Washington (CNN) – Lawyers for two Iraqis who had been granted visas to enter the US have filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and the US government after they were detained when they arrived in New York Friday.
The lawsuit could represent the first legal challenge to Trump’s controversial executive order, which indefinitely suspends admissions for Syrian refugees and limits the flow of other refugees into the United States by instituting what the President has called “extreme vetting” of immigrants.
Trump’s order also said Iraqi citizens, as well as people from six other Muslim-majority nations, cannot enter the US for 90 days, and suspends the US Refugee Admissions Program for 120 days until it is reinstated “only for nationals of countries for whom” members of Trump’s Cabinet deem can be properly vetted.
According to court papers, both men legally were allowed to come into the US but were detained in accordance with Trump’s move to ban travel from several Muslim-majority nations.
The lawyers for the two men called for a hearing because they maintain the detention of people with valid visas is illegal.
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House GOP source says exec order is supposed to have exemption for ppl in transit
Seems clear rollout allowed much confusion among agencies
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 28, 2017
Much confusion and defiance as well. It’s a shame. The ideas are solid but there doesn’t seem to have been much work put into the actual mechanics and legalities of implementing these EO. As much as we all would like it to be so you can’t fix years of mistakes in a few short days.
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