The results are already coming in as President Trump executive order banning immigrant and refugees from certain Muslim countries consider dangerous takes effect.
An Iraqi refugee who was a translator for the U.S Army for 10 years was detained on Saturday for 17 hours at JFK airport as he tried to enter the U.S.
He had a valid special immigration visa to relocate to America.He was travelling with his wife and three children at the time but they were not detained. They were heading to Charlotte, North Carolina to start their new life in America.
Eleven other refugees are still being held at JFK airport.
Cairo airport officials said seven U.S.-bound migrants - six from Iraq and one from Yemen - were prevented from boarding an EgyptAir flight to New York's JFK airport
Dutch airline KLM says it had to turn away seven would-be passengers because they would no longer have been accepted into the United States.Trump's ban puts a 90-day pause on visas and immigration from seven countries including Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Iran, Libya, Yemen and Somalia.
Trump according to statistics doesn't have any business relations with the seven black-listed countries, but does with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Turkey, the NY Daily News reports.
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