NEW YORK: A federal judge in Brooklyn, New York issued an emergency stay on Saturday that temporarily blocks the U.S. government from sending people out of the country after they have landed at a U.S. airport with valid visas.
On January 28, Trump has signed an executive order that will limit immigration and refugees from some Muslim-majority countries and he separately said he wanted the United States to give priority to Syrian Christians fleeing the civil war there.Also Read: Crackdown on Muslim Immigration Working 'Very Nicely': Donald Trump
Trump had promised the measures, called "extreme vetting," during last year's election campaign, saying they would prevent militants from entering the United States from abroad. But civil rights groups have condemned the order as harmful and discriminatory.Also Read: Immigration Ban Includes Green Card Holders: US Homeland Security
Republican Representative Michael McCaul, the House Homeland Security Committee chairman, had said that Trump's order would include a 30-day suspension of visa applications from seven countries designated as "high-threat areas" and a suspension of the refugee program.
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