Reactions to Executive Order 13769

Donald Trump's speech just after signing the executive order on January 28, 2017, indicated its purpose was to keep "radical Islamic terrorists" from the U.S. and invoked the September 11 attacks.{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2017/01/27/look-trump-executive-order-refugees-immigration/Ag5A20b8CG6jz6sF82xTwJ/story.html|url-access=subscription|title=A look at Trump's executive order on refugees, immigration|date=January 28, 2017|work=Boston Globe|access-date=January 30, 2017|quote=Secondly, I'm establishing new vetting measures to keep radical islamic terrorists out of the United States of America. We don't want 'em here… We will never forget the lessons of 9/11…|author=Alicia Caldwell|medium=Posted Video|agency=Associated Press|archive-date=August 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807002210/https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2017/01/27/look-trump-executive-order-refugees-immigration/Ag5A20b8CG6jz6sF82xTwJ/story.html|url-status=live}} On January 29, 2017, Trump issued an official statement clarifying his stance on the executive order. Trump said that his policy is "similar to what President Obama did in 2011 when he banned visas for refugees from Iraq for six months" and stated that the executive order did not target religion, stating "there are over 40 different countries worldwide that are majority Muslim that are not affected by this order". Trump concluded, "I have tremendous feeling for the people involved in this horrific humanitarian crisis in Syria."{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/nyregion/trump-travel-ban-protests-briefing.html|title=Highlights: Reaction to Trump's Travel Ban|date=January 29, 2017|work=The New York Times|last1=Newman|first1=Andy|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319192123/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/nyregion/trump-travel-ban-protests-briefing.html|url-status=live}} Glenn Kessler of The Washington Post stated that Obama limited immigration for six months, but continued to admit refugees during all six months and did not ban all citizens (including green card holders) from traveling to the United States, although lawful permanent residents have since been exempted from Trump's executive order.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/01/29/trumps-facile-claim-that-his-refugee-policy-is-similar-to-obama-in-2011/|title=Trump's facile claim that his refugee policy is similar to Obama's in 2011|date=January 29, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|last1=Kessler|first1=Glenn|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102112629/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/01/29/trumps-facile-claim-that-his-refugee-policy-is-similar-to-obama-in-2011/|url-status=live}} Jonathan Chait of New York magazine said that the 2011 case involved a temporary response to specific intelligence regarding two suspicious Iraqi refugees living in Bowling Green, Kentucky and said that Trump's "sweeping halt in the absence of a reported breach" is not comparable.{{cite news|url=https://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/01/why-trump-keeps-making-up-lies-about-his-refugee-ban.html|title=Why Trump Keeps Making Up Lies About His Refugee Ban|last=Chait|first=Jonathan|date=January 30, 2017|newspaper=New York|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=July 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715011813/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/01/why-trump-keeps-making-up-lies-about-his-refugee-ban.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.factcheck.org/2017/01/trumps-faulty-refugee-policy-comparison/|title=Trump's Faulty Refugee Policy Comparison|date=January 30, 2017|work=FactCheck.org|publisher=The Annenberg Public Policy Center|last1=Kiely|first1=Eugene|access-date=February 2, 2017|archive-date=July 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720182847/https://www.factcheck.org/2017/01/trumps-faulty-refugee-policy-comparison/|url-status=live}}

The statement also said that the order applied to countries "previously identified by the Obama administration as sources of terror".{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/29/politics/donald-trump-executive-order-statement/|title=Trump defends executive order concerning extreme vetting|last=Liptak|first=Kevin|date=January 29, 2017|publisher=CNN|location=Washington|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=November 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104170525/https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/29/politics/donald-trump-executive-order-statement/|url-status=live}} The Trump administration's executive order relied on H.R.158 or the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015,{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/158/text|title=H.R.158 – Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015|year=2015|website=Congress.gov|access-date=January 31, 2017|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215013053/https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/158/text|url-status=live}} which was passed by congress and signed into law by President Obama. The act, which was part of a necessary spending bill, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, removed the privilege of 90-day visa-free entry of dual nationals of 38 visa-waiver countries who had traveled to specific countries since 2011. Instead, these travelers could enter with a visa. These countries are Iraq, Syria, and countries on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list (Iran and Sudan), with Libya, Yemen, and Somalia added later by the Secretary of Homeland Security.{{cite web|url=http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/jan/30/donald-trump/why-comparing-trumps-and-obamas-immigration-restri/|title=Why comparing Trump's and Obama's immigration restrictions is flawed|last=Qiu|first=Linda|date=January 30, 2017|work=Tampa Bay Times|access-date=January 31, 2017|archive-date=January 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131001301/http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/jan/30/donald-trump/why-comparing-trumps-and-obamas-immigration-restri/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.snopes.com/trump-immigration-order-obama/|title=Wherever Visa Is Accepted|last=LaCapria|first=Kim|date=January 30, 2017|work=Snopes|access-date=January 31, 2017}}{{cite web | last1 = Blaine | first1 = Kyle | last2 = Horowitz | first2 = Julia | url = http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/29/politics/how-the-trump-administration-chose-the-7-countries/index.html | title = How the Trump administration chose the 7 countries in the immigration executive order | publisher = CNN | date = January 30, 2017 | access-date = February 3, 2017 | archive-date = February 8, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170208090853/http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/29/politics/how-the-trump-administration-chose-the-7-countries/index.html | url-status = live }}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38798588|title=US travel ban: Why these seven countries?|date=January 30, 2017|work=BBC News|last1=Goodman|first1=Jack|access-date=February 2, 2017|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215013106/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38798588|url-status=live}}

On January 30, White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, used the Quebec City mosque shooting as an illustration of the need for anti-terror policies saying, "It's a terrible reminder of why we must remain vigilant, and why the president is taking steps to be proactive, rather than reactive, when it comes to our nation's safety and security."{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/01/30/why-did-sean-spicer-suggest-that-the-quebec-shooting-validated-trumps-policy-initiatives/|title=Why did Sean Spicer suggest that the Quebec shooting validated Trump's policy initiatives?|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=January 31, 2017|archive-date=October 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024124505/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/01/30/why-did-sean-spicer-suggest-that-the-quebec-shooting-validated-trumps-policy-initiatives/|url-status=live}} However, as the Toronto Star pointed out, it was strange to use this example since the accused gunman was not a Muslim.{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/01/30/the-white-house-just-cited-the-quebec-mosque-attack-to-justify-trumps-policies.html|title=The White House just cited the Quebec mosque attack to justify Trump's policies|newspaper=Toronto Star|access-date=January 31, 2017|archive-date=March 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302183042/https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/01/30/the-white-house-just-cited-the-quebec-mosque-attack-to-justify-trumps-policies.html|url-status=live}} The Independent in the UK also reported that Spicer's comments seemed to use the attack as a justification for the US president's own anti-terror policies but did not specify which policies he was referring to.{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-white-house-quebec-mosque-cites-attack-justify-anti-immigration-ban-muslims-a7554491.html|title=The White House just cited a terrorist attack on Muslims to justify Donald Trump's 'Muslim ban'|date=January 31, 2017|newspaper=The Independent|language=en|access-date=January 31, 2017|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112030028/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-white-house-quebec-mosque-cites-attack-justify-anti-immigration-ban-muslims-a7554491.html|url-status=live}}

Spicer held a press briefing on January 31 where he said that it was incorrect to refer to the executive order as a "travel ban" and that only the media was using those words to describe the order.{{Cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/sean-spicer-grilled-over-trump-travel-ban-2017-1|title='Is he confused, or are you confused?': Sean Spicer grilled by reporters in heated exchange over Trump's travel ban|last=Smith|first=Allan|date=January 31, 2017|work=Business Insider|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=April 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416123723/https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-spicer-grilled-over-trump-travel-ban-2017-1|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/01/31/youre-calling-him-liar-spicer-battles-reporters-over-travel-ban-false-reports|title='You're Calling Him a Liar?': Spicer Battles Reporters Over Travel Ban, 'False' Reports|date=January 31, 2017|work=Fox News Insider|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111202159/https://insider.foxnews.com/2017/01/31/youre-calling-him-liar-spicer-battles-reporters-over-travel-ban-false-reports|url-status=live}} When pointed out by an NBC reporter that Trump himself used the word in his personal Twitter account, Spicer responded that it was because the media is using it. He also confronted the reporter that NBC news was part of the confusion for falsely reporting that Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly had not been properly consulted before the executive order was signed.

On February 2, Kellyanne Conway cited a non-existent event, the Bowling Green massacre, during an interview with MSNBC's Chris Matthews as a reason to ban refugees.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/02/03/kellyanne-conway-cites-bowling-green-massacre-that-never-happened-to-defend-travel-ban/|title=Kellyanne Conway cites 'Bowling Green massacre' that never happened to defend travel ban|last=Schmidt|first=Samantha|date=February 3, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=March 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315094257/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/02/03/kellyanne-conway-cites-bowling-green-massacre-that-never-happened-to-defend-travel-ban/|url-status=live}} The Bowling Green massacre, according to Conway, took place when two Iraqi terrorists pretending to be refugees caused a "massacre."{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/03/513222852/bogus-bowling-green-massacre-claim-snarls-trump-adviser-conway|title=Bogus 'Bowling Green massacre' Claim Snarls Trump Adviser Conway|last=Chappell|first=Bill|date=February 3, 2017|publisher=NPR|access-date=February 2, 2017|archive-date=August 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820180053/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/03/513222852/bogus-bowling-green-massacre-claim-snarls-trump-adviser-conway|url-status=live}} The event that Conway was intending to cite was the arrest of two Iraqi men in Bowling Green, Kentucky who were charged with federal terrorism for attempting to send money and weapons to Al Qaeda in Iraq.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/03/us/politics/bowling-green-massacre-kellyanne-conway.html|title=Kellyanne Conway Admits 'Bowling Green Massacre' Error|last=Coscarelli|first=Joe|date=February 3, 2017|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=February 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204084712/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/03/us/politics/bowling-green-massacre-kellyanne-conway.html|url-status=live}} Conway apologized for her mistake.

