Posts tagged with Trump’s travel ban and Pittsburgh
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Jan 27. that suspends the refugee program for 120 days, stops resettlement of Syrian refugees in the U.S. indefinitely and bans citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the U.S. Protests broke out at airports nationwide, including PIT, as DHS and Customs officials enforced the order.
Dozens of Pitt, CMU academics rally to again protest Trump travel ban
They joined Academics United rallies happening across the country.
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto ‘very disappointed’ in Uber following Trump’s travel ban
"I need to see more interest from them in our communities, both locally and internationally," Peduto said.
For one Syrian Ph.D. student in Pittsburgh, Trump’s travel ban may mean leaving the U.S.
Husni Almoubayyed is one of an estimated 100-plus international students affected by the ban in Pittsburgh.
At Pittsburgh International Airport, immigration ban protesters rally: ‘Yinz are welcome here’
More than a hundred people showed up to protest President Trump's immigration and refugee executive order.
Former Somali refugee in Pittsburgh: ‘We feel like we don’t have anywhere to go’
President Trump reportedly plans to suspend refugee admissions for 120 days.