UPDATE Judge blocks Trump government from deporting visa-holders detained at U.S. airports

Donald Trump has been very active in his first week as president. He has already signed about a dozen executive orders, which has shaken up many political pundits, the mainstream media and relations with neighboring countries such as Mexico and Canada.

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One of the most controversial to the media is a ban on refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries, including war-torn Syria. This Saturday morning, six people (five from Iraq, one from Yemen) were barred from accessing their flight headed to towards New York.

This suspends a program that accepted almost 85,000 people last year, who were displaced by war, political oppression, hunger and religious prejudice. 12,000 of those people came from Syria which the US has actively engaged in support of terrorist organizations like Al Qaeda and ISIS in an attempt to overthrow an elected leader that they don't like.

The executive order has suspended the refugee program for four months. There is a 90 day ban on anyone traveling from Syria, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Sudan or Somalia. Syrian refugees will be denied entry until such a time that it can be determined they do not infringe upon the "national interests" of the United States.

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Trump says this is a temporary measure to keep out radical Islamic terrorists while the administration develops better screening processes. During the freeze, there may be exceptions on a case-by-case basis, and they will also continue to process requests for religious persecution, so long as the person's religion is a minority religion in the country they are seeking to leave. Green-card holders are also a part of the freeze on admittance to the United States.

Even people with dual citizenship, such as a Canadian and Iranian citizen, were prevented from boarding planes in Canada that were headed to the United States. Mana Yegani, a lawyer working with the American Immigration Lawyers Association, has been working through Friday night and into Saturday dealing with calls from travelers, students and workers being denied access and being sent back where they came from.

"These are people that are coming in legally. They have jobs here and they have vehicles here."

These people didn't know an executive order was coming, the might've had plans days, weeks or months in advance. All it took was Trump signing a piece of paper at 6 PM on Friday evening for everything to come to a halt.

Louis Bélanger, a spokesman for the Canadian Minister of International Development Marie-Claude Bibeau, said:

"Immigration continues to play a key role in contributing to Canada's well-being, to our economic prosperity, and to our success as a nation. We are confident with our programs and will continue to ensure that our immigration system balances compassion, efficiency and economic opportunity for all, while protecting the health, safety and security of Canadians."

This is just week one of Trumps presidency. There are sure to be more controversial changes that he has planned as he works to put "America First".

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2017-01-28, 5pm

Trump Blocks, Bars and Bans Syrian and Other Refugees from Entering the US

*UPDATE* Judge blocks Trump government from deporting visa-holders detained at U.S. airports

"These are people that are coming in legally. They have jobs here and they have vehicles here."

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UPDATE Judge blocks Trump government from deporting visa-holders detained at U.S. airports