Prominent rights groups in the United States are taking action against US President Donald Trump’s recent ban on Muslims.
The ban, announced via an executive order late Friday, triggered response from American Civil Liberties Union (ACLUS) and other advocacy groups as well as some US lawmakers.
At a federal court in Brooklyn, the ACLUS sued on behalf of two Iraqi men, detained shortly after Trump’s order at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
At least 11 others were arrested at the JFK, said Democratic congressman Jerrold Nadler who went there to press for the release of the first two and was joined later by another lawmaker, Nydia Velazquez.
“It is certainly mean-spirited and ill conceived,” Nadler told CNN. “It’s certainly an instance of religious discrimination.”
It was not exactly clear how many had been detained following the executive order.
“This will traumatize, terrorize, and potentially separate many American families,” said the Legal…