President Trump's travel ban hits roadblock when Obama-appointed Judge signs controversial order

Can Trump's executive order be stopped?

An emergency order issued by U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly Saturday night has temporarily halted U.S. President Donald Trump's travel deportations under the travel ban.

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union filed a court petition on behalf of those from foreign countries who were detained at airports during Trump's travel ban.

Details of Trump's ban have been a point of confusion for border patrol agents, airlines and even federal officials, with many unsure of how to treat incoming refugees and travelers with the appropriate paperwork and visas.

On Friday, when Trump banned travel from seven Muslim-majority countries for the next 90 days and suspensions of all refugee admissions for 120 days, homeland security staff were finally completely filled in with details.

Detainees were sent back to their countries and one Syrian family of six, who had a visa, was returned to Doha, Qatar. Those who arrived to airports after the ban was signed were returned home as well.

According to CNN, Trump stated: "It's working out very nicely. You see it at the airports. You see it all over. It's working out very nicely and we're going to have a very, very, very strict ban, and we're going to have extreme vetting, which we should have had in this country for many years."

While Trump and deportation supporters cheer, one Obama-appointed judge decided the sudden executive order had to be stopped.

Judge Donnelly's order affected a small portion of Trump's executive action and bars U.S. border agents from deporting anyone arriving in the United States with valid visas from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. It also allows anyone with an approved refugee application to enter the country.

No one is sure how quickly her order will affect those already detained or if anyone already flying home can return.

ACLU lawyer Lee Gelernt stated: "Realistically, we don't even know if people are going to be allowed onto the planes. This order would protect people who they allow to come here and reach U.S. soil."

According to a Department of Homeland Security statement, the court ruling would not effect the overall executive action.

"President Trump's Executive Orders remain in place - prohibited travel will remain prohibited, and the U.S. government retains its right to revoke visas at any time if required for national security or public safety," the statement read.

A DHS official said 109 people were on their way to the U.S. and all have been denied entry. Another 179 were not allowed to board flights to the United States, following Trump's order.

Judge Donnelly claims the temporary block she has enacted will allow refugees, visa-holders and others affected by the executive order will keep them from "substantial and irreparable injury" but did not specify the source of their "injuries."

Under Trump's ban, foreign nationals can still enter the United States should their visit be deemed in the national interest and anyone already in the United States with a green card or visa can continue to stay. The United States may also still admit refugees during this ban but the government will do so only on a case-by-case basis.

The U.S. will also continue processing requests from refugees claiming religious persecution, "provided that the religion of the individual is a minority religion in the individual's country."

Will Judge Donnelly's temporary freeze change anything? Will Trump's ban make America safer? Only time will tell.

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