Trump has also defended his executive order through Twitter. On January 29, he tweeted: "Our country needs strong borders and extreme vetting, NOW. Look what is happening all over Europe and, indeed, the world – a horrible mess!"{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/donald-trump-response-executive-order-controversy/|title=Here's how Donald Trump responded Sunday to his executive order controversy|last=Katzowitz|first=Josh|date=January 30, 2017|work=The Daily Dot|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=September 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902190311/https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/donald-trump-response-executive-order-controversy/|url-status=live}} On Monday, he continued to tweet, where he "de-emphasized the number of travelers affected by the hasty implementation of the travel ban", according to Business Insider.{{Cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-immigration-order-travel-ban-twitter-2017-1|title='A lot of bad dudes out there!': Trump launches into morning tweetstorm defending immigration order|last=Tani|first=Maxwell|date=January 30, 2017|work=Business Insider|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=July 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725235351/https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-immigration-order-travel-ban-twitter-2017-1|url-status=live}} It was also written in The Washington Post that his tweets were intended to minimize the impact the executive order had on travelers.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/01/30/trump-says-all-is-going-well-on-immigration-order-amid-questions-and-confusion/|title=Trump says 'all is going well' on immigration order amid questions and confusion|date=January 30, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=January 30, 2017|author1-last=Berman|author1-first=Mark|author2-last=Dennis|author2-first=Brady|author3-last=Markon|author3-first=Jerry|archive-date=April 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411143945/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/01/30/trump-says-all-is-going-well-on-immigration-order-amid-questions-and-confusion/|url-status=live}} In several other tweets on Monday, he blamed travel delays on a Delta airline computer outage, "protesters and the tears of Senator Schumer". The computer outage Trump referred to actually occurred on Sunday January 29, two days after the order was signed.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/01/30/trump-points-blame-elsewhere-for-weekends-chaos-around-entry-ban/|title=Trump points blame elsewhere for weekend's chaos around entry ban|last=Parker|first=Ashley|date=January 30, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=February 2, 2017|archive-date=December 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219093943/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/01/30/trump-points-blame-elsewhere-for-weekends-chaos-around-entry-ban/|url-status=live}} Trump defended the executive order on Twitter, stating that searching for terrorists is not about being "nice" and that "[i]f the ban were announced with a one week notice, the 'bad' would rush into our country during that week. A lot of bad 'dudes' out there!" On February 1, Trump tweeted, "Everybody is arguing whether or not it is a BAN. Call it what you want, it is about keeping bad people (with bad intentions) out of country!"{{Cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-immigration-ban-twitter-2017-2|title=Trump on immigration ban: 'Call it what you want'|last=Jacobs|first=Peter|date=February 1, 2017|work=Business Insider|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=May 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510143831/https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-immigration-ban-twitter-2017-2|url-status=live}} On February 4, in response to James Robart's block of the Executive Order, Trump tweeted "What is our country coming to when a judge can halt a Homeland Security travel ban and anyone, even with bad intentions, can come into U.S.?" and later "Because the ban was lifted by a judge, many very bad and dangerous people may be pouring into our country. A terrible decision".{{cite news|last1=Kaleem|first1=Jaweed|title=Travelers from banned countries begin arriving in the U.S. as authorities suspend enforcement of travel ban|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-visa-cancellations-20170204-story.html|access-date=February 4, 2017|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 4, 2017|archive-date=February 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223234203/https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-visa-cancellations-20170204-story.html|url-status=live}}

On February 5, President Trump shared a fake news story on his Facebook page, claiming that Kuwait also imposed a similar ban on immigrants from several Muslim countries, supposedly inspired by Trump's executive order. The comment attached to the shared story was "Smart!", and in the next 24 hours it received 250,000 likes and over 68,000 shares. After the story was picked up by the far right outlet Breitbart News, whose former executive chairman is Trump's advisor Steve Bannon, by the Russian propaganda outlet Sputnik News, and the fringe conspiracy website InfoWars, the government of Kuwait issued a statement "categorically denying" the existence of such a ban and stated that immigrants from the supposedly restricted countries "enjoy full rights" in Kuwait.{{cite news|last=Martichoux|first=Alex|title=President Trump shares false news story on his Facebook page|url=http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/President-Trump-shares-fake-news-story-on-his-10909880.php|access-date=February 8, 2017|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=February 6, 2017|format=Online Edition|archive-date=April 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411145440/https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/President-Trump-shares-fake-news-story-on-his-10909880.php|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Resnick|first=Gideon|title=Trump Shared False Travel Ban Story On His Facebook Page|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/05/trump-shares-false-travel-ban-story-on-his-facebook-page.html|access-date=February 8, 2017|work=The Daily Beast|publisher=IAC|date=February 5, 2017|format=Online|archive-date=May 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509055241/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/05/trump-shares-false-travel-ban-story-on-his-facebook-page.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Browning|first1=Noah|title=Kuwait denies it imposed travel ban praised by Trump|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-kuwait-idUSKBN15K09O|access-date=February 8, 2017|agency=Reuters News Agency|date=February 5, 2017|format=online|archive-date=July 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712021104/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-kuwait-idUSKBN15K09O|url-status=live}}

On February 8, after Trump's executive order was upheld at the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Trump angrily tweeted "SEE YOU IN COURT, THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE!" Trump also told his press poll "it's a political decision and we'll see them in court...it is a decision that we will win in my opinion very easily."{{cite news|title=Appeals court upholds ruling blocking Trump's immigration order|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/defiant-trump-tweets-see-you-in-court-after-ruling-again-blocks-immigration-order|access-date=February 10, 2017|publisher=Fox News Channel|date=February 9, 2017|archive-date=August 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806135733/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/09/appeals-court-upholds-ruling-blocking-trumps-immigration-order.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=de Vogue|first1=Ariane|title=9th Circuit rules against reinstating travel ban|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/09/politics/travel-ban-9th-circuit-ruling-immigration|access-date=February 10, 2017|publisher=CNN|date=February 9, 2017|archive-date=November 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106214212/https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/09/politics/travel-ban-9th-circuit-ruling-immigration|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Allen|first1=Nick|last2=Sherlock|first2=Ruth|last3=Lawler|first3=David|last4=Palazzo|first4=Chiara|title='SEE YOU IN COURT' – Donald Trump lashes out after judges refuse to reinstate travel ban|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/09/donald-trump-swear-jeff-sessions-attorney-general-amid-row-supreme/|access-date=February 10, 2017|work=The Telegraph|date=February 9, 2017|archive-date=February 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210085259/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/09/donald-trump-swear-jeff-sessions-attorney-general-amid-row-supreme/|url-status=live}} Trump described the decision as "disgraceful" in a tweet and quoted one line of an article by Benjamin Wittes (a Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institution),{{cite web|url=https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/how-read-and-how-not-read-todays-9th-circuit-opinion|title=How to Read (and How Not to Read) Today's 9th Circuit Opinion|last=Wittes|first=Benjamin|date=February 9, 2017|access-date=February 9, 2017|publisher=The Lawfare Institute|archive-date=November 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120072648/https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/how-read-and-how-not-read-todays-9th-circuit-opinion|url-status=live}} "Remarkably, in the entire [9th Circuit panel's] opinion, the panel did not bother even to cite this (the){{efn |{{USCSub |8 |1182 |f}}}} statute."{{Cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-react-9th-circuit-ruling-travel-ban-234892|title=Trump quotes legal blog to argue travel ban ruling is 'a disgraceful decision'|newspaper=Politico|access-date=February 10, 2017|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111202316/https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-react-9th-circuit-ruling-travel-ban-234892|url-status=live}} Wittes' article, however, supported the Ninth Circuit's decision. Trump's tweet came just minutes after the Wittes' article at Lawfare had been discussed on MSNBC's Morning Joe. The following day Wittes described as "disturbing" that Trump would cite something "with apparently no idea who the author was or what the publication was, and indeed without reading the rest of the article."{{Cite news|url=https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/thoughts-strange-day%e2%80%94and-very-strange-presidential-tweet|title=Thoughts on a Strange Day—and a Very Strange Presidential Tweet|newspaper=Lawfare|access-date=February 11, 2017|archive-date=October 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003132933/https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/thoughts-strange-day%e2%80%94and-very-strange-presidential-tweet|url-status=live}}

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Trump faced much criticism for the executive order. Democrats "were nearly united in their condemnation" of the policy,{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/us/politics/republicans-congress-trump-refugees.html|title=Some Top Republicans in Congress Criticize Trump's Refugee Policy|last=Fandos|first=Nicholas|date=January 29, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=February 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226215200/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/us/politics/republicans-congress-trump-refugees.html|url-status=live}} with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer saying that "tears are running down the cheeks of the Statue of Liberty tonight as a grand tradition of America, welcoming immigrants, that has existed since America was founded, has been stomped upon".{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/27/trump-immigration-plan-refugees-vetting-reaction|title=US refugee ban: Trump decried for 'stomping on' American values|last1=Owen|first1=Paul|last2=Siddiqui|first2=Sabrina|date=January 28, 2017|website=The Guardian|access-date=January 28, 2017|archive-date=April 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414223333/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/27/trump-immigration-plan-refugees-vetting-reaction|url-status=live}} Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont said the order "plays into the hands of fanatics wishing to harm America".{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/316679-sanders-trump-refugee-order-plays-into-the-hands-of-fanatics/|title=Sanders: Trump 'fostering hatred' with refugee ban|last=Greenwood|first=Max|date=January 28, 2017|website=The Hill|access-date=January 28, 2017|archive-date=January 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129221158/http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/316679-sanders-trump-refugee-order-plays-into-the-hands-of-fanatics|url-status=live}} Senator Kamala Harris of California and the Council on American–Islamic Relations denounced the order and called it a Muslim ban.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/advocacy-aid-groups-condemn-trump-s-muslim-ban-order-n713511|title=Advocacy, aid groups condemn Trump's order, call it 'Muslim Ban'|date=January 28, 2017|publisher=NBC News|access-date=January 28, 2017|archive-date=September 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930081528/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/advocacy-aid-groups-condemn-trump-s-muslim-ban-order-n713511|url-status=live}} Trump's order was also criticized by former U.S. Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and Hillary Clinton.{{cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/hillary-clinton-on-trump-immigration-ban-not-who-we-are-2017-1|title=HILLARY CLINTON: 'This is not who we are'|last=Jacobs|first=Harrison|date=January 28, 2017|newspaper=Business Insider|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319203017/https://www.businessinsider.com/hillary-clinton-on-trump-immigration-ban-not-who-we-are-2017-1|url-status=live}} Kevin Lewis, spokesperson to Trump's predecessor Barack Obama, also said (in apparent reference to the order) that the ex-president "fundamentally disagrees" with religious discrimination.{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/KLewis44/status/826150648425115648|title=Kevin Lewis on Twitter|via=Twitter|language=en|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=June 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610172622/https://twitter.com/KLewis44/status/826150648425115648|url-status=live}}{{Primary source inline|date=August 2020}} SCOTUS judge Sonia Sotomayor wrote a dissent detailing the racially motivated bias she believes to be at play in the formation of this play, concluding that it was driven by "anti-Muslim animus, rather than by the Government's asserted national-security justifications".{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2018/6/26/17505906/sonia-sotomayor-dissent-travel-ban-muslim-trump-ginsburg|title=Read: Sonia Sotomayor condemns Trump's "unrelenting attack on the Muslim religion and its followers"|last=Matthews|first=Dylan|date=June 2, 2018|website=Vox|access-date=May 1, 2019|archive-date=September 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915154338/https://www.vox.com/2018/6/26/17505906/sonia-sotomayor-dissent-travel-ban-muslim-trump-ginsburg|url-status=live}}

