Kelly reportedly said green card holders from the listed countries would not be affected, but some in Trump’s inner circle have contradicted that report.
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In a joint statement with Republican Sen.
Standing with people affected by the ban, the NY lawmaker vowed to fight the executive orders.
Trump went on to say that there’s about a five percent chance that Schumer was genuinely crying. He said he believes repeal legislation could easily move through the Senate, given the growing opposition from key Republicans. “I think we’re going to ask about it for just about every one”, he said.
On Sunday, Schumer, a New York Democrat, held a press conference alongside refugees from Iraq and Syria, two of the seven nations – which also include Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Iran, and Yemen – where Trump’s executive order bars travel from for 90 days and refugees for 120 days. John McCain, South Carolina Sen.
President Donald Trump today blamed weekend problems at USA airports on a Delta Air Lines ground stop, ignoring the confusion created at global airports in the US from an executive order on immigration he signed Friday. The biggest problems we’ve had with terrorism are not from these countries.
The White House began a damage control effort on Sunday evening that continued into Monday.
“This was a bit part of my campaign”, he added.
“The orders make us less humanitarian, less safe, less American”, Schumer told the crowd of roughly 30,000.
Congressional Republicans at first remained notably silent about the order.
USA stocks slipped on Monday, and were on track to post their largest drop in more than three months as investors took the curb on immigration as a reminder that not all the new president’s policies would be market-friendly. He did not comment further.
As massive protests broke out at most major airports Saturday, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was working tirelessly to get the executive order temporarily blocked for being unconstitutional. But eventually, a steady stream spoke out against what they see as a religious test that discriminates against Muslims, urging the administration to instead craft more intensive vetting practices.
He also stated that the ban had to be as swiftly implemented as it was.
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Democrats were almost united in their condemnation of Trump’s policy, with several of them rushing to airports to speak out in defense of people who had been detained and even those representing states Trump won voicing dissent.
