27 Arrested At Different US Airports After Trump's Decree

The executive order of US President Donald Trump, to temporarily block the entry into the country of those who seek asylum and come from nations "prone to terrorism" has already been paid. At the moment, according to has informed the American chain ABC, have been arrested at least 27 passengers or sent back to its country of origin in four American airports.

According to the same chain, 11 people remain detained at John F. Kennedy airport in New York while other passengers have been arrested or returned at airports in Chicago, Dallas, and Philadelphia, to a total of 27 cases.

According to reports The New York Times, also two Iraqi citizens have been held in New York 's John F. Kennedy airport whose lawyers have filed motions paths Saturday before a judge to be released. Advocates also intend to be able to represent an undetermined number of refugees and migrants who are in the same situation.

Concentrates, with banners such as "Let my friends go" now continue in Terminal 4 of the airport facilities after a lightning call on Facebook.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have called on Saturday the president to reconsider his decision to prevent the entry of refugees in a country with a "vital" role to contain the Global migration crisis.

For now, it is not known exactly how many refugees and migrants have been held on arrival in the United States in the last hours. In the case of two Iraqis who are at JFK Airport in New York, one worked for the US government in his country for ten years, according to his lawyers.

The other was traveling to the US to meet his wife and son, refugees having collaborated with the US military. According to the brief filed in federal court, the two had all their papers in order and there is no reason to justify their arrest.

Also Saturday, the Egyptian authorities banned embark on a plane to New York to a family of five Iraqi after the executive orders signed by the US president on migration. The five Iraqis - a man, a woman, and their three children - had entry visas in the US, but Egypt prevented them from traveling at the request of US authorities and was returned to their home country, according to a Cairo airport source.

The family arrived today in Cairo from Iraq and intended to travel on MS 985 flight from Egyptair to John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. Following an agreement between Egypt and the US, Egyptair sends the list of passengers from their flights to the airport in New York and in this case, the US authorities refused permission to the Iraqi family, even though he had a visa.