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criticized from across the religious spectrum• A federal judge partly blocked President Trump’s ban on refugees and other foreign nationals who are being held at American airports. • A federal judge partly blocked President Trump’s ban on refugees and other foreign nationals who are being held at American airports.
• The White House seemed to changed course and said that green card holders will not be barred.• The White House seemed to changed course and said that green card holders will not be barred.
• The ban spurred protests at Kennedy Airport and across the country.• The ban spurred protests at Kennedy Airport and across the country.
There are protests against the ban planned at airports and town squares across the country today. Here’s a roundup of some of the ones in bigger cities, via thinkprogress.org. All times are local:There are protests against the ban planned at airports and town squares across the country today. Here’s a roundup of some of the ones in bigger cities, via thinkprogress.org. All times are local:
•New York: Battery Park, 2 to 5 p.m. • New York: Battery Park, 2 to 5 p.m.
• Louisville, Ky.: Senator Mitch McConnell’s office, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.• Louisville, Ky.: Senator Mitch McConnell’s office, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Boston: Copley Square, 1 to 3 p.m.• Boston: Copley Square, 1 to 3 p.m.
• Houston: Discovery Green, 1 to 4 p.m.• Houston: Discovery Green, 1 to 4 p.m.
• Philadelphia: International Airport, Terminal A West (Arrivals), 2 to 4 p.m.• Philadelphia: International Airport, Terminal A West (Arrivals), 2 to 4 p.m.
• Detroit: Hamtramck City Hall, 3 p.m.; international arrivals section of the McNamara Terminal of Detroit Metropolitan Airport, 4 to 6 p.m.• Detroit: Hamtramck City Hall, 3 p.m.; international arrivals section of the McNamara Terminal of Detroit Metropolitan Airport, 4 to 6 p.m.
• Los Angeles: LAX, Tom Bradley International Terminal, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. • Los Angeles: Los Angeles International Airport, Tom Bradley International Terminal, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
• Atlanta: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport, 4 to 6 p.m.• Atlanta: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport, 4 to 6 p.m.
A group of five Iranians being detained at Kennedy Airport have told family members that federal authorities were planning to put them on a 1:30 p.m. flight back to Turkey, said Melanie Zuch, a staff attorney at the Urban Justice Center, in what Ms. Zuch called a violation of the federal court stay. The five Iranians had traveled on a mix of visas, among them student and visitor visas, Ms. Zuch said. A group of five Iranians being held at Kennedy Airport in New York have told family members that the federal authorities were planning to put them on a 1:30 p.m. flight back to Turkey, their lawyer said.
Ms. Zuch, speaking in a telephone interview from Terminal 4 at the airport, said lawyers had filed habeas petitions in those individuals’ cases in an effort to force the authorities to recognize them as protected from being sent out of the country under the stay. She said they were still waiting for news on the results of those efforts. The lawyer, Melanie Zuch of the Urban Justice Center, said the plan violated a federal judge’s order blocking deportations. The five Iranians have a mix of student and visitor visas, Ms. Zuch said.
“They should absolutely be affected by the stay,” Ms. Zuch said. “That’s why it is so troubling that this conversation is still going on.” Ms. Zuch said lawyers had filed motions to stop the Iranians from being deported. “They should absolutely be affected by the stay,” Ms. Zuch said, referring to the judge’s order. “That’s why it is so troubling that this conversation is still going on.”
A sixth Iranian who arrived on the same flight, a green card older, had been released from Customs and Border Protection custody, Ms. Zuch said. A sixth Iranian who arrived on the same flight, a green card holder, has been released from Customs and Border Protection custody, Ms. Zuch said.
The other five were being held at the airport and were mainly communicating with lawyers through sporadic contact with family members because they had not been given access to a lawyer, Ms. Zuch said. Ms. Zuch and other lawyers said they were hearing reports of detainees being asked to sign documents without access to a lawyer or an interpreter, possibly waiving their request for admission into the United States and easing the federal authorities’ efforts to put them onto planes.
Family members of the Iranian detainees have told lawyers that the return flight to Turkey was being arranged against the group’s wishes, Ms. Zuch said. On Sunday morning, she said there were dozens of lawyers in the arrivals section, looking for family members of detainees and offering legal help.
Ms. Zuch and other lawyers are growing ever more concerned about reports of other cases in which detainees are being asked to sign documents without access to a lawyer or an interpreter, possibly waiving their request for admission into the United States and easing the federal authorities’ efforts to put them on planes. But, she said, “if they don’t have family members waiting, we don’t have a way of knowing they’re there.”
But Ms. Zuch said lawyers were still struggling to learn how many people were being held at J.F.K. and other airports and making contact with them or their family members, making it difficult to verify people’s status.
On Sunday morning, she said there were dozens of lawyers sweeping the arrival section, looking for family members of detainees and offering legal help.
But, she said, “If they don’t have family members waiting, we don’t have a way of knowing they’re there.”
Mark Doss, a supervising attorney said he believed detainees at Kennedy and across the country were being held in airports in Customs and Border Protection custody. To be sent to a detention facility outside the airport would start a formal removal proceeding and give detainees access to a lawyer, an outcome that Mr. Doss said the authorities seemed to be trying to avoid.
He said he was concerned about reports from lawyers that not all C.B.P. authorities were respecting the federal stays.
“It seems to be arbitrary in terms of, will detained individuals actually be able to call an attorney, call a loved one?” Mr. Doss said. “It seems like each airport, each officer, is operating under their own discretion at this point.”
The president took to Twitter this morning to justify his order giving priority to Christian refugees from mostly Muslim countries. That provision has been criticized from across the religious spectrum, including by Christian leaders.The president took to Twitter this morning to justify his order giving priority to Christian refugees from mostly Muslim countries. That provision has been criticized from across the religious spectrum, including by Christian leaders.