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| People participate in a protest against President Donald Trump’s travel ban in New York City. Photograph: Stephanie Keith/Reuters |
Homeland Secretary says ban doesn't apply to green-card holders
New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman demanded in a letter to the Department of Homeland Security and Customs that they “describe specific steps they are taking to ensure compliance” with the Brooklyn federal court’s injunction on Trump’s executive order.
“My office is receiving alarming reports that DHS and CBP are not complying with the federal injunction and restraining order and are instead planning to remove from the United States individuals specifically protected by the terms of the federal court order”, said Schneiderman.
From photographer Jasper Rischen at Los Angeles’ LAX Airport:
From a Guardian reader in Bloomington, IN, who noticed a cheeky Donald Trump and Theresa May poster.
From a reader in DC:
@ambiej a few images from the #NoBanNoWall protests outside the White House today
From a reader in Pittsburgh:
Young protester at the Pittsburgh Airport #MuslimBan @ambiej
Guardian reporter Sabrina Siddiqui at the White House rally in DC on Sunday against Trump’s travel ban:
Afnan Mossaad, a native of Texas whose parents are from Egypt, said she was in disbelief not just as a Muslim but as an American.
“This is not America. These are not the American values that we all know and love”, she said.
“It’s time that we speak up. We can’t let him redefine America,” she added of Trump.
“You’ve got to resist. When there’s injustice, you’ve got to stand up for what’s right. This is democracy.”
Heidi Obermeyer, a Colorado native working in DC, said her grandfather had fled Nazi persecution in Germany and went on to live the American Dream.
“I think that it’s really important that the United States continue to be about standing up for freedom and opportunity for people around the world who are being persecuted,” she said.
Obermeyer said felt compelled to show her support for the protest in order “to send a message that America is a welcoming place even if the current administration isn’t.”
Dominick Pugliese, a history teacher at a local high school, directed his message not at Trump but at Paul Ryan.
“I know that he knows better than this,” Pugliese said of the House speaker, who backed Trump’s executive order on Friday.
“People like [Steve] Bannon and Kellyanne Conway, the horsemen and horsewomen of the apocalypse, that’s one thing,” he said.
“Paul Ryan knows America’s values and is not only being silent, but supporting this. It’s horrible.”
Heather Mcilhany said Trump’s ban was “ignorant and counterproductive.”
“We have to stand up before someone comes for us,” she said. “Other than Native Americans, there’s none of us who did not come here as immigrants.”
“This is not America. These are not the American values that we all know and love”, she said.
“It’s time that we speak up. We can’t let him redefine America,” she added of Trump.
“You’ve got to resist. When there’s injustice, you’ve got to stand up for what’s right. This is democracy.”
Heidi Obermeyer, a Colorado native working in DC, said her grandfather had fled Nazi persecution in Germany and went on to live the American Dream.
“I think that it’s really important that the United States continue to be about standing up for freedom and opportunity for people around the world who are being persecuted,” she said.
Obermeyer said felt compelled to show her support for the protest in order “to send a message that America is a welcoming place even if the current administration isn’t.”
Dominick Pugliese, a history teacher at a local high school, directed his message not at Trump but at Paul Ryan.
“I know that he knows better than this,” Pugliese said of the House speaker, who backed Trump’s executive order on Friday.
“People like [Steve] Bannon and Kellyanne Conway, the horsemen and horsewomen of the apocalypse, that’s one thing,” he said.
“Paul Ryan knows America’s values and is not only being silent, but supporting this. It’s horrible.”
Heather Mcilhany said Trump’s ban was “ignorant and counterproductive.”
“We have to stand up before someone comes for us,” she said. “Other than Native Americans, there’s none of us who did not come here as immigrants.”
From deputy news editor Paul Owen at New York City’s rally on Sunday in Battery Park:
Fauzia Khanani said her family had come from Uganda as refugees to Canada and then moved to the US when she was one year old.
She said she was protesting against the travel ban in New York’s Battery Park - within sight of the Statue of Liberty - because “I’m a Muslim, I’m a product of refugees, I’m a naturalised citizen. I’m appalled and scared and angry and I’m sad about what’s happening and the people that support it but when I come to a place like this,”she said of the protest, “it gives me hope”.
Debbie Meisenzahl said she was at the protest in lower Manhattan “to stand up for my fellow New Yorkers against... I want to say a bad word right now. BS - I’ll say the short version.”
She said that Trump’s policy was disproportionate when there were “just a few bad apples”.
“That’s not what America stands for,” she said. “We’re all immigrants or descended from immigrants. Asked about the Statue of Liberty, whose image she was displaying on a poster, she said: “We stand with her.”
Meisenzahl said a Yemeni man had recently helped her and her father when he had to move out of his building and said of Trump’s travel ban on seven countries including Yemen: “It’s such a travesty.”
Irina Teveleva, who was carrying a sign that said “Our New York is immigrant New York”, said she had moved from Moscow to America and was now a student at Columbia University.
She said: “All the opportunities I’ve had in this country, I feel really lucky and grateful. I want to stand up for other immigrants.”
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