Social Issues

Suggesting that little execution planning went into the implementation of Trump's controversial executive order temporarily banning the admission of refugees and travellers from seven countries, less than 24 hours later the impact was already resonating at airports around the world and could best be summarized in one word: confusion. It was most evident at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport where a dozen people were detained and some separated from family members, according to lawmakers and attorneys scrambling to get them released and struggling to interpret the new rules.

With banners and chants proclaiming "build a wall... we'll tear it down", "let them in", "hey, hey, JFK, no more fascists USA", and "refugees in, racists out", hundreds of protestors are assembled at JFK airport (and Chicago O'Hare) following President Trump's 'Muslim' ban.

The view from above. JFK Terminal 4 Arrivals. pic.twitter.com/bUMh6HZQOH

— Melissa Gira Grant (@melissagira) January 28, 2017

First Google warned of the adverse side-effects from Trump's executive order on immigration by telling its offshore employees to return to the US, and advising those currently in the country to refrain from traveling abroad.

Then, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, wrote in LinkedIn post that “as an immigrant and as a CEO, I’ve both experienced and seen the positive impact that immigration has on our company, for the country, and for the world. We will continue to advocate on this important topic.”

With secession threats looming, the state of California is reportedly studying ways to suspend financial transfers to Washington after the Trump administration threatened to withhold federal money from sanctuary cities.

With California counties among the Top 10 who stand to lose tax-payer funding for providing sanctuary to illegal immigrants...

Benjamin Netanyahu has tweeted his support for President Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall along the US border with Mexico. The Israeli Prime Minister said on Saturday that the proposal was  a ‘great idea’ alongside images of the Israeli and American flags. “President Trump is right. I built a wall along Israel’s southern border. It stopped all illegal immigration,” Netanyahu said. President Trump is right. I built a wall along Israel’s southern border. It stopped all illegal immigration. Great success.