Among Republicans, some praised the order, with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan saying that Trump was "right to make sure we are doing everything possible to know exactly who is entering our country" while noting that he supported the refugee resettlement program.{{cite web|url=http://www.speaker.gov/press-release/statement-president-trump-s-executive-action-national-security|title=Statement on President Trump's Executive Actions on National Security|date=January 27, 2017|website=Speaker.gov|publisher=United States House of Representatives|format=Press Release|last1=Ryan|first1=Paul|access-date=January 28, 2017|archive-date=January 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128045417/http://www.speaker.gov/press-release/statement-president-trump-s-executive-action-national-security}} Alabama governor Robert Bentley also supported the order.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/advocacy-aid-groups-condemn-trump-s-muslim-ban-order-n713511|title=Advocacy, aid groups condemn Trump's order, call it 'Muslim Ban'|website=NBC News|date=January 28, 2017|access-date=February 2, 2017|archive-date=September 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930081528/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/advocacy-aid-groups-condemn-trump-s-muslim-ban-order-n713511|url-status=live}} Republican Congressman Bob Goodlatte said that he was "pleased that President Trump is using the tools granted to him by Congress and the power granted by the Constitution to help keep America safe and ensure we know who is entering the United States". However, some top Republicans in Congress criticized the order. In a statement, Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham cited the confusion that the order caused and the fact that the "order went into effect with little to no consultation with the Departments of State, Defense, Justice, and Homeland Security".{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/29/donald-trumps-ban-refugees-us-president-insists-policy-not-against/|title=Donald Trump's ban on Muslims: Global backlash as ministers told to fight for British citizens' rights – but president is defiant|last1=Sabur|first1=Rozina|date=January 29, 2017|work=The Telegraph|last2=Swinford|first2=Steven|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=January 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130013438/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/29/donald-trumps-ban-refugees-us-president-insists-policy-not-against/|url-status=live}} McCain stated that the order would "probably, in some areas, give ISIS some more propaganda".{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38790629|title=Trump executive order: White House stands firm over travel ban|date=January 29, 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=May 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506202325/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38790629|url-status=live}} Senator Susan Collins, who announced in August 2016 that she would not vote for Trump because she felt he was "unsuitable for office",{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/gop-senator-why-i-cannot-support-trump/2016/08/08/821095be-5d7e-11e6-9d2f-b1a3564181a1_story.html|title=GOP senator Susan Collins: Why I cannot support Trump|date=August 8, 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=September 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923202715/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/gop-senator-why-i-cannot-support-trump/2016/08/08/821095be-5d7e-11e6-9d2f-b1a3564181a1_story.html|url-status=live}} also objected to the ban, calling it "overly broad" and saying that "implementing it will be immediately problematic".{{cite web|url=https://www.sunjournal.com/2017/01/29/maines-senators-denounce-trumps-ban-immigration-7-muslim-countries/|title=Maine's senators denounce Trump's ban on immigration from 7 Muslim countries|last=Collins|first=Steve|date=January 28, 2017|work=Sun Journal|access-date=March 19, 2021|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319215142/https://www.sunjournal.com/2017/01/29/maines-senators-denounce-trumps-ban-immigration-7-muslim-countries/|url-status=live}} Several other Republican senators offered more muted criticism. In response to McCain and Graham's statement, Trump criticized them on Twitter January 29, questioning their stance on immigration and saying that they "should focus their energies on ISIS, illegal immigration and border security instead of always looking to start World War III".{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-trump-immigration-vetting-20170129-story.html|title=Confusion reigns at U.S. airports as protests of Trump executive order enter second day|last1=King|first1=Laura|date=January 29, 2017|work=Los Angeles Times|last2=Hansen|first2=Matt|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=July 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727152218/https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-trump-immigration-vetting-20170129-story.html|url-status=live}}

Sixteen Democratic{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/r-attorneys-general-from-15-us-states-dc-decry-immigration-order-2017-1|title=Attorneys general from 15 states, DC decry Trump's immigration order|work=Business Insider|access-date=January 31, 2017|archive-date=October 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026015833/http://www.businessinsider.com/r-attorneys-general-from-15-us-states-dc-decry-immigration-order-2017-1|url-status=live}} state attorneys general signed a joint statement condemning the order as unconstitutional,{{cite news|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/latest-uk-prime-minister-does-not-agree-order-085738997.html|title=The Latest: Demonstrators in NYC protest Trump travel ban|date=January 29, 2017|publisher=Yahoo|agency=Associated Press|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=July 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711090109/https://www.yahoo.com/news/latest-uk-prime-minister-does-not-agree-order-085738997.html}} including those in California, Pennsylvania and New York. The statement said they intended to "use all of the tools of our offices to fight this unconstitutional order".{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38790629|title=Trump executive order: Legal minds have their say|date=January 29, 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=May 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506202325/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38790629|url-status=live}} Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo both pledged to have their states look into how they could aid refugees in state airports.{{Cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2017/01/cuomo-has-state-explore-helping-detainees-109140|title=Cuomo says state will explore helping detainees at airports after Trump's order|date=January 28, 2017|newspaper=Politico PRO|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202051034/http://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2017/01/cuomo-has-state-explore-helping-detainees-109140|url-status=live}}

Critics described the order as a "Muslim ban"{{cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2017/01/31/donald-trump-muslim-ban-immigration-terrorism-discrimination/|title=Trump Muslim Ban: It's Not All About Terrorism|work=Fortune|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=January 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131194534/http://fortune.com/2017/01/31/donald-trump-muslim-ban-immigration-terrorism-discrimination/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/davidhalperin/muslim-ban-heightens-conc_b_14524208.html|title=Muslim Ban Heightens Concerns About Sessions, Tillerson|last=Halperin|first=David|date=January 3, 2017|work=HuffPost|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=January 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131194919/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/davidhalperin/muslim-ban-heightens-conc_b_14524208.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/01/trump_s_executive_order_on_immigration_is_a_muslim_ban.html|title=Trump's executive order on immigration is a Muslim ban|last=Saletan|first=William|work=Slate|date=January 31, 2017|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=October 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020164401/http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/01/trump_s_executive_order_on_immigration_is_a_muslim_ban.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/opinion/donald-trumps-muslim-ban-is-cowardly-and-dangerous.html|title=Donald Trump's Muslim Ban Is Cowardly and Dangerous|last=The Editorial Board|date=January 28, 2017|access-date=February 1, 2017|work=The New York Times|archive-date=February 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201065959/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/opinion/donald-trumps-muslim-ban-is-cowardly-and-dangerous.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2017/01/31/trumps-muslim-ban-could-provoke-a-constitutional-crisis-will-the-executive-branch-ignore-the-courts/|title=Trump's "Muslim ban" could provoke a constitutional crisis: Will the executive branch ignore the courts?|work=Salon|author=Paul Rosenberg|date=February 2017|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=January 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131205028/http://www.salon.com/2017/01/31/trumps-muslim-ban-could-provoke-a-constitutional-crisis-will-the-executive-branch-ignore-the-courts/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/28/trump-immigration-ban-syria-muslims-reaction-lawsuits|title=Is this a Muslim ban? Trump's executive order explained | US news|date=January 2, 2017|work=The Guardian|author=Alan Yuhas and Mazin Sidahmed|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=February 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201102903/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/28/trump-immigration-ban-syria-muslims-reaction-lawsuits|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/is-president-trumps-immigration-order-a-muslim-ban/514989/|title=Is President Trump's Immigration Order a 'Muslim Ban'?|work=The Atlantic|date=January 30, 2017|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=January 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131073143/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/is-president-trumps-immigration-order-a-muslim-ban/514989/|url-status=live}} for targeting Muslim-majority countries and prioritizing minority-religion refugees. President Trump, however, stated that, "this is not a Muslim ban, as the media is falsely reporting", while Rudy Giuliani, who said he helped write the order, called it a legal alternative to a religious ban targeting Muslims.{{cite news |last=Wang |first=Amy B |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/29/trump-asked-for-a-muslim-ban-giuliani-says-and-ordered-a-commission-to-do-it-legally/ |title=Trump asked for a 'Muslim ban', Giuliani says — and ordered a commission to do it 'legally' |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=January 30, 2017 |archive-date=January 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129233559/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/29/trump-asked-for-a-muslim-ban-giuliani-says-and-ordered-a-commission-to-do-it-legally/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/not-muslim-ban-trump-says-immigration-move-224728035.html|title='This is not a Muslim ban,' Trump says of immigration move|publisher=Yahoo!|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202090347/https://www.yahoo.com/news/not-muslim-ban-trump-says-immigration-move-224728035.html}}

The Supreme Court later upheld the Ban, to which Trump responded "The Supreme Court has upheld the clear authority of the President to defend the national security of the United States."{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/06/26/606481548/supreme-court-upholds-trump-travel-ban|title=In Big Win For White House, Supreme Court Upholds President Trump's Travel Ban|last=ban|first=Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor after reading her dissent from the bench Tuesday morning in response to the court upholding President Trump's travel|newspaper=NPR.org|publisher=NPR|language=en|access-date=May 1, 2019|archive-date=September 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921184559/https://www.npr.org/2018/06/26/606481548/supreme-court-upholds-trump-travel-ban|url-status=live}}

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{{See also|List of protests against Executive Order 13769}}

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On January 28 and thereafter, thousands of protesters gathered at airports and other locations throughout the United States to protest the signing of the order and detention of the foreign nationals.

