Hundreds protest Trump`s Muslim ban |
Hundreds of people gathered spontaneously at the John F Kennedy International Airport in New York and other airports around the US late on Jan 28 to protest US President Donald Trump`s ban on Muslim refugees and immigrants, international media reported. Protests began at Terminal 4 of the New York airport after immigration authorities there detained as many as 11 refugees who were likely already in transit when Trump ordered a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the country, CBS News and Al Jazeera It is also being reported that not just at JFK, protesters are also gathered at Dulles airport in Washington DC. In Sanf Francisco, Sergey Brin, Google co-founder and president of Alphabet, also joined protesters at the International Airport. The president`s executive order is mean-spirited, ill-conceived and ill-advised," said Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez and Congressman Jerrold Nadler in a joint according to the Observer. The showdown at JFK marks the first direct confrontation of Trump`s infant administration, and the first attempt at obstructing the new commander-in-chief`s implementation of his most controversial campaign promises via fiat.
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