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Anger at Trump’s immigration controls continues to spread.   joepiette2/flickr ,   CC BY-NC Donald Trump’s   executive order on immigration , issued on January 27 2017, indefinitely bars Syrian refugees from entering the US, suspends the admission of all refugees for 120 days and blocks citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries – Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen – from entering the country for 90 days. Introduced   as a policy   to “protect its citizens from foreign nationals who intend to commit terrorist attacks in the United States”, the order has provoked a storm of protest worldwide. Foreign governments   reminded the US president of his obligations under international human rights law, such as the   Geneva Refugee Convention , of which the US is a signatory. Visitors, students, scientists, family members, even permanent residents with green cards have been stopped at airports around the world, plunging customs and arrival zones into chaos. Former pre

The Philadelphia DA’s Office said there was a “lack of evidence” that the men committed any crime. By Hilary Hanson A video showing Philadelphia police officers handcuffing and removing two black men from a Starbucks store has gone viral and incited allegations of racism, but the police commissioner insists his officers did “absolutely nothing wrong.” Author Melissa DePino tweeted a video on Thursday showing officers escorting two black men out of a Starbucks in Center City as bystanders questioned why the men were being arrested. Melissa DePino @missydepino @ Starbucks The police were called because these men hadn’t ordered anything. They were waiting for a friend to show up, who did as they were taken out in handcuffs for doing nothing. All the other white ppl are wondering why it’s never happened to us when we do the same thing. 5:12 PM - Apr 12, 2018 229K 180K people are talking about this