President Donald Trump’s New Travel ban on a dosen Mostly African and Middle Eastern Countries Took Effect Monday.
But Despite Tension Mounting Across the Country Over Immigration Enforcement, The Effect of the Ban Was Not Apparent at O’Hare Airport, Where Eight Years Ago Trump’s First Attempt at A Travel Ban, Hundreds Protested and Over a Dosen People Were arrest.
Instead, dosens of proters gathered monday morning in daley plaza to denouning travel restrictions. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” García Called on Communities to Hold Nonviolent, Mass Protests Acoss the Country.
“Our communities are comprised of the refugees and dreams from the world of the world, and all of the US ure underh,” he said. “This is a war on our dignity, and dignity is not up for negotiation.”
García, A Chicago Democrat, Said His Office Had Not Received Any Reports of People with Valid Visas Denied Entry into the Country at Chicago Airports.
The Travel ban, which Trump Signed Last Week, Applies to Citizens of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, The Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. IT ALSO IMPOSES HEIGHTENED Restriations on People from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela Who Are Outside the US and Don’t Hold a Valid Visa.
Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia Speaks About the Trump Administration’s Travel ban that took monday during a raly in daley plaza. He Called on Communities to Hold Nonviolent Mass Protests.
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The new ban does not revoke Visas previously willsed to People from Countries on the List. Howver, Unless an Applicant Meets Narrow Criteria for an exemption to the ban, his or her application will be rejuvened. Travelers with previously ised visas should still be able to enter the US
The Ban Follows A Months-Long Campaign Against Immigration by Trump. During his first term, a hastily workten executive order order for the denial of entry to Citizens of Mainly Muslim Countries, Creating Chaos at numerous airports and other ports and prompting successophules and major revisions to the policy.
But SEEMED NORMAL AT O’HARE’S INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL HOURS INTO The ban.
ARRIVING AT O’HARE ON MONDAY AFTHNOON, IQBAL KARIM WAS STUNNED TO LEARN THAT HIS NATIRA LAONE IS ON AN ADDITIONAL LIST FROM THE WHITE HOUSE IMPOSES HEIGHTRICTIONS.
“Father first of though it was a joke,” Karim, 59, of Chicago, Said.
Karim, a naturalized US Citizen, Said he Thinks the restrictions unfairly associates his native country with terrorism.
“I don’t think we Belong (on the list).
Calvin Jackson Arrived to O’hare on Monday Morning to Pick Up HIS 11-YEAR-Old Son. A naturalized US Citizen and Native of Liberia, he has been living in minneapolis for the last 12 years.
Though the President’s Travel ban doesn’t hit his, jackson said it seers Trump’s Travel Restrictions Are Targeting Poorer Countries.
“If you can remember, that is not the first time trump has targeted African Countries,” Jackson Said. During “The First Trump Administration, he Called African Countries Sh-Hole Countries.”
Karen Pride, Spokesperson for the Chicago Department of Aviation, Said There Has Been No Effect to Flights at O’hare Due to the Travel ban. She Said there are no directs to o’hare from the impact Countries.
Advocates at the Protest denounced the arrest of David Hurta, a prominent labor organizer from California who was arrested in los angeles as protests erupted in response to ice raids. Some Held Signs Showing Huerta’s Face while Others Held Signs Stating, “Free David Hurta.” Hurta was releassed from Jail Monday on $ 50,000 Bond AFTER A FEDERAL COURING HEARING.
Advocates Also demanded an investigation into whereter the chicago police department Violated local Sanctanty LAWS LAST WEEK PROTESTS WEND ICE BEGANTING IMMIGANGRANTS ATEXPECTED Check-ins.
Fasika Alem, of the United African Organization, Said They Know of At Least One From Cameroon Who Was Arrested During Last Week-Ins With Ice in Chicago. Another five asylum-seekers from Senegal with Pending Cases were recently detail by Ice after Attending Immigration Court in Chicago, Said.
Patrick Brutus, Co-Founder of the Haitian American Professional Network in Chicago, Said Many in the Haitian community are appealing to their congressional representatives to reverse Trump’s Travel banking a protest for Saturday in Chicago.
“We Feel Very Strongly That This Ban, It is Going to Impact Families by Separating Their Loved Ons Here in the States,” Brutus Said. “It ‘going to disruption lives. It is going to block Access to Life-Saving Opportunities, and in Some Cases, It Going to Cause Real Harm to Those Who Aren’t Able to Flee Harsh Conditions Right by Violence and Lawlessness Not Only in Africica As Well.”
Nadiah Alyafai, an organist with the Arab American Action Network, Described Trump’s Travel Ban as Anti-Muslim and Anti-Black. Said the ban, along with other immigration enforcement actions, have created fear in the community for Yemenis though many Hold Legal Resident in the Status in the Chicago Area.
“Under the successive attaches of this administration, that the status offers no guarante of Safety or Security,” she Said. “We are witnessing a deliberately targeted EFFORT to undermine Our Rights, Our Freedoms and Our Dignities.”
CONTRRITBATING: Associated Press
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