Sentences with phrase «immigration order»

Trump fired Comey unexpectedly, one day after Yates — who was fired by Trump in January after refusing to enforce his first immigration order — testified before Congress that she had warned the White House about former national security adviser Michael Flynn's contact with Russia's ambassador to the US during the transition.

On Thursday, the Ninth Circuit denied the government's emergency appeal to lift the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) on Trump's immigration order issued last week by a federal judge in Seattle, indicating in its opinion that Trump's past comments about a «Muslim ban» can be used as evidence for discrimination.

The Post «s latest Discover offering, for example, makes good use of graphics to illustrate some of the discussion around President Donald Trump's recent controversial immigration order.

She spoke recently at an event dedicated to preserving the Affordable Care Act as well as a protest against immigration orders at Hancock International Airport Sunday.

The poster project began in February, when art historians Bettina Funcke and Amy Zion expressed their opposition to the original immigration order in a letter they posted online.

In the 219 - 206 vote, 67 Republicans rejected the spending bill, largely because it failed to take action to stop Obama's executive immigration order.

The poster project began in February when art historians Bettina Funcke and Amy Zion declared their concern about the original immigration order in an online letter.

Due to the recent immigration order, several prominent scientists, including a Sudanese scientist who is to be recognized for her excellent work in developing countries, may not be present for her award.

Mr. Donovan, speaking to reporters in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn after the Kings County Republican Party endorsed his candidacy, also reiterated his belief that funding for the Department of Homeland Security shouldn't be held up, breaking from conservatives in Congress who are trying to thwart Mr. Obama's immigration order with amendments to a Homeland Security funding bill.

That's the basic message that the head of Donald Trump's business advisory board, Stephen Schwarzman, presented to the Trudeau cabinet during their Calgary retreat, days before the president opened up his full - blown «Wall War» with Mexico and then followed up with his shattering immigration order banning immigration from some mostly Muslim countries.

«A few cosmetic changes to the form and rollout of the travel order do not change its original intent,» said a statement from Tech Stands Up, a grassroots group of tech industry workers that was formed after President Trump's initial immigration order, which was halted in federal court.

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The fallout from Trump's sweeping immigration order exposed tender rifts within the Republican Party, alarmed members of his Cabinet, fueled suspicions among his top advisers — and left the defiant commander in chief stewing over who was to blame.

Last week, a panel of federal judges upheld a lower court decision blocking it, but President Trump told reporters the administration plans to roll out a retooled immigration order next week.

President Trump's immigration order sowed more chaos and outrage across the country, with travelers detained at airports and panicked families searching for relatives.

A federal judge says that tech workers can challenge a Bush - era immigration order that allows foreign STEM students to work an extra 19 months

When events such as Trump's immigration order followed his election, there was a lot of press and discussion.

Yates, the former deputy attorney general who was fired by Trump in January after refusing to enforce his first immigration order, used her opening statement to outline her experience working in the Justice Department for 27 years «through five Democratic and Republican administrations.»

Cities across the nation and New York signed on to support a federal lawsuit in Brooklyn that seeks to continue blocking President Trump's immigration order issued last month.

Brzezinski's ban comes after Conway has been criticized for her behavior on TV, including referencing the nonexistent «Bowling Green Massacre» while defending Trump's controversial immigration order, and endorsing Ivanka Trump's clothing and accessory brand during a Fox and Friends interview.

At least 100,000 visas have been revoked in a single week in response to President Trump's executive immigration order, a lawyer for the Justice Department revealed in court today.

Whispered questions among business leaders over the weekend produced no clear consensus on what to say about the President Trump's immigration order in public.

The immigration order cites the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks three times as justification for the ban, but the 9/11 hijackers were from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Lebanon.

The immigration order originally prevented US green - card holders from one of the seven targeted countries — Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen — from being allowed into the US.

One of the most immediate ways for corporate bosses to communicate with Trump about the immigration order will be the first meeting of his advisory panel of business leaders next week.

Representatives of Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Citigroup Inc, Bank of America Corp and Morgan Stanley declined to comment on Trump's immigration order.