• Albany International Airport – there were no reports of detentions of travelers in Albany{{Cite news|url=http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Vigil-planned-at-Albany-airport-Sunday-10891860.php|title=Hundreds at Albany airport denounce Trump immigration executive order|last=Fries|first=Amanda|date=January 29, 2017|work=Times Union|location=Albany, N.Y.|access-date=January 31, 2017|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111074906/https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Vigil-planned-at-Albany-airport-Sunday-10891860.php|url-status=live}}
• Albuquerque International Sunport – receives domestic flights only{{cite web|url=http://www.koat.com/article/video-hundreds-turn-out-to-sunport-to-protest-trumps-immigration-policies/8652820|title=Hundreds swarm Sunport to protest Trump's immigration policies|date=January 30, 2017|publisher=KOAT-TV|access-date=January 31, 2017|archive-date=October 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026125447/https://www.koat.com/article/video-hundreds-turn-out-to-sunport-to-protest-trumps-immigration-policies/8652820|url-status=live}}
• Atlanta, Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport{{cite news|url=http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/protests-against-trump-travel-ban-to-gather-at-hartsfield-jackson/488947556|title=Protests against Trump travel ban to gather at Hartsfield-Jackson|date=January 29, 2017|publisher=WSBTV|last1=Gehlbach|first1=Steve|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111204909/https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/protests-against-trump-travel-ban-to-gather-at-hartsfield-jackson/488947556/|url-status=live}} – 11 people were detained at the Atlanta airport before a federal judge blocked part of the order from being implemented; the confusion and chaos following the order also "placed in limbo 40 Atlanta-bound refugees who were already in transit when Trump signed the order."{{cite news|url=http://www.myajc.com/news/breaking-news/judge-blocks-part-trump-immigration-order-after-detentions-chaos/vuMMnT8zCQOVswd4Lf04KK/|title=Judge blocks part of Trump immigration order after detentions, chaos: Eleven were held at Atlanta airport, many returning from Iran|date=January 28, 2017|last2=Redmon|first2=Jeremy|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|first1=Willoughby|last1=Mariano|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=February 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203081011/http://www.myajc.com/news/breaking-news/judge-blocks-part-trump-immigration-order-after-detentions-chaos/vuMMnT8zCQOVswd4Lf04KK/}}
• Boston, Logan International Airport{{Cite news|url=http://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/Immigrants-Blocked-From-Entering-Country-After-Trumps-Orders--412049273.html|title=At Least 6 Blocked From Entering Boston After Trump's Orders|last1=Rosenberg|first1=Eli|date=January 28, 2018|publisher=NBC Boston|last2=Russom|first2=Perry|language=en|last3=Buja|first3=Melissa|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=November 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130215311/https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/Immigrants-Blocked-From-Entering-Country-After-Trumps-Orders--412049273.html|url-status=live}} – two University of Massachusetts Dartmouth engineering professors—Iranian nationals who are lawful permanent residents of the United States—were detained at the airport before being released hours later. The professors brought a legal action that led to a Boston federal judge placing a hold on deportations.{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/01/29/protests-roiled-detained-professors-waited/3SaGUFtYgYqinYcJVheJzL/story.html|title=As protests roiled, professors who were detained at Logan airport waited|last=Ramos|first=Nestor|date=January 29, 2017|newspaper=Boston Globe|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=January 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129194011/http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/01/29/protests-roiled-detained-professors-waited/3SaGUFtYgYqinYcJVheJzL/story.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/01/28/immigration-lawyers-race-federal-courthouse/irKmoesMENhEHNte16FzaJ/story.html|title=Boston judge also puts hold on deportations|date=January 29, 2017|last2=Gans|first2=Felicia|newspaper=Boston Globe|first1=Maria|last1=Sacchetti|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=January 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131210704/http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/01/28/immigration-lawyers-race-federal-courthouse/irKmoesMENhEHNte16FzaJ/story.html|url-status=live}}
• Chicago, O'Hare International Airport{{cite news|url=http://abc7chicago.com/news/trumps-order-on-refugees-met-with-protest-at-ohare-airport/1725960/|title=Trump's order on refugees met with protest at O'Hare Airport|last=Holmes|first=Evelyn|date=January 28, 2017|publisher=ABC 7 Chicago|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=November 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130202938/https://abc7chicago.com/news/trumps-order-on-refugees-met-with-protest-at-ohare-airport/1725960/|url-status=live}} – The executive order caused a chaotic day at O'Hare's international terminal, where 18 travelers were detained the day following the executive order's issuance. All were released by the end of the evening. A crowd of thousands protested; no arrests were made.{{cite news|url=http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-signs-order-barring-all-refugees-for-four-months/|title=All detainees released from O'Hare after chaotic day at airport|date=January 28, 2017|last2=Sweet|first2=Lynn|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|last3=Hendrickson|first3=Matthew|first1=Sam|last1=Charles|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=July 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715040555/https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-signs-order-barring-all-refugees-for-four-months/|url-status=live}}
• College Station, Texas – Easterwood Airport – Texas A&M University Campus Airport{{Cite news|url=http://www.kbtx.com/content/news/No-Ban-No-Wall-protest-happening-on-Texas-AM-campus-412226543.html|title=Hundreds participate in 'No Ban, No Wall' protest on Texas A&M campus|author=Contributing: Karla Castillo, CBS News|agency=Associated Press|language=en|access-date=February 5, 2017|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116202420/https://www.kbtx.com/content/news/No-Ban-No-Wall-protest-happening-on-Texas-AM-campus-412226543.html|url-status=live}}
• Columbus, Ohio John Glenn Columbus International Airport{{Cite news|url=http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170129/demonstrators-converge-on-john-glenn-airport-to-protest-trumps-order|title=Demonstrators converge on John Glenn airport to protest Trump's order|last=King|first=Danae|date=January 29, 2018|work=The Columbus Dispatch|language=en|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=April 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210403101400/https://www.dispatch.com/news/20170129/demonstrators-converge-on-john-glenn-airport-to-protest-trumps-order|url-status=live}}
• Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport{{cite news|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/news/donald-trump-1/2017/01/28/trumps-order-slamming-borders-shut-airports-immigrants-scrambling|title=U.S. judge blocks deportations under Trump order as protesters flock to DFW, other airports nationwide|date=January 28, 2017|newspaper=Dallas Morning News|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=February 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212005326/https://www.dallasnews.com/news/donald-trump-1/2017/01/28/trumps-order-slamming-borders-shut-airports-immigrants-scrambling|url-status=live}} – some two dozen people were reported to have been detained for a time under the order.{{cite news|url=http://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article129720994.html|title=The Latest: 7 freed from DFW Airport detention; 6 detained|date=January 30, 2017|agency=Associated Press|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=February 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203161450/http://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article129720994.html}} An Iraqi man in a wheelchair traveling on a special immigrant visa was released after 15 hours of detention; volunteer lawyers who filed an emergency writ on the man's behalf said that he had been targeted for attack in Iraq because he worked for U.S. military.{{cite news|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/news/immigration/2017/01/30/faith-leaders-students-press-reversal-trumps-travel-restrictions-dallas-area-vigils|title=Iraqi in wheelchair released after 15-hour detention at DFW Airport under Trump's travel ban|date=January 30, 2017|last2=Chiquillo|first2=Julieta|newspaper=Dallas News|last3=de Bruijn|first3=Eline|first1=Sarah|last1=Mervosh|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=May 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502181839/https://www.dallasnews.com/news/immigration/2017/01/30/faith-leaders-students-press-reversal-trumps-travel-restrictions-dallas-area-vigils|url-status=live}}
• Denver International Airport – a handful of travelers were detained and then released at Denver's airport, including two married surgeons from Iran who were returning home.{{cite news|url=http://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/28/dia-protest-refugees-immigration-trump/|title=Iranian couple, Syrian mother and baby stopped at DIA as protesters rallied in main terminal against new policy|last=Migoya|first=David|date=January 28, 2017|newspaper=The Denver Post|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125052231/https://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/28/dia-protest-refugees-immigration-trump/|url-status=live}} A peaceful three-hour demonstration at the airport ended after a federal judge blocked enforcement of the order.{{cite web|url=http://kdvr.com/2017/01/28/protest-of-immigration-ban-planned-at-denver-airport-saturday-night/|title=Protest at DIA against immigration ban ends|date=January 28, 2017|publisher=KDVR/KWGN-TV|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=November 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191129084321/https://kdvr.com/2017/01/28/protest-of-immigration-ban-planned-at-denver-airport-saturday-night/|url-status=live}}
• Detroit Metropolitan Airport{{Cite news|url=http://www.freep.com/story/news/2017/01/29/protesters-rally-detroit-metro-airport-against-trumps-muslim-ban/97206070/|title=Protesters rally at Detroit Metro Airport against Trump's Muslim ban|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|language=en|access-date=January 31, 2017|archive-date=October 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002004108/https://www.freep.com/story/news/2017/01/29/protesters-rally-detroit-metro-airport-against-trumps-muslim-ban/97206070/|url-status=live}}
• Honolulu International Airport{{cite news|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/34374864/dozens-protest-trumps-refugee-ban-at-honolulu-international-airport|title=Dozens protest Trump's refugee ban at Honolulu International Airport|work=Hawaii News Now|author=Jobeth Devera|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=December 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209032719/https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/34374864/dozens-protest-trumps-refugee-ban-at-honolulu-international-airport/|url-status=live}}
• Houston, George Bush Intercontinental Airport{{cite web|url=http://www.khou.com/news/protest-held-at-bush-airport-after-trump-s-ban-on-refugees/394196848|title=Protest held at Bush Airport after Trump's ban on refugees|date=January 28, 2017|publisher=KHOU|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202042531/http://www.khou.com/news/protest-held-at-bush-airport-after-trump-s-ban-on-refugees/394196848|url-status=live}}
• Indianapolis International Airport – several hundred protesters gathered just inside the entrance to the airport. Speakers included Senator Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Representative André Carson (D-IN), and community faith leaders.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nuvo.net/news/social_justice/hundreds-protest-trump-s-executive-order-at-indy-airport-tonight/article_97ce4602-f103-58e2-a8f9-b847174cbd81.html|title=Hundreds protest Trump's executive order at Indy airport tonight|last=Coplen|first=Katherine|work=NUVO|access-date=August 2, 2018|language=en|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806190031/https://www.nuvo.net/news/social_justice/hundreds-protest-trump-s-executive-order-at-indy-airport-tonight/article_97ce4602-f103-58e2-a8f9-b847174cbd81.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2017/01/29/trump-immigration-ban-sparks-indy-airport-protest/97213386/|title=Trump immigration ban sparks planned Indy airport protest|work=Indianapolis Star|access-date=August 2, 2018|language=en|archive-date=November 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129144407/https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2017/01/29/trump-immigration-ban-sparks-indy-airport-protest/97213386/|url-status=live}}
• Los Angeles International Airport the process was shrouded in secrecy at the Los Angeles International Airport; officials refused to release statistics on the number of people deported or the number of people detained and for how long.{{cite web|author=Ron Nixon|title=More People Were Affected by Travel Ban Than Trump Initially Said|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/us/politics/trump-ban-immigrants-refugees.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 31, 2017|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=January 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129172739/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/us/politics/trump-ban-immigrants-refugees.html|url-status=live}}
• Miami International Airport{{cite news|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article129490309.html|title=300 protesters at Miami's airport carried a message for President Trump|date=January 29, 2017|work=The Miami Herald|author=Joey Flechas|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115004412/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article129490309.html|url-status=live}}
• Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport{{cite news|url=http://www.startribune.com/protesters-gather-at-minneapolis-airport-in-wake-of-refugee-ban/412056333/|title=Protesters gather at Minneapolis-St. Paul airport in wake of refugee ban|newspaper=Star Tribune|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=September 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925010432/https://www.startribune.com/protesters-gather-at-minneapolis-airport-in-wake-of-refugee-ban/412056333/|url-status=live}}
• New York City, John F. Kennedy International Airport{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-trailguide-updates-thousands-at-jfk-airport-in-new-york-1485642642-htmlstory.html|title=Thousands at JFK airport in New York protest new visa and refugee suspensions|last=Demick|first=Barbara|date=January 28, 2017|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=January 28, 2017|archive-date=January 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128232119/http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-trailguide-updates-thousands-at-jfk-airport-in-new-york-1485642642-htmlstory.html|url-status=live}}
• Newark Liberty International Airport{{Cite news|url=http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2017/01/protesters_rally_at_newark_airport_against_trumps.html|title=Protesters rally at Newark airport against Trump's immigration order|newspaper=The Star-Ledger|language=en|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=October 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009102314/http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2017/01/protesters_rally_at_newark_airport_against_trumps.html|url-status=live}}
• Philadelphia International Airport – several travelers were detained at the airport before a federal judge ruled upon the issue; two Christian Syrian immigrant families who were detained at the Philadelphia airport were sent back to Doha, Qatar. About 200 people participated in a protest at the airport; Governor Tom Wolf and Mayor Jim Kenney participated.{{Cite news |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20170129_Order_prompts_protest__local_detentions.html |title=At Phila. airport, protest, detentions, anger, and hope |newspaper=Philadelphia Inquirer |author=Julie Shaw |author2=Justine McDaniel |author3=Aubrey Whelan |author4=Chris Mondics |access-date=February 3, 2017 |archive-date=April 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427165612/http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20170129_Order_prompts_protest__local_detentions.html |url-status=live }}
• Portland International Airport{{cite news|url=http://katu.com/news/local/protest-disrupts-traffic-at-portland-international-airport|title=Protest disrupts traffic at Portland International Airport|last=Staff|publisher=KATU|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112015540/https://katu.com/news/local/protest-disrupts-traffic-at-portland-international-airport|url-status=live}}
• Salt Lake City International Airport – "While immigrants were detained at airports elsewhere in the country, there was no indication that had occurred in Salt Lake City. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which was fielding calls from reporters, did not answer several phone calls Saturday from The Salt Lake Tribune." Several hundred people gathered at the airport to demonstrate opposition to the executive order and show support for the Utah refugee community.{{Cite news|url=http://www.sltrib.com/home/4874659-155/utah-refugees-feel-the-sting-of|title=Utah refugees feel the sting of Trump's executive order; protest at Salt Lake City airport|last=Tribune|first=Mariah Noble|newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune|language=en|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=July 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706164635/http://www.sltrib.com/home/4874659-155/utah-refugees-feel-the-sting-of|url-status=live}}
• Sacramento International Airport – a large crowd at the Sacramento airport denounced the executive order; there were no reported detentions in Sacramento.{{cite web|url=http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article129482184.html|title=Protesters fill Sacramento airport denouncing Trump refugee order|author1=Darrell Smith|author2=Andy Furillo|author3=Jessica Hice|date=January 29, 2017|newspaper=Sacramento Bee|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=November 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117183709/https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article129482184.html|url-status=live}}
• San Angelo Regional Airport{{cite web|url=http://www.khou.com/news/protest-held-at-bush-airport-after-trump-s-ban-on-refugees/394196848|title=Protest held at Bush Airport after Trump's ban on refugees|date=January 28, 2017|publisher=KHOU|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202042531/http://www.khou.com/news/protest-held-at-bush-airport-after-trump-s-ban-on-refugees/394196848|url-status=live}}
• San Antonio International Airport{{Cite news|url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Protest-over-President-Trump-s-ban-spreads-to-San-10892646.php|title=Protest over President Trump's ban spreads to San Antonio's Main Plaza downtown|newspaper=San Antonio Express-News|access-date=January 31, 2017|archive-date=October 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021214454/https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Protest-over-President-Trump-s-ban-spreads-to-San-10892646.php|url-status=live}}
• San Diego International Airport – More than 1,000 demonstrators, many bearing the American flag, protested at the airport over two days in opposition to the executive order. San Diego airport officials said there had been no detentions under the order at the airport.{{cite news|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/transportation/sd-me-immigration-protest-20170129-story.html|title=Demonstrators swarm San Diego airport over travel ban|date=January 29, 2017|newspaper=The San Diego Union-Tribune|author=Lyndsay Winkley|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=December 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212104751/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/transportation/sd-me-immigration-protest-20170129-story.html|url-status=live}}
• San Francisco International Airport – A diverse crowd of more than 1,000 demonstrators demonstrated at the San Francisco International Airport. On January 29, airport officials said that five people had been detained under the executive order and later released.{{cite news|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/29/anti-trump-protesters-head-back-to-sfo-today/|title=Protesters back at SFO to oppose Trump's travel ban|date=January 29, 2017|newspaper=Mercury News|author=Patrick May|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112015843/http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/29/anti-trump-protesters-head-back-to-sfo-today/|url-status=live}}
• Seattle–Tacoma International Airport{{cite news|url=http://q13fox.com/2017/01/28/hundreds-protest-trumps-immigration-ban-at-sea-tac-airport/|title=Hundreds protest Trump's immigration ban at Sea-Tac airport|date=January 29, 2017|publisher=Q13Fox|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=November 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130151831/https://q13fox.com/2017/01/28/hundreds-protest-trumps-immigration-ban-at-sea-tac-airport/|url-status=live}}
• Washington Dulles International Airport{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/protests-airports-immigration-action-president-trump/|title=Protesters gather at JFK, Dulles airports over immigration action|publisher=CBS News|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112015145/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/protests-airports-immigration-action-president-trump/|url-status=live}}

