Live: Protests Still Ongoing at Major U.S. Cities and Airports After President Trump Travel Ban

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Protests are ongoing at major U.S. airports and cities after President Trump banned travel for 90 days to the countries of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Yemen, and Somalia. Read the full Executive Order [gview file=”http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/trump_executive_order_refugee_curbs.pdf” save=”1″] We are curating scenes and accounts from around the nation in the liveblog below: To join the liveblog and leave comments, sign in to the website or create a new account.

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New: NY Attorney General says he is assisting refugees "detained" at JFK, pledges to "fight back," does not state a view on EO's legality: pic.twitter.com/SFuK3FFPVZ
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) January 29, 2017

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Twitter joins a chorus of tech companies making statements against the travel ban

Twitter is built by immigrants of all religions. We stand for and with them, always.
— Twitter (@Twitter) January 29, 2017

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New York

At JFK we have police in riot gear as crowd spills into road. Not letting cars in. Big trailer parked for possible arrests
— Tyler Kingkade (@tylerkingkade) January 29, 2017

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San Francisco

SFO Protest organizers say 1 Yemeni family and 3 Iranian citizens are being held by Customs Border Security. pic.twitter.com/MM1gDke9Xq
— Sergio Quintana (@svqjournalist) January 29, 2017

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Hearing that customs officials in tears because they can't get guidance from White House, DHS not returning calls, etc and crowds growing.
— Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) January 28, 2017