President Donald Trump’s sweeping ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries has sparked confusion and anger at major US airports.
Protests erupted Saturday at airports in Dallas, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, New York and elsewhere after border agents began detaining refugees and immigrants who arrived in the country a day after Trump issued an executive order reshaping the US refugee and immigration policy.
The new Republican president’s order imposes a 90-day ban on entry from citizens of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia, blocks refugees from Syria indefinitely, and suspends all refugee admissions for 120 days.
People who were already mid-flight were detained upon arrival at international airports even if they held valid visas or refugee permits, prompting an outpouring of shock and outrage.
Families anxiously waited to learn the fate of their loved ones at terminals, while protesters chanted “let them in” and “this is…