But the lawsuits against Trump's immigration order — which Trump has said he would appeal up to the Supreme Court — seem to be an exception for two major reasons, Stock said: «The first is 12 months» worth of statements about a «Muslim ban.»

A vote on the measure was delayed for hours after Democrats revolted against provisions to roll back part of the Dodd - Frank financial reform law and allow more big money political donations, while conservative Republicans objected because the measure did not block funds for Obama's immigration order.

Sergey Brin, Google co-founder and president of Alphabet, joined protesters at San Francisco International Airport Saturday night as demonstrators assembled at airports across the country in opposition to President Trump's immigration order.

Gab, an Austin startup known for being a popular social network hangout for alt - right white supremacist groups, said it supports Trump's immigration order.

In the revised version of the immigration order, the Trump administration will continue to allow citizens of Iraq to come into the U.S.. Additionally, the order no longer features a provision allowing religious minorities from banned countries into the U.S..

In addition to opposing the immigration order, which will prevent migrants from six Muslim countries from coming into the U.S., several tech companies also voiced their displeasure with the Trump administration's decision to end a program that makes it easy for companies to acquire the H - 1B visas necessary to bring foreign workers to the U.S.

Section 3 (c) of the immigration order stipulates that «immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United States of aliens from» Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Iran, Somalia, Libya and Yemen «would be detrimental to the interests of the United States,» and that Trump would «hereby suspend entry into the United States, as immigrants and nonimmigrants, of such persons for 90 days from the date of this order.»

CNBC's Ylan Mui reports the latest on the DOJ appealing a Maryland judge's decision to block President Donald Trump's immigration order, according to Dow Jones.

Mark Cuban, Dallas «Mavericks» owner and entrepreneur, talks about the backlash from President Trump's immigration order and CEOs speaking out on issues that impact their businesses.

The immigration order cites the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks three times as justification, but the 9/11 hijackers were from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Lebanon.

Section 5 of the immigration order — which stipulates a «realignment of the US Refugee Admissions Program for Fiscal Year 2017» and a suspension of the US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) for 120 days — has also proved controversial.

Yates replied that she did not direct the DOJ to defy the president's order, but that «in this particular interest, we were talking about the fundamental issue of religious freedom, so it was appropriate for us to look at the intent» of the immigration order.

Yates said that she called McGahn on January 30, hours before she was fired by Trump for refusing to enforce his first immigration order, to tell him that he could come over to the DOJ to review the evidence the department had of Flynn's conversations with Kislyak.

Republican Sen. John Kennedy picked up where Cruz left off, asking Yates whether there were «reasonable arguments that could be made» in the defense of Trump's immigration order.

Switching gears, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz asked Yates about her decision not to enforce Trump's first immigration order, grilling her on whether she had the authority to «direct the Department of Justice to defy» a president's executive order in January.

He added that executives were told that «clarity was coming» on the application of Trump's immigration order.

The «Squawk on the Street» crew discusses the slew of tech companies teaming up against President Donald Trump's immigration order.

Elon Musk only noted very briefly that there had been «progress» on the matter of the immigration order made during his meeting with Donald Trump's economics advisory council on Friday, but on Saturday the Tesla CEO shared a bit more about what happened at the event.

In addition to the immigration order, Musk says he also raised the issue of climate concerns, by way of explaining his continued participation in the council.

While GM has addressed the immigration order issued by Trump last week in an internal memo shared with media from the company's HR lead John Quattrone, Barra herself has not addressed the executive measure publicly.

According to nearly a dozen current and former Uber engineers and product managers who attended or were briefed on the Tuesday all - hands meeting, employees said they were concerned that Mr. Kalanick's willingness to work with Mr. Trump after the immigration order would color Uber as a soulless company that cared only about its bottom line.

First some of them deleted their accounts when the ride - hailing company did not honor a one - hour work stoppage called by New York cabbies at John F. Kennedy International Airport to protest Pres. Trump's controversial immigration order.

At Google, employees have staged protests against the immigration order.