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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 428

Trump refugee ban

Mariko Hirose, right, a litigation director at the Urban Justice Center, Esther Sung, a staff attorney at the National Immigration Law Center, Rabbi Will Berkowitz, Jewish Family Service of Seattle CEO and Mark Hetfield, president and CEO of HIAS, stand in front of a federal courthouse after speaking with media members there Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
December 22, 2017, 2:00 pm
US judge considers lifting ban on entry of refugees, families
ACLU and Jewish Family Service call for some individuals, including Iraqi interpreters for US army, to be allowed into US
By martha bellisle
A HIAS protest in front of the White House in which people shared stories of their family members who were refugees or immigrants, March 1, 2017. (Ted Eytan via JTA)
December 20, 2017, 8:59 pm
Federal court to hear Jewish groups’ challenge to Trump refugee ban
US District Court in Seattle to take up Jewish Family Service v. Trump, a bid by HIAS and others to halt implementation of new restrictions
By JTA
Illustrative: Outside the US Supreme Court, after it was announced that the court will allow a limited version of US President Donald Trump's travel ban to take effect, June 26, 2017, in Washington, DC. (Eric Thayer/Getty Images/ AFP)
September 11, 2017, 11:54 pm
US Supreme Court issues temporary order upholding Trump refugee ban
Decision comes in response to Justice Department request to block lower court ruling allowing some 24,000 refugees to enter US
By Mark Sherman
Mark Hetfield, president and CEO of HIAS, welcomes hundreds to the Jewish Rally for Refugees in Battery Park, New York, on February 12, 2017. (Courtesy HIAS)
June 22, 2017, 11:46 pm
Islamic group salutes a Jewish agency for fighting Trump’s refugee ban
Islamic Relief USA honors HIAS with Courage Award over action against travel restrictions, and for ‘tireless work assisting refugees’
By JTA
Protesters hold signs during a demonstration against President Donald Trump's revised travel ban outside a federal courthouse in Seattle, May 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
June 1, 2017, 12:59 am
With lawsuits pending, Trump moves to cut refugee admissions
President hoping to bypass injunction on executive order by slashing budget for resettling asylum seekers, eliminating emergency migration funds
By Matthew Lee
Mohamoud Saed, a refugee from Somalia, helps out in a friend's clothing store in Clarkston, Ga., Tuesday, May 2, 2017. (AP/David Goldman)
May 10, 2017, 12:57 pm
Far fewer refugees entering US despite travel ban setbacks
Many who made it through the US’s lengthy resettlement process saw their visas expire as legal wrangling went on
By meredith hoffman
US President Donald Trump walks along the West Wing Colonnade at the White House in Washington, Friday, April 21, 2017 (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
April 22, 2017, 4:33 am
Trump tells young immigrants in US illegally to ‘rest easy’
Softening campaign positions, president says ‘dreamers’ will not be targets for deportation: ‘We are after the criminals’
By Julie Pace
Yedidia Stern
March 22, 2017, 12:54 pm
Yedidia Stern
Hijab, kippah, crucifix
The European Court of Justice fans the flames of xenophobia when it allows Muslims to be fired for religious attire
A group of Muslim protesters gather during a rally against the travel ban at San Diego International Airport on March 6, 2017 in San Diego, California. (AFP PHOTO / Sandy Huffaker)
March 11, 2017, 12:03 pm
Revised Trump travel ban gets first legal blow
Federal judge halts enforcement of executive order in case of wife and child of Syrian refugee already granted asylum
By Olivia Hampton
Protesters holding placards gather near the Houses of Parliament as an anti-Trump protest gets underway in London on February 20, 2017, as parliament debates whether or not to allow Donald Trump a state visit. (AFP/Justin Tallis)
March 1, 2017, 9:40 pm
Downing Street dismisses report Trump state visit delayed
PM spokesman says claim that US president will postpone his trip from June until October is ‘pure speculation’
By AFP
Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus in Farmington Hills, Michigan (Joshua Nowicki/Facebook)
February 15, 2017, 3:58 pm
Canadian kids can’t go to Detroit Holocaust center due to ‘safety concerns’ at border
Southwestern Ontario school district cancels class trips to US in response to Trump Muslim ban
By Renee Ghert-Zand
US President Donald Trump stands in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 9, 2017. (AFP/Saul Loeb)
February 10, 2017, 6:36 am
Judges who rejected Trump travel ban get tighter security in wake of threats
Law enforcement agencies treating matter seriously, officials say, after appellate court refuses to reinstate order barring entry from 7 Muslim-majority countries
By ToI Staff and Agencies
US President Donald Trump speaks at the Major Cities Chiefs Association and Major County Sheriff's Association Winter Meeting in Washington, DC, February 8, 2017. (AFP/Saul Loeb)
February 10, 2017, 3:19 am
Trump: Appeals court ruling against travel ban is ‘political decision’
Justice Department to ‘consider options’ after federal judges refuse to reinstate executive order barring refugees, travelers from 7 mainly Muslim states
By Ken Thomas and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
US President Donald Trump speaks following a visit to the US Central Command and Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base on February 6, 2017 in Tampa, Florida. (AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN)
February 10, 2017, 1:29 am
‘See you in court,’ Trump vows as federal appeals court refuses to reinstate travel ban
Petition to Supreme Court now possible as three-judge panel rejects request to resume executive order barring immigrants, refugees from 7 Muslim-majority countries
By SUDHIN THANAWALA
Illustrative: People stand in line to go through passport control at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel, September 21, 2008. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
February 9, 2017, 1:57 am
How Israel’s travel bans are — and aren’t — like Trump’s
Semi-bans on entry to Israel by citizens from some Arab states and asylum seekers have been maintained for years, but the law is often not enforced
By Andrew Tobin
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