Members of the United States Congress, including Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) joined the protests in their own home states.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/01/28/warren-lewis-other-congressional-members-attend-trump-immigration-ban-protests/97207200/|title=Warren, Lewis, headline Congressional members at Trump immigration ban protests|work=USA Today|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=December 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205025249/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/01/28/warren-lewis-other-congressional-members-attend-trump-immigration-ban-protests/97207200/|url-status=live}} Google co-founder Sergey Brin and Y Combinator president Sam Altman joined the protest at San Francisco airport.{{cite news|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/28/14428262/google-sergey-brin/|title=Google co-founder Sergey Brin joins protest against immigration order at San Francisco airport|last=Sottek|first=T|date=January 29, 2017|work=Forbes|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=October 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024072621/https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/28/14428262/google-sergey-brin|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2017/01/29/y-combinators-sam-altman-this-may-be-a-defining-moment-when-people-oppose-trump/#17c24c571e47/|title=Y Combinator's Sam Altman At Airport Protest: This May Be A Defining Moment When People Oppose Trump|last=Mac|first=Ryan|date=January 29, 2017|work=Forbes|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=January 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129084652/http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2017/01/29/y-combinators-sam-altman-this-may-be-a-defining-moment-when-people-oppose-trump/#17c24c571e47/|url-status=live}} Virginia governor, Terry McAuliffe, joined the protest at Dulles International Airport on Saturday.{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/29/politics/immigration-crisis-what-we-know/|title=The ban that descended into chaos: What we know|last1=Langmaid|first1=Tim|date=January 29, 2017|work=CNN Politics|last2=Hackney|first2=Deanna|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=November 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117051724/https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/29/politics/immigration-crisis-what-we-know/|url-status=live}}

In response to protests, the airport operators of John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and Seattle–Tacoma International Airport shut down transit access to the airport (AirTrain JFK and the SeaTac/Airport light rail station, respectively). New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered that AirTrain service resume,{{cite press release|title=Statement from Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Regarding JFK Airtrain|date=January 28, 2017|publisher=Governor of New York|url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/statement-governor-andrew-m-cuomo-regarding-jfk-airtrain|access-date=January 28, 2017|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806201240/https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/statement-governor-andrew-m-cuomo-regarding-jfk-airtrain}} while Sound Transit ordered the resumption of light rail service in Seattle.{{cite news|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/at-sea-tac-inslee-and-other-officials-denounce-immigrant-ban-train-wreck/|title=At Sea-Tac, Inslee and other officials denounce immigrant ban 'train wreck'|date=January 28, 2017|work=The Seattle Times|last2=Young|first2=Bob|last1=Beason|first1=Tyrone|access-date=January 28, 2017|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319190049/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/at-sea-tac-inslee-and-other-officials-denounce-immigrant-ban-train-wreck/|url-status=live}}

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More than nine hundred United States diplomats in the State Department created a memo or "dissent cable" outlining their disagreement with the order.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/us-diplomats-dissent-memo-trump_us_588f5901e4b08a14f7e70b8e|title=U.S. Diplomats Drafted A 'Dissent Memo' Objecting To Trump's Muslim Ban|date=January 30, 2017|access-date=January 31, 2017|author-first=Christina|author-last=Wilkie|work=HuffPost|archive-date=February 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213221503/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/us-diplomats-dissent-memo-trump_us_588f5901e4b08a14f7e70b8e|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/30/politics/career-diplomats-dissent-memo/index.html|title=Over 900 US career diplomats protest Trump order|date=February 1, 2017|publisher=CNN Politics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201234727/http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/30/politics/career-diplomats-dissent-memo/index.html|archive-date=February 1, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=February 1, 2017|author-first=Elise|author-last=Labott}} The memo was sent through the "Dissent Channel"{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/30/politics/career-diplomats-dissent-memo/|title=State Department diplomats may oppose Trump order|date=January 30, 2017|work=CNN Politics|access-date=January 30, 2017|author-last=Labott|author-first=Elise|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319192303/https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/30/politics/career-diplomats-dissent-memo/|url-status=live}} which was put into place in 1971, originally to allow senior leadership in the State Department to have access to differing viewpoints on the Vietnam War.{{cite web|url=http://2001-2009.state.gov/s/p/of/abt/18990.htm|title=Secretary of State Christopher's Message on the Dissent Channel|date=August 8, 1995|website=US Department of State Archive, Information Released January 20, 2001, through January 20, 2009|publisher=United States Department of State|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302063322/http://2001-2009.state.gov/s/p/of/abt/18990.htm|archive-date=March 2, 2015|access-date=January 30, 2017|author-last=Christopher|author-first=Warren}} On Monday, January 30, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told dissenting diplomats to leave their jobs if they do not agree with the Trump administration{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/us/politics/trump-immigration-ban-memo.html|title=White House to Dissenting U.S. Diplomats: 'Get With the Program' or Leave|date=January 30, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 30, 2017|author-last=Landler|author-first=Mark|author-last2=Sanger|author-first2=David E.|archive-date=April 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430072350/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/us/politics/trump-immigration-ban-memo.html|url-status=live}} by saying "They should either get with the program or they can go", despite the rules protecting dissenters in the State Department.

