There’s a mad rush in the planes leaving to the United States of America. Amidst the latest news that the President Trump’s travel ban could be revoked anytime, people across the various parts of the world have made a beeline to return to the United States.
Since indications from the legal experts saying that the temporary stay could be removed and chances of ban on immigration could be restored after Monday, people are turning out in large numbers to reach US before Monday.
With this, the demand for the seats in the planes to the US is said to be very high. It’s learnt that not even a single seat is vacant in any plane leaving to the state. And this led in the increase of ticket fares in the planes to the US.
After the executive order, over 60,000 visas of the foreigners were said to be cancelled by the immigration officials. Many people whose visas were earlier cancelled have all booked tickets and rushing to the US due to the temporary lift of ban.
For instance, one Amar Alnazar is a student of the Southwest Tennessee community college and holds a green card . He had recently left to the Turkey with his wife-to-be for a 3 month trip. His visa too was cancelled among several others.
Learning the temporary stay on the travel ban, Amar spent over 1000 USD for ticket from Turkey to the New York. There’re many like Amar. Another lady from Egypt, whose visa too was cancelled, is also now returning to the US spending a lot on the ticket. There’re many such who’re rushing to the US.
Trump’s Travel Ban. What it’s all about?
On Jan 27, President Trump had issued a historic executive order temporarily barring refugees and nationals from seven countries from entering the United States. In the name of protecting Americans from terrorism, Trump decided to tighten the US borders and issued temporary travel ban. Travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations – Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen – as well as vetted refugees from all nations were barred entry to the US. This had created a great furore among the foreigners staying in the US and their loved ones.
Responding to it, Seattle Federal Judge James Robert on Friday (Feb 3) granted temporary restraining order on the immigration ban ordered by President Donald Trump.
After the Federal District Court in Seattle blocked Mr. Trump’s order nationwide, the Justice Department appealed the ruling late on Saturday, saying that the president had the constitutional authority to order the ban and that the court ruling “second-guesses the president’s national security judgment.”
The federal appeals court on Sunday rejected a request by the Justice Department to immediately restore President Trump’s targeted travel ban. In the legal back and forth over the travel ban, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco said a reply from the Trump administration was now due on Monday.