GOP Rep Urges Halt To Trump's Executive Order Banning Refugees
Source: TalkingPointsMemo
A Republican lawmaker whose district has one of the largest Syrian refugee populations in the country on Saturday called for a halt on President Donald Trumps executive order banning refugees and immigrants from certain countries from entering the U.S.
I urge the administration to halt enforcement of this order until a more thoughtful and deliberate policy can be instated," Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) told The New York Times Jonathan Martin.
Trump's Friday executive order banned all refugees from entering the country for 120 days, and prohibited the entry of people from Syria, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, Iran, Sudan and Libya for 90 days, even if they held U.S. green cards. Refugees, graduate students, Google employees and others caught unawares by the immediate implementation of the order were left stranded abroad or detained at points of entry across the U.S.
A six-person Christian family arriving from Syria emailed Dent on Saturday morning to tell him that they had been detained at Philadelphia International Airport, according to the Times. The family said they had legal paperwork, green cards, and visas needed to enter the country.
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