPORTS THAT HAD VALID
VISAS. SIMILAR RULINGS CAME UP
ACROSS THE
NATION AND IN MASSACHUSETTS.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY SAYS
375 TRAVELERS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED
BY THE BAN SO FAR. THOSE WITH
PASSPORTS FROM IRAQ,
IRAN, SOMALIA, SUDAN, SYRIA,
YEMEN AND LIBYA ARE AMONG THEM.
TRUMP'S ORDER TITLED "PROTECTION
OF THE NATION FROM FOREIGN
TERRORISTS
ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES,"
MAKES GOOD ON HIS LONGTIME
CAMPAIGN
PROMISE TO TIGHTEN BORDERS AND
HALT CERTAIN REFUGEES FROM
ENTERING THE U.S.
THE MESSAGE IS AGREEABLE BY
SOME.
ABSOLUTELY, HARMS WAY I DON'T
WANT ANY AMERICAN
IN HARMS WAY. I'M ALL FOR PEOPLE
COMING HERE BUT THEY SHOULD BE
SERIOUSLY VETTTED BEFORE THEY
COME ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE FROM
RADICAL COUNTRIES.
WHILE FEDERAL COURT JUDGES HAVE
SIGNED TEMPORARY STAYS BLOCKING
PEOPLE
FROM BEING DETAINED OR DEPORTED,
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THE ORDER
IS STILL IN EFFECT.
IN WINDSOR LOCKS, CONNECTICUT,

Immigration ban causing unrest at Bradley International Airport

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