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Refugees unlawfully detained in airports after Trump’s immigration executive order

• On Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending the nation’s refugee settlement program and barring immigrants from countries with “would-be terrorists,” namely Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.
  
• The executive order went into immediate effect, meaning refugees on planes to the United States landed in a nation newly hostile to their presence. 
• Though they were given permission to settle here by the U.S. State Department, after a long, complex vetting process, they are now being detained in U.S. airports, waiting for news of their fate. Read more.