Several college presidents sprang into action over the weekend, reassuring their students who are from the seven predominantly Muslim countries that President Trump temporarily banned from entering the United States that they would do everything to support them in these uncertain days.
Dr. David Wilson, president of Morgan State University, a historically Black college located in Baltimore, penned a letter to the Morgan community on Saturday, expressing his dismay over Trump’s executive order.
Wilson encouraged students who hail from those countries to “delay any plans you have to travel internationally until we are able to get more clarity on President Trump’s order.”
Immigration officials detained many individuals on Saturday, forcing the American Civil Liberties Union to go to court to stop Trump’s order.
On Saturday evening, a federal judge issued a temporary stay, prohibiting federal officials from sending the detainees with valid visas from being returned to their country of origin. It is unclear if all of those who were detained throughout the country were released and it is unclear how long the temporary stay will remain in effect.
Still, throughout the nation, thousands descended onto airports located in major U.S. cities like Los Angeles and Dallas over the weekend to express dismay over this latest policy by the Trump administration.
At John F. Kennedy International Airport, the protestors were holding signs and chanting, “Hey, hey, ho, ho, Muslim ban has got to go.”