Following Trump's announcement of the order, the topic began to trend on social media platform Twitter.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/nyregion/trump-travel-ban-protests-briefing.html|title=Highlights: Reaction to Trump's Travel Ban|last=Newman|first=Andy|date=January 2, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 1, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319192123/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/nyregion/trump-travel-ban-protests-briefing.html|url-status=live}} The first hashtag emerged from, Zaki Barzinji, who worked under the Obama administration as Senior Associate Director of Public Engagement and worked as a liaison to Muslim American communities of faith. He tweeted a night before President Trump officially released the order to the public on January 25, 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/zbarzinji/status/824633456445554690|title=More than just a #, #NoBanNoWall is a statement of purpose that our communities will not be divided; we share the same pain + the same fight https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/824615666296692737 …|last=Barzinji|first=Zaki|date=January 2, 2017|website=@zbarzinji|language=en|access-date=May 1, 2019|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107030648/https://twitter.com/zbarzinji/status/824633456445554690|url-status=live}}{{Primary source inline|date=August 2020}} Shortly after, hashtags such as #MuslimBan, #TravelBan, #NoBanNoWall, and #BanTrumpFromUK emerged on other social media sites. In June 2017, terrorist attacks on London Bridge occurred. Donald Trump used the opportunity to prove the effectiveness of the Travel ban policy, tweeting "We need the Travel Ban as an extra level of safety!".{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/04/trump-criticised-for-using-london-attacks-to-promote-his-own-muslim-travel-ban|title=Donald Trump criticised for using London attacks to promote his Muslim travel ban|last=Borger|first=Julian|date=June 4, 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=May 1, 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112012721/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/04/trump-criticised-for-using-london-attacks-to-promote-his-own-muslim-travel-ban|url-status=live}} London Mayor Sadiq Khan, among many others, denounced his response to the attack. As a response to his tweets and the Executive Order, online protests used the hashtag #BanTrumpFromUK proceeding his state visit. Protests urging for the cancellation of Trump's UK visit garnered up to 1.5 million signatures.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/30/internet-reacted-donald-trumps-controversial-travel-ban/|title=How the internet reacted to Donald Trump's controversial travel ban|last=Molloy|first=Mark|year=2017|work=The Telegraph|access-date=November 28, 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235|archive-date=December 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203050531/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/30/internet-reacted-donald-trumps-controversial-travel-ban/|url-status=live}}

Facebook in particular was used as a means to mobilize those that were interacting with the movement online to a physical location by means of Facebook event pages.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=%23nobannowall|title=Facebook Search|website=Facebook}}{{Primary source inline|date=August 2020}} This allowed hundreds of thousands of users to come together at different locations and protest Trump's executive order. As individuals were detained at airports, broadcasts of these detentions on news networks strike panic amongst affected communities, particularly Muslim and immigrant communities. Emotional responses were evoked from many across social media in the forms of hashtags that engaged citizens to stand in solidarity with those families affected by the ban.

An Instagram post that garnered a lot of attention was an illustration by Jamie Hu.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/jamie-hu-no-ban-no-wall-jfk-protestors-monday-insta-illustrator/|title=This Statue of Liberty Drawing Became a Symbol of the "No Ban, No Wall" Movement|date=January 30, 2017|access-date=May 1, 2019|archive-date=September 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903151337/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8qvzw5/jamie-hu-no-ban-no-wall-jfk-protestors-monday-insta-illustrator|url-status=live}} The illustration shows the American Statue of Liberty hugging what is shown to be as an immigrant woman. Music group Fifth Harmony's member Lauren Jauregui shared the picture on their Instagram timeline in solidarity with those being affected by Donald Trump's policy, and this garnered the illustration much popularity.

Celebrities voiced their opinions on the executive order on social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter. Reality star, Kim Kardashian, tweeted "statistics" with an image titled "Number of Americans killed annually by", followed by statistics that denounced the order.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/how-celebs-reacted-to-donald-trump-s-muslim-ban-in-the-us-1.68563|title=How celebs reacted to Donald Trump's Muslim Ban in the US|work=The National|access-date=November 28, 2017|language=en|archive-date=August 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818083643/https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/how-celebs-reacted-to-donald-trump-s-muslim-ban-in-the-us-1.68563|url-status=live}} Actor Seth Rogan tweeted "Saskatchewan has offered to take in refugees stranded due to the #MuslimBan. I've been there and it's nice." Pakistani activist, Malala Yousafzai, shared a statement on Facebook, stating that she was "heartbroken that America is turning its back on a proud history of welcoming refugees and immigrants." Kerry Washington tweeted, "stick to my stomach today about the #MuslimBan."

Murad Awawdeh also had a hand in influencing the popularity of the hashtag #NoBanNoWall. Awawdeh was the New York Immigration Coalition Director and made one of the most widely circulated tweets shortly after the announcement of Donald Trump's executive order. He tweeted, "TAKE ACTION: #NYC head to #JFK #T4 arrivals for a rapid response protest NOW! #NoBanNoWall #MuslimBan #Resist." This tweet got thousands of retweets and embarked one of the first floods of people into JFK airport for the first physical protest against Executive Order 13769.

Other media responses included a short film by Washington post writer Jason Rezaian, which highlighted the separation of spouses due to the ban.

United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said that the travel bans "indeed violate our basic principles. And I think that they are not effective if the objective is to really avoid terrorists to enter the United States."Somini Sengupta, [U.N. Leader Says Trump Visa Bans 'Violate Our Basic Principles'], The New York Times (February 1, 2017). United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein denounced the travel ban, writing that "wastes resources needed for proper counter-terrorism" and is illegal under international human rights law.

In a joint statement, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration urged the new Trump administration to follow "the longstanding U.S. policy of welcoming refugees", stating: "We strongly believe that refugees should receive equal treatment for protection and assistance, and opportunities for resettlement, regardless of their religion, nationality or race."Lizzie Dearden, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-refugee-ban-executive-order-muslim-majority-countries-syrians-un-united-nations-a7550576.html Donald Trump refugee ban: UN condemns President's bar on asylum and entry from Muslim-majority countries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617222715/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-refugee-ban-executive-order-muslim-majority-countries-syrians-un-united-nations-a7550576.html |date=June 17, 2020 }}, The Independent (January 28, 2017).[http://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/press/2017/1/588bc4e34/joint-iom-unhcr-statement-president-trumps-refugee-order.html Joint IOM-UNHCR Statement on President Trump's Refugee Order] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927221046/https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/press/2017/1/588bc4e34/joint-iom-unhcr-statement-president-trumps-refugee-order.html |date=September 27, 2021 }}, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees/International Organization for Migration (January 28, 2017).

The travel ban was condemned by Amnesty International, which vowed to fight it; the director of Amnesty International USA termed the executive order "dangerous",[https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2017/01/usa-we-will-fight-trumps-effort-to-close-us-borders/ USA: We Will Fight Trump's Effort to Close U.S. Borders] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303094332/https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2017/01/usa-we-will-fight-trumps-effort-to-close-us-borders/ |date=March 3, 2021 }}, Amnesty International (January 25, 2016). while the director of Amnesty International UK said that it was "shocking and appalling" and feared that the ban become permanent.Adam Withnall, "[Donald Trump's 'Muslim ban' could be just the beginning, Amnesty International warns]", The Independent (January 30, 2016). Human Rights Watch similarly condemned the measure, saying that "The decision to drastically curtail the refugee program will abandon tens of thousands to the risk of persecution or worse and cede American leadership on a vitally important issue" and would not make the U.S. safer.[https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/01/27/us-trump-delivers-blow-refugees US: Trump Delivers Blow to Refugees: Order Reflects Prejudice, Will Not Make US Safer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714035606/https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/01/27/us-trump-delivers-blow-refugees |date=July 14, 2019 }}, Human Rights Watch (January 27, 2016).

The International Rescue Committee condemned the executive order; its president, David Miliband, said that the executive order presented "a test for the Western world ... of whether or not we hold fast to the values of non-discrimination and to universal values of freedom from persecution."Ed Pilkington, [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/31/david-miliband-trump-refugee-ban-threatens-west-global-reputation David Miliband: Trump refugee ban threatens west's global reputation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518044018/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/31/david-miliband-trump-refugee-ban-threatens-west-global-reputation |date=May 18, 2021 }}, The Guardian (January 31, 2017). Miliband also called it "a propaganda gift for all those who would do harm to the United States."Elizabeth Gurdus, [https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/30/trump-travel-ban-is-a-propaganda-gift-for-terrorists-irc-ceo.html Trump travel ban is 'a propaganda gift' for terrorists, International Rescue Committee CEO says] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410231849/https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/30/trump-travel-ban-is-a-propaganda-gift-for-terrorists-irc-ceo.html |date=April 10, 2021 }}, CNBC (January 30, 2017).

