Department of Homeland Security vows to enforce Donald Trump's travel bans, despite court order

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Source: Independent

Donald Trump's travel bans will continue to be enforced by the The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), despite a New York judge placing a temporary stay on it being executed.

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But the DHS said it would "continue to enforce all of President Trump's Executive Orders in a manner that ensures the safety and security of the American people."

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

White House officials also insisted there was nothing in the court order which impeded the executive order and it remained in full effect.

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Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-travel-bans-department-of-homeland-security-vows-enforce-court-order-a7551601.html

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Editing to add this comment because I just read the full text of that DHS press release, which you can find here:

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2017/01/29/department-homeland-security-response-recent-litigation

It's four paragraphs long, starting by saying they'll continue to enfore Trump's orders.

But the last, single-sentence paragraph does include four words that say they'll "comply with judicial orders."

As I've seen pointed out on Twitter, this is doublespeak, buried and contradicted by the rest of the statement.

The statement seems designed to confuse both DHS employees and the media.

Especially with WH officials saying that nothing in the court order impedes the executive order.

And if DHS employees themselves aren't sure what they're supposed to do, their actions will help the Trump Team find out which employees to view as loyalists, and which are apparently disloyal to the wannabe dictator.

[Else You Are Mad]

1. Expect more of this.

Trump's administration, and the executive branch as a whole, will not follow any orders from the courts. It is just another step towards becoming a facist dictatorship.

[democratisphere]

2. The Judicial Branch of government has been cancelled by the dictator.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Who cares about a court order anyway?

We have a cult of personality to uphold.

[Chasstev365]

4. IMPEACHMENT TIME!

Here is yet another grounds for impeachment.

[enough]

8. By whom? No republicans will do it. NT

[Chasstev365]

9. If he keeps this up, it only takes 40 House Reps and a few Senators

[Squinch]

5. What if this is just ignored?

[treestar]

6. I read otherwise, but that would mean the breakdown of the

rule of law.

[Dustlawyer]

7. We need to remind all government employees and the military that they

are not supposed to follow illegal orders! "I was just following orders" is not a defense to criminal actions!

[ck4829]

10. Safety? Security? What?

By kicking out a doctor? A graduate student?

[Else You Are Mad]

14. But...but...

they are brown people from Muslim nations! That automatically makes them a terrorist (unless they have multi-million dollar contracts with Trump then they are good people.)

[cally]

11. How all dictators begin--ignore any court authority

And claim the dictator makes all rules for national security.

I'm terrified!!!

[LiberalLoner]

12. Me too. This stuff is scary as hell.

[justhanginon]

13. Maybe they will change their uniforms to brown shirts as

they defy court orders under the supreme dictator. Beginning to seem like a rerun of a bygone and not so free era.

[Lucky Luciano]

19. Brown shirts are only for nazis. We have the "red hats."

[malthaussen]

15. I have a little problem with the sourcing.

Organizations do not speak, people do. The article gives no attribution to a spokesman.

Later it quotes vague "white house officials." Which ones? The ones who mop the floors?

-- Mal

[LovingA2andMI]

17. Fair Point...

Fear-Mongering Is HIGH At The Moment As It Makes Folks Nervous and Adds Page Clicks plus Shares. Let's see what is done first -- after the Court Order.

[sc1line]

16. Hope

our military is on our side.......

[paleotn]

18. impeachable offense #746

in just 9 days.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. This is very bad news. . . . nt

[FreeStateDemocrat]

21. Democrats in the senate need to now unite against all his nominees PERIOD!!!

This is now class warfare and we need to know for whose side they are represent.

[progree]

22. I think DHS is complying with both Trump and the court orders, OK, kind of

But the last, single-sentence paragraph does include four words that say they'll "comply with judicial orders."

As I've seen pointed out on Twitter, this is doublespeak, buried and contradicted by the rest of the statement.

I've seen 3 court orders -- Brooklyn, New York, Virginia, and Seattle Washington -- and all of them stop the deportations, but none of them say anything about the detentions. So as far as I know, the deportations have stopped, but the detentions continue, except as the DHS sees fit on a case-by-case basis -- there have been a few releases, but not as the result of any court order, no court order says anything about releases... that I've seen.

But it's certainly a step in the right direction.

And well, I haven't read Trump's executive order recently, but I assume it calls for sending people back to their home country (or deporting them if they don't return home voluntarily), so having them being detained rather than sent back is, like some headlines say, blocking PART of his order.

[mahina]

23. Can one branch of the government sue another branch?

[progree]

24. Good question, I don't know, am drawing a blank. Damn. n/t

[mahina]

25. I don't have any idea where to start looking myself.

But will try.

[marybourg]

26. Congress was always suing

President Obama.