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Trump Muslim ban: voices from the weekend

“It is appropriate and just that, pending completion of a hearing before the court on the merits of the petition, that the respondents be enjoined and restrained from the commission of further acts and misconduct in violation of the Constitution…”
U.S. District Judge Ann M. Donnelly
Eastern District of New York

“The court orders that… respondents shall permit lawyers access to all legal permanent residents being detained at Dulles International Airport.”
U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema
Eastern District of Virginia

“It is hereby ordered that respondents… shall not, by any manner or means, detain or remove individuals with refugee applications approved by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as part of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, holders of valid immigrant and non-immigrant visas, lawful permanent residents, and other individuals from Iraq, Syria Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen who, absent the executive order, would be legally authorized to enter the United States.”
U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs
U.S. Magistrate Judge Judith Gail Dein
District of Massachusetts

“The unethical and discriminatory treatment of law-abiding, hard-working, and well-integrated immigrants fundamentally contravenes the founding principles of the United States.”
Petition signed by Academics Against Immigration Executive Order, including 37 Nobel laureates

“Ultimately, I fear this executive order will become a self-inflicted wound in the fight against terrorism.”
Senator Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.

“It’s working out very nicely.”
President Donald Trump