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A young girl dances with an American flag in baggage claim while women pray behind her during a protest against the travel ban imposed by President Donald Trump's executive order, at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Dallas, Texas, January 29, 2017. REUTERS/Laura Buckman
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Leading Republican Corker says Trump immigration order 'poorly implemented'
ReutersSenator Bob Corker, the Republican chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations committee, said on Sunday that President Donald Trump's executive order on refugees and immigration had been "poorly implemented," particularly for green card holders. -
Latest development on green card holders. Administration seems to be changing course with this clarification.US Homeland Security Secretary Kelly orders green card holders be allowed to enter the US https://t.co/np7fbpQL1q
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In Houston, already filling up with visitors for next Sunday's Super Bowl, about 500 people marched through the downtown.
Jennifer Fagen, 47, a professor of sociology at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, said she hoped she did not lose her job for protesting.
"I'm Jewish and it's supposed to be never again. Jews should be the first ones to defend Muslims considering what has happened to us and it seems it's being repeated under Trump," Fagen said, referring to the Holocaust.
(Reporting by Frank McGurty and Nathan Frandino)
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President Trump, trying to quell a backlash over his "extreme vetting" order, said the United States would resume issuing visas to all countries once secure policies are put in place over the next 90 days.
"To be clear, this is not a Muslim ban, as the media is falsely reporting," Trump said. "This is not about religion - this is about terror and keeping our country safe. There are over 40 different countries worldwide that are majority Muslim that are not affected by this order.
"We will again be issuing visas to all countries once we are sure we have reviewed and implemented the most secure policies over the next 90 days," he said.
(Reporting by Steve Holland and Doina Chiacu)
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'I'm here today because the issue has gotten so specific targeting groups of people. The government doesn't understand the damage they are doing to us, the danger they're creating and the disservice they're doing to our great history by showing us in this disgusting light.'- Lavinia Branca Snyder, naturalized American citizen, 58, born in Rome, marching in protest in NYC
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Protests are taking place across the U.S. today in response to President Trump's abrupt order for a halt on arrivals of refugees and people from seven Muslim-majority countries. We are #facebooklive from Houston.
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President Trump fought back on Sunday amid growing international criticism, outrage from civil rights activists and legal challenges over his abrupt order for a halt on arrivals of refugees and people from seven Muslim-majority countries.
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"I think banning refugees, banning immigrants, banning religions like Islam or any other religion, is un-American," said Will Turner, 42, draped in a U.S. flag and among a crowd of several thousand people in front of the White House chanting "no hate, no fear, refugees are welcome here."
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Attorneys general from 16 U.S. states, including California, New York and Pennsylvania, issued a joint statement on Sunday condemning President Donald Trump's executive order restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries. (Reporting by Daniel Levine)
"We are committed to working to ensure that as few people as possible suffer from the chaotic situation that it has created," the statement said.
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Putin says Russia will follow up fast after Ukraine call with Biden
MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would send ideas to Washington within a week to follow up his talks with U.S. President Joe Biden on the Ukraine crisis.
