Detainees are the handful who were in the air when order was signed. Many legal permanent residents won't be allowed on planes, now trapped.
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These are legal immigrants. Already evaluated case by case. Passed all the checks. They're all trapped now; either inside or outside the US.
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People without green cards or visas already not allowed on planes to US. Everyone trapped now by this order had. legal. visas. of some kind.
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This isn't "oh, we had open borders & now we crack down." Its: "people who had 100% legal papers have, without warning, had them preempted."
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Worried most for people came to US because fleeing extremists. They may not have visas to stay where they're trapped.Will they be sent back?
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The international system works that way. If you can't stay where you are, sent to country of your nationality, even if you had fled them.
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There may now be Iranian dissidents who are US legal residents who are now trapped in third countries who may get deported back to... Iran.
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Even after the handful of detainee cases get resolved, many legal immigrants, permanent residents, students will be.. in dangerous limbo.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jackie Vimo
Is this only for detainees who made it to the US? Legal residents are trapped abroad. Won't be allowed on the plane.https://twitter.com/JackieVimo/status/825520108646912000 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jessica Huseman
If this is the case, the stay only impacts the very very very few who were in the air when the order came down.https://twitter.com/JessicaHuseman/status/825525603491278848 …
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@JessicaHuseman The ACLU said the EO is frozen until it can be heard in court in February.
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