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights held a thematic session reviewing the executive order on March 21, 2017, where representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee spoke on the ban. Breaking with past practice, the US government failed to send any representatives to the hearing.{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-white-house-cancels-human-rights-meeting-to-discuss-executive-orders-muslim-ban-a7643391.html|title=America just pulled out of a human rights hearing in an unprecedented move|date=March 2, 2017|work=The Independent|access-date=March 22, 2017|language=en-GB|archive-date=December 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204231235/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-white-house-cancels-human-rights-meeting-to-discuss-executive-orders-muslim-ban-a7643391.html|url-status=live}}

Fifty-one Nobel Prize laureates, along with thousands of other scholars, including Fields Medal winners, John Bates Clark Medal recipients, and National Academy of Sciences members, signed a petition condemning the order, stating that the order compels the "unethical and discriminatory treatment of law-abiding, hard-working, and well-integrated immigrants fundamentally contravenes the founding principles of the United States" and was detrimental to the national interest.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/01/27/eleven-nobel-laureates-thousands-of-academics-sign-protest-of-trump-immigration-order/|title=51 Nobel laureates, tens of thousands of academics sign protest of Trump immigration order|last=Svrluga|first=Susan|date=January 28, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=March 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190313024106/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/01/27/eleven-nobel-laureates-thousands-of-academics-sign-protest-of-trump-immigration-order/|url-status=live}} Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai also condemned the executive order.

The Wall Street Journal editorial board blasted Trump's executive order as "blunderbuss and broad".{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-refugee-bonfire-1485735021|title=Trump's Refugee Bonfire|date=January 30, 2017|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|issn=0099-9660|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=July 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702140302/https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-refugee-bonfire-1485735021|url-status=live}} The New York Times labeled the executive order as "cruel, bigoted, cowardly, and self-defeating", calling it a "blatantly unconstitutional" and "un-American" decision that exacerbated "injury and suffering ... on families that had every reason to believe they had outrun carnage and despotism in their homelands to arrive in a singularly hopeful nation".{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/opinion/donald-trumps-muslim-ban-is-cowardly-and-dangerous.html|title=Donald Trump's Muslim Ban Is Cowardly and Dangerous|last=The Editorial Board|date=January 28, 2017|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=February 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201065959/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/opinion/donald-trumps-muslim-ban-is-cowardly-and-dangerous.html|url-status=live}} The Sacramento Bee condemned the order as "sickening, draconian, disgraceful, and wrong on every level, to the point of incompetence".{{Cite news|url=http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article129526269.html|title=Trump's refugee order is a disgraceful, incompetent overreach|newspaper=The Sacramento Bee|language=en|access-date=January 31, 2017|archive-date=November 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114220250/https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article129526269.html|url-status=live}} The Boston Globe described the act as "shameful" and "offensive", saying that it not only fails to protect Americans but also "hands a propaganda victory to ISIS, appearing to vindicate the claim that the United States is out to get Muslims".{{Cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2017/01/28/trump-shameful-ban-visas-for-iraqis/mfHYezpP9mIbfghCZWfr6K/story.html|title=Trump's shameful ban on visas for Iraqis|newspaper=Boston Globe|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=January 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117215834/https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2017/01/28/trump-shameful-ban-visas-for-iraqis/mfHYezpP9mIbfghCZWfr6K/story.html|url-status=live}}

Michael Hayden, who served presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama in high-level intelligence positions, including NSA director and CIA director, said of the executive order:{{cite AV media|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/01/30/512400246/former-nsa-director-weighs-in-on-national-security-council-changes|title=National Security Council Changes Are Very Significant, Hayden Says|date=January 30, 2017|publisher=NPR|time=3:32|access-date=January 30, 2017|format=embedded media|people=Michael Hayden (ex-NSA and -CIA director), Rachael Martin (Host)|medium=Radio|archive-date=December 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204063931/https://www.npr.org/2017/01/30/512400246/former-nsa-director-weighs-in-on-national-security-council-changes|url-status=live}}

{{blockquote|text=It's a horrible move. It is a political, ideological move driven by the language of the [Trump] campaign and ... promises in the campaign that were hyped by an exaggeration of the threat, and in fact what [the U.S. is] doing now has probably made us less safe today than we were Friday morning before th[e executive order] happened. Because we are now living the worst jihadist narrative possible: that there is undying enmity between Islam and the West. Muslims out there who were not part of the jihadist movement are now being shown that the story they were being told by the jihadists—"They hate us, they're our enemy"—that's being acted out by the American government. And frankly, at a humanitarian level, it's an abomination.}}

Over 6,000 college and university professors signed a national petition during the weekend of January 28 denouncing the executive order.{{Cite news|url=http://www.myajc.com/news/georgia-colleges-wade-through-uncharted-waters-trump-order/ywXnQtJlxpEjY62VwonJIK/|title=Georgia colleges wade through 'uncharted waters' of Trump order|last=Davis|first=Janel|date=January 29, 2017|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|access-date=January 31, 2017|archive-date=November 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116155028/https://www.myajc.com/news/georgia-colleges-wade-through-uncharted-waters-trump-order/ywXnQtJlxpEjY62VwonJIK/}} A letter denouncing the immigration ban has by February 1, collected more than 18,000 signatures from academics. Leaders in a large number of colleges and universities issued statements against the immigration ban.{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/01/30/higher-education-leaders-denounce-trumps-travel-ban|title=Forceful Response|last=Fain|first=Paul|date=January 30, 2017|work=Inside Higher Ed|access-date=January 31, 2017|archive-date=September 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901222421/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/01/30/higher-education-leaders-denounce-trumps-travel-ban|url-status=live}} Academics criticized the executive order because of the disruption in education it caused some students, because of the confusion in its implication and in "many cases, expressed moral outrage." The Association of American Universities has called for the immigration ban to end "as quickly as possible."{{Cite news|url=http://www.concordmonitor.com/mulsim-ban-new-hampshire-7777406|title=Muted response to travel bans from N.H. tech firms, higher education|last=Brooks|first=David|date=January 29, 2017|work=Concord Monitor|access-date=February 2, 2017|archive-date=November 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106222904/https://www.concordmonitor.com/mulsim-ban-new-hampshire-7777406|url-status=live}} Johns Hopkins University has asked students and faculty to avoid traveling outside of the United States.{{Cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2017/01/30/johns-hopkins-university-system-of-maryland-fear.html|title=Johns Hopkins, University System of Maryland fear effect of Trump travel ban on students, research|last=Eichensehr|first=Morgan|date=January 30, 2017|work=Baltimore Business Journal|access-date=February 2, 2017|archive-date=February 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204022926/http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2017/01/30/johns-hopkins-university-system-of-maryland-fear.html|url-status=live}} More than 4,500 International academics have pledged to boycott conferences based in the U.S.{{Cite news|url=https://www.statnews.com/2017/02/01/scientists-protest-immigration-ban/|title=Scientists protest immigration ban with boycotts of journals, conferences|last1=Oransky|first1=Ivan|date=February 1, 2017|work=Stat|last2=Marcus|first2=Adam|access-date=February 2, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029031340/https://www.statnews.com/2017/02/01/scientists-protest-immigration-ban/|url-status=live}}

Scientists doing work in the United States who are from the targeted countries have been affected as well, stranding some scientists in other countries or away from loved ones and their research.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/01/trumps-immigration-ban-is-already-harming-americas-scientistsand-its-science/514859/|title=Trump's Immigration Ban Is Already Harming American Science|last=Yong|first=Ed|date=January 29, 2017|work=The Atlantic|access-date=January 31, 2017|archive-date=September 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926204605/https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/01/trumps-immigration-ban-is-already-harming-americas-scientistsand-its-science/514859/|url-status=live}} Nature interviewed more than 20 researchers and scientists who have been affected.{{Cite news|url=http://www.nature.com/news/meet-the-scientists-affected-by-trump-s-immigration-ban-1.21389|title=Meet the scientists affected by Trump's immigration ban|last1=Morello|first1=Lauren|date=January 29, 2017|work=Nature|last2=Reardon|first2=Sara|access-date=January 31, 2017|archive-date=November 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126122019/https://www.nature.com/news/meet-the-scientists-affected-by-trump-s-immigration-ban-1.21389|url-status=live}} Some scientists in other countries have "vowed to stop reviewing scientific articles in US-based journals as a way to oppose the policy."

According to experts, Trump's order "is unlikely to significantly reduce the terrorist threat in the United States", and "many experts believe the order's unintended consequences will make the threat worse".{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/us/politics/a-sweeping-order-unlikely-to-reduce-terrorist-threat.html|title=Immigration Ban Is Unlikely to Reduce Terrorist Threat, Experts Say|last=Shane|first=Scott|date=January 28, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=February 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214070655/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/us/politics/a-sweeping-order-unlikely-to-reduce-terrorist-threat.html|url-status=live}} Professor Charles Kurzman of the University of North Carolina said that since the September 11 attacks in 2001, "no one has been killed in the United States in a terrorist attack by anyone who emigrated from or whose parents emigrated from" the seven countries targeted by the order. Some experts also said that "there was a random quality" in the selection of countries affected by the order; for example, Saudi Arabia and Egypt were not listed although many jihadist groups were established there, and Pakistan and Afghanistan were also not listed despite longstanding histories of extremism in those countries; while others, including two former White House chief ethics lawyers, found a possible correlation between exclusions from the order and the Trump Organization's business interests.David G. Post, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/01/30/was-trumps-executive-order-an-impeachable-offense/ Was Trump's executive order an impeachable offense?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211021100/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/01/30/was-trumps-executive-order-an-impeachable-offense/ |date=December 11, 2020 }}, January 30, 2017{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/opinion/who-hasnt-trump-banned-people-from-places-where-hes-made-money.html|title=Who Hasn't Trump Banned? People From Places Where He's Done Business|author-link=Richard Painter|last2=Eisen|first2=Norman L.|date=January 29, 2017|first1=Richard W.|last1=Painter|author2-link=Norman L. Eisen|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=August 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817113648/http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/opinion/who-hasnt-trump-banned-people-from-places-where-hes-made-money.html|url-status=live}}

Professor Juan Cole of the University of Michigan said that six of the seven countries named in the order (with the exception of Yemen) were suggested as targets for regime change in an alleged classified paper produced by the Office of the Secretary of Defense in the autumn of 2001 following 9/11. The allegation was made by former General Wesley Clark in his 2007 memoir A Time to Lead.{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2007/10/12/wesley_clark/|title=Seven countries in five years|last=Conason|first=Joe|date=October 12, 2007|website=Salon|access-date=January 20, 2017|author-link=Joe Conason|archive-date=November 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101010526/https://www.salon.com/2007/10/12/wesley_clark/|url-status=live}} Cole suggested that "the actual situation is the opposite from the one advertised by Trump. These are not countries that pose a danger to the U.S. They are countries to which the U.S poses the risk, of instability and millions of displaced".{{cite web|url=http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/trump_visa_denials_target_same_countries_bush_vowed_to_overthrow_20170128|title=Trump Visa Denials Target Same Countries Bush Vowed to Overthrow|last=Cole|first=Juan|date=January 28, 2017|website=Truthdig|access-date=January 30, 2017|author-link=Juan Cole|archive-date=July 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712110416/http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/trump_visa_denials_target_same_countries_bush_vowed_to_overthrow_20170128|url-status=live}}

