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Iran Bans US Wrestlers From Iran.US Judge Halts Trump's Travel Ban Nationwide. by SmartMugu: 3:34am On Feb 04, 2017
It appears Trump's decision on the travel bans has started to cause a lot of confusion within the US already, as well as impact relationships with US allies and foes. A big flop on Trump for his rushed decision and attempt to see the world like it's just one of his companies.

In retaliation to Trump's ban on Iranians' entry into the US, Iran said on Friday it had barred a U.S. wrestling team from the Freestyle World Cup competition in retaliation for the executive order by President Donald Trump banning visas for Iranians, state television reported.

The Freestyle World Cup, one of the sport's most prestigious events, is scheduled for Feb. 16-17 and USA Wrestling had previously said it would send a team to the competition in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah.

Tehran has already announced it will stop U.S. citizens entering the country following Washington's decision to ban refugees and citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries including Iran.

"A special committee in Tehran reviewed their cases and decided to oppose the visit by the U.S. freestyle wrestling team," Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi was quoted by state television as saying.

"The visa policy of the new American administration gave us no other option but to ban the wrestlers."

"The Freestyle World Cup is the annual World dual meet championship, one of the most important events that United World Wrestling hosts each year.

"If these reports are true, USA Wrestling is extremely disappointed about this, which we believe would be an unacceptable situation. Wrestling is about competition and goodwill through sport, and is no place for politics."

USA Wrestling said on Monday the United States would send a team to Iran, where U.S. freestyle wrestlers have participated in competitions since 1998.

Nenad Lalovic, president of United World Wrestling, the sport's international federation, said it was working towards a solution.

"Though we had hoped for a different outcome from Iran's Foreign Ministry, we appreciate the complex nature of this decision. We are currently working to find a solution for the Freestyle World Cup as soon as possible," he said in a statement.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-iran-wrestlers-idUSKBN15I1TB?il=0


In a different news, it appears everyone is against Trump's travel plan except Trump himself and his administration.

An excerpt from CNN below:
A federal judge temporarily halted President Donald Trump's immigration executive order effective nationwide Friday, a significant setback for the controversial travel ban.

Federal Judge James Robart, who presides in Washington state and was appointed by former President George W. Bush, orally granted the temporary restraining order. There was no written order immediately available.
Trump's executive order that he signed last week suspended immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries for 90 days, the US refugee program for 120 days and indefinitely halted Syrian refugees from entering the US.

"This is exactly what we were looking for," Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson told CNN's Anderson Cooper shortly after Robart's order, adding that "we have a bucket of Constitutional claims."
Ferguson added that he was prepared to take his case all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary.

This suit was brought by the states of Washington and Minnesota against the travel ban enacted by Trump's executive order.
A Customs and Border Patrol spokesman told CNN the agency will review the order and comply with all court orders. Asked for response, a Justice Department spokesperson would only say, "The department looks forward to reviewing the court's written order and will determine next steps."
"We only challenged the parts that are actually affecting people immediately, which are the parts about refugees and the parts about targeting these seven countries ... the parts that have getting so much attention and have been causing such immediate harm to people, stranding them oversees and such, are enjoined right away," Washington Solicitor General Noah Purcell told reporters.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, called the restraining order "a tremendous victory for the state of Washington."
And Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer immediately hailed Robart's order.
"This ruling is a victory for the Constitution and for all of us who believe this un-American executive order will not make us safer," Schumer said in a statement. "President Trump should heed this ruling and he ought to back off and repeal the executive order once and for all."
Earlier Friday, a federal judge in Boston declined to renew a temporary restraining order affecting Massachusetts that prohibited the detention or removal of foreign travelers legally authorized to come to the US.

Visa complications
Even with the temporary restraining order, the State Department indicated in a letter dated January 27 that all visas for those from the seven Muslim-majority countries -- Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen -- were "provisionally revoked," so for many travelers, the first step could be to seek a new visa. It is unlikely that many citizens of those countries can just get on a plane and come to the US because they need visas to enter the country.
It is also possible there will be more court activity and an appeal before anyone could act on getting a visa, and it's unclear how long it would take to obtain one.
If the court order is simply telling the US government to allow people with valid visas from the seven affected countries to travel to the US, then Robart's halt will not apply to any of them because all of those people had their visas provisionally revoked by the State Department last week, a federal official with knowledge of the situation told CNN.
A US airline executive said unless CBP changes the rules, nothing is expected to change for US airlines, as they follow the agency's guidelines so they are not fined.
US airlines use an automated system connected to the CBP database to scan passports and visas to get an instant determination if the passenger can board or not. Unless the government re-instates visas and the airlines get a "board" status, the airlines still will not allow such passengers to board.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/03/politics/federal-judge-temporarily-halts-trump-travel-ban-nationwide-ag-says/index.html
Re: Iran Bans US Wrestlers From Iran.US Judge Halts Trump's Travel Ban Nationwide. by Sibrah: 3:46am On Feb 04, 2017
Trump is putting these hyprocrites where they belong.
Iran is retaliating for pride unlike Trump who is being security conscious.
Re: Iran Bans US Wrestlers From Iran.US Judge Halts Trump's Travel Ban Nationwide. by Nobody: 3:47am On Feb 04, 2017
If nothing else Trump has succeeded in de-legitimatizing Islam.
Re: Iran Bans US Wrestlers From Iran.US Judge Halts Trump's Travel Ban Nationwide. by madridguy(m): 3:51am On Feb 04, 2017
Noted.
Re: Iran Bans US Wrestlers From Iran.US Judge Halts Trump's Travel Ban Nationwide. by magabounce(m): 4:56am On Feb 04, 2017
following
Re: Iran Bans US Wrestlers From Iran.US Judge Halts Trump's Travel Ban Nationwide. by MalcoImX: 5:06am On Feb 04, 2017
Sibrah:
Trump is putting these hyprocrites where they belong.
Iran is retaliating for pride unlike Trump who is being security conscious.
Have you heard the latest from Trumpy that even Americans coming from Africa shouldn't be allowed into the US if they're infected with diseases; implying Africans are diseased and are no good to America. You are nothing, as Malcolm X posited, but a house negro! Know who a house negro is? You are one - licking the massa's a*s even though massa considers you not fully human.
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[/quote] "During slavery you had two Negroes. You had the house Negro and the field Negro. The house Negro usually lived close to his master. He dressed like his master. He wore his master's second-hand clothes. He ate food that his master left on the table. And he lived in his master's house-- in the basement or the attic--but he still lived in the master's house. When his master said, "We have good food," the house Negro would say, "Yes, we have plenty of good food." "We" have plenty of good food. When the master said that "we have a fine home here," the house Negro said, "Yes, we have a fine home here." When the master would be sick, the house Negro identified himself so much with his master he'd say, "What's the matter boss, we sick?" His master's pain was his pain. And it hurt him more for his master to be sick than for him to be sick himself. When the house started burning down, that type of Negro would fight harder to put the master's house out than the master himself would.
But then you had another Negro out in the field. The house Negro was in the minority. The masses--the field Negroes were the masses. They were in the majority. When the master got sick, they prayed that he'd die. If his house caught on fire, they'd pray for a wind to come along and fan the breeze." – Malcolm X
Re: Iran Bans US Wrestlers From Iran.US Judge Halts Trump's Travel Ban Nationwide. by thehedge(f): 5:18am On Feb 04, 2017
if it was naija government they wouldn't have done anything

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