Protest at Ford Airport over Trump’s immigration orders

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TRAVEL BAN BACKLASH.....
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PROTESTS ARE ERUPTING AT
AIRPORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
FOLLOWING THE EXECUTIVE ORDER
FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP - BANNING
REFUGEES AND PEOPLE FROM SEVEN
PREDOMINANTLY MUSLIM NATIONS
FROM ENTERING THE U-S.
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AT THE FORD AIRPORT...
DEMONSTRATORS BLOCKED THE
STREET AT THE TERMINALS DROP
OFF. AT ONE POINT - TRAFFIC
WAS DIVERTED TO A SHUTTLE
LANE.
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WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE ON
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE
ORDER. WE START WITH 24-HOUR
NEWS 8'S SARAH HURWITZ - LIVE
AT THE FORD AIRPORT.
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THE CROWD FIRST LINED THE
STREETS NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO
THE AIRPORT -- MARCHING ALL
THE WAY RIGHT HERE TO TERMINAL
BUILDING -- WHERE THEY
OVERFLOWED INTO THE STREETS --
AND ACTUALLY SHUT DOWN THE
ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE LANES...
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SECURITY BLOCKED OFF THOSE
LANES AND ENTRANCES... AS
TRAFFIC WAS DIVERTED TO THE
SHUTTLE LANE... HERE'S WHAT
THAT CROWD LOOKED LIKE AT THE
ENTRANCE BEFORE THEY MARCHED
-- A MYRIAD OF SIGNS PROMOTING
UNITY, INSTEAD OF WHAT MANY
SAID WAS NOT INCLUSIVE
IMMIGRATION EXECUTIVE ORDERS
BROUGHT BY PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP THIS WEEK... WE SPOKE
WITH SEVERAL REFUGEES WHO HAD
ALL VERY DIFFERENT STORIES --
BUT ALL SHARED THEIR YEARNING
FOR A BETTER LIFE, WHICH IS
WHY THEY IMMIGRATED TO THE
U-S...
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SOT LEILA ALTAR/SYRIAN
REFUGEE 16 SECONDS <I WENT
THROUGH THE PROCESS AND IT WAS
ALREADY TOO HARD EVEN BEFORE
THE BAN AND WE SPENT LIKE A
YEAR WAITING FOR THE VISAS,
SEPARATED. EACH ONE OF US IN A
DIFFERENT COUNTRY. AND I CAN'T
BELIEVE LIKE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
THIS SITUATION AND THE BAN,
THEY CANNOT COME HERE
ANYMORE.>
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COMING UP TONIGHT -- YOU'LL
HEAR FROM SEVERAL OTHER
REFUGEES WHO ESCAPED VIOLENCE
WHO ARE CONCERNED THEIR
FRIENDS MIGHT NOT MAKE IT TO
AMERICA... AND FROM KENTWOOD
TEACHERS WHO WORK WITH
CHILDREN WHO ARE REFUGEES...
LIVE IN GRAND RAPIDS, SARAH
HURWITZ 24 HOUR NEWS 8.
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PROTESTS ARE TAKING PLACE AT
AIRPORTS ACROSS THE NATION
TODAY. IN PHILLY - AS MANY AS
TWO-THOUSAND DEMONSTRATORS
FLOODED THE INTERNATIONAL
ARRIVALS TERMINAL.
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IN NEW YORK - PROTESTS HAVE
ERUPTED AND ARE BLOCKING MAJOR
STREETS.
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EVEN IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF
THE COUNTRY - DALLAS
PROTESTORS ARE SHOUTING IN THE
AIRPORT - DEMANDING THE

Protest at Ford Airport over Trump’s immigration orders

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