Protesters descended on airports across the country on Saturday, in the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US.
“It’s working out very nicely. You see it at the airports, you see it all over,” Trump told media in Washington D.C., as demonstrators swarmed John F. Kennedy airport in New York City.
The protests kicked off Saturday afternoon after two Iraqi refugees who had been granted asylum and were carrying valid visas were detained by border agents.
Both men were eventually released, and a federal judge in Brooklyn issued an emergency ruling preventing the deportation of all travelers that had arrived in the US with valid visas and been detained.
Here’s what the scenes at several major airports looked like on Saturday:
Demonstrations started at the Terminal 4 arrivals door at John F. Kennedy airport, and quickly spread from there.
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Lawmakers and city officials even showed up. New York City Councilman Carlos Menchaca told those gathered, “They came for the Jews, they came for the Christians and they’re coming for our Muslim brothers and sisters.”
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Some protesters called for Trump’s executive order to be lifted…
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