Regarding the legality of the order, Peter Spiro indicated in an interview that there's a possibility that even if the courts accept the plenary power of the president, they will strike down the executive order on an equal protection basis. Although the Trump administration argues that the executive order serves some kind of counterterrorism purpose, the courts, according to Spiro, will see this argument as irrational. He cites the "more than a thousand foreign service officers" that say that the order does "not advance any counter-terror objective [and that] it actually detracts from national security values."[http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2017/02/podcast-president-trumps-immigration-order-is-it-legal/ "President Trump's immigration order: Is it legal?."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217080228/http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2017/02/podcast-president-trumps-immigration-order-is-it-legal/ |date=February 17, 2017 }} Constitution Daily. The National Constitution Center. February 2, 2017. Web. February 3, 2017. Furthermore, the heartbreaking human stories of immigrants and refugees affected by the order will play a role in the courts' rulings. In the same interview, Anil Kalhan of the Thomas R. Kline School of Law agreed with Spiro's reasoning and added, "It is so clear that the order was not appropriately vetted within the executive branch before it was issued, and I think that will offend judicial sensibilities." Kalhan also said that he thinks that the protests against the order may convince the courts that they are acting in concert with public support and will therefore not have to worry about risking the court's legitimacy by not deferring to the executive branch. Both Spiro and Kalhan view the executive order as unconstitutional.

The executive order left American colleges and universities scrambling amidst confusion over the full scope and extent of the order. Several universities, including Johns Hopkins University, the University of Virginia and George Washington University, told affected students and faculty members affected to avoid traveling abroad because of fears that they would be barred from reentering the country.Melissa Korn, [https://www.wsj.com/articles/campuses-checking-on-international-students-faculty-after-trump-order-1485710683 Campuses Checking On International Students, Faculty After Trump Order: Administrators warn president's action could hurt U.S. leadership in academics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309142110/https://www.wsj.com/articles/campuses-checking-on-international-students-faculty-after-trump-order-1485710683 |date=March 9, 2021 }}, The Wall Street Journal (January 29, 2016).Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Susan Svrluga & Joe Heim, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/universities-grappling-with-impact-of-trumps-refugee-ban/2017/01/29/a8adfcea-e639-11e6-80c2-30e57e57e05d_story.html Universities grappling with impact of Trump's immigration ban] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201160149/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/universities-grappling-with-impact-of-trumps-refugee-ban/2017/01/29/a8adfcea-e639-11e6-80c2-30e57e57e05d_story.html |date=February 1, 2017 }}, The Washington Post (January 29, 2016). The Association of American Universities's associate vice president for federal relations said that the ban was "very, very disruptive", particularly to graduate students engaging in research. University presidents and other higher education leaders "said the order could ultimately hurt the country's competitiveness if the best and brightest research scholars no longer want to study or work in the United States", weakening American preeminence in higher education.

Many academics were barred entry and unable to present their work: Iranian neuroscientist Leila Akbari was barred from attending the Society for Neuroscience's annual conference and presenting her research, neurophysiologist Matthew Leavitt tweeted that his Iranian labmate was unable to attend the conference as well.{{Cite web|url=https://qz.com/1454743/this-neuroscientists-poster-showed-how-us-travel-bans-stifle-groundbreaking-research/|title=This neuroscientist's poster showed how US travel bans stifle groundbreaking research|last1=Hu|first1=Jane C.|website=Quartz|date=November 9, 2018|language=en|access-date=May 1, 2019|archive-date=November 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106214250/https://qz.com/1454743/this-neuroscientists-poster-showed-how-us-travel-bans-stifle-groundbreaking-research/|url-status=live}}

Benjamin Wittes of the Brookings Institution described the order as "malevolence tempered by incompetence", saying that it "will cause hardship and misery for tens or hundreds of thousands of people because that is precisely what it is intended to do".{{cite web |url=https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/malevolence-tempered-incompetence-trumps-horrifying-executive-order-refugees-and-visas |title=Malevolence Tempered by Incompetence: Trump's Horrifying Executive Order on Refugees and Visas |last=Wittes |first=Benjamin |publisher=Lawfare |date=January 28, 2017 |access-date=January 29, 2017 |archive-date=September 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923164358/https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/malevolence-tempered-incompetence-trumps-horrifying-executive-order-refugees-and-visas |url-status=live }} Law professor and libertarian blogger Ilya Somin termed the order "cruel and counterproductive", saying "It inflicts great harm on many thousands of people while simultaneously endangering national security".{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/01/29/making-america-cruel-again-trumps-executive-order-on-refugees/|title=Making America cruel again – Trump's executive order on refugees|last=Somin|first=Ilia|date=January 29, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=December 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207085730/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/01/29/making-america-cruel-again-trumps-executive-order-on-refugees/|url-status=live}} Jonathan H. Adler declared that "the degree of administrative incompetence in [the order's] execution is jaw-dropping", criticizing "the cavalier and reckless manner in which this specific EO was developed and implemented".{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/01/29/president-trump-may-hire-only-the-best-people-but-he-did-not-rely-upon-them-to-draft-and-implement-his-latest-executive-order/|title=President Trump may hire 'only the best people' but he did not rely upon them to draft and implement his latest Executive Order|last=Adler|first=Jonathan H.|date=January 29, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=December 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219210204/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/01/29/president-trump-may-hire-only-the-best-people-but-he-did-not-rely-upon-them-to-draft-and-implement-his-latest-executive-order/|url-status=live}}

In a 2016 risk analysis paper by Alex Nowrasteh for the Cato Institute, Nowrasteh states, "the chance of an American being murdered in a terrorist attack caused by a refugee is 1 in 3.64 billion per year".{{cite web|url=https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/pa798_2.pdf|title=Terrorism and Immigration: A Risk Analysis|last=Nowrasteh|first=Alex|date=September 13, 2016|publisher=Cato Institute|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=August 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804090639/https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/pa798_2.pdf|url-status=live}} Citing Nowrasteh's paper, The Economist said this makes death by cows, fireworks and malfunctioning elevators much likelier and described Trump's order as "almost worthless".{{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2017/01/keep-your-huddled-masses-0|title=Donald Trump gets tough on refugees|date=January 28, 2017|newspaper=The Economist|author1=J.A.|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=January 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129003746/http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2017/01/keep-your-huddled-masses-0|url-status=live}}

The order prompted broad condemnation from the international community, including longstanding U.S. allies.

• {{flag|Canada}} – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated Canada would continue to welcome refugees regardless of their faith.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/01/28/heres-how-the-world-is-responding-to-trumps-ban-on-refugees-travelers-from-7-muslim-nations/|title=Here's how the world is responding to Trump's ban on refugees, travelers from 7 Muslim nations|last=Erickson|first=Amanda|date=January 28, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=December 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219163413/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/01/28/heres-how-the-world-is-responding-to-trumps-ban-on-refugees-travelers-from-7-muslim-nations/|url-status=live}} At the request of Jenny Kwan, Member of Parliament for Vancouver East, Speaker of the House of Commons Geoff Regan called an emergency debate in the Canadian House of Commons about the order on January 31.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-kwan-trump-travel-ban-1.3959617|title=MPs debate Donald Trump's travel ban in the House of Commons|date=January 31, 2017|publisher=CBC News|language=en|last1=Harris|first1=Kathleen|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=March 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309002104/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-kwan-trump-travel-ban-1.3959617|url-status=live}} Canadian civil society groups including the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the national branch of Amnesty International issued statements which called for the suspension of the Canada–United States Safe Third Country Agreement.{{cite news|url=http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2017/01/31/calls-for-canada-to-act-in-light-of-u-s-travel-ban/|title=Calls for Canada to act in light of U.S. travel ban|date=January 31, 2017|work=Radio Canada International|last1=Desjardins|first1=Lynn|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=November 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130151407/https://www.rcinet.ca/en/2017/01/31/calls-for-canada-to-act-in-light-of-u-s-travel-ban/|url-status=live}} In July 2020, the Canada's federal court ruled that the Safe Third Country Agreement it has with the US does not hold any value since America has been on a spree of violating rights of refugees.{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53494561| title=Canada court rules US 'not safe' for asylum seekers| work=BBC News| date=July 22, 2020| access-date=July 22, 2020| archive-date=April 12, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412064002/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53494561| url-status=live}}

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• {{flag|UK}} – British Prime Minister Theresa May was initially reluctant to condemn the policy, having just met with Trump the day prior, saying that "the United States is responsible for the United States policy on refugees".{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/28/unhcr-speaks-donald-trump-suspends-us-refugee-program/|title=Donald Trump bans citizens of seven muslim majority countries as visa-holding travellers are turned away from US borders|last1=Oliphant|first1=Roland|last2=Sherlock|first2=Ruth|date=January 28, 2017|website=The Telegraph|quote=She proceeded to praise Britain's record on refugees, but avoided commenting on US policy.|access-date=January 28, 2017|archive-date=January 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129122912/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/28/unhcr-speaks-donald-trump-suspends-us-refugee-program/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38784199|title=Theresa May fails to condemn Donald Trump on refugees|date=January 28, 2017|work=BBC News|quote=Prime Minister Theresa May has been criticised for refusing to condemn President Donald Trump's ban on refugees entering the US ... But when pressed for an answer on Donald Trump's controversial refugee ban she first of all, uncomfortably, avoided the question. Then on the third time of asking she would only say that on the United States policy on refugees it was for the US|access-date=January 28, 2017|archive-date=November 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125061129/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38784199|url-status=live}} Fellow Conservative Nadhim Zahawi, MP for Stratford-on-Avon, who was born in Iraq, said that he and his (also British Iraqi) wife had been informed would not be able to visit the U.S., despite no longer holding Iraqi citizenship, and called the ban "demeaning and sad".{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/headlines/38787517|title=Tory MP: I'm banned from US – it's cruel|date=January 28, 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=January 28, 2017|archive-date=January 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130113655/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/headlines/38787517}} The following day, however, the Prime Minister's Office released a statement that May did "not agree with this kind of approach", and that "it is not one [the United Kingdom] will be taking".{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-donald-trump-refugee-migrant-ban-immigration-us-america-executive-order-prime-minister-a7551531.html|title=Theresa May finally passes judgment on Donald Trump's immigration ban|date=January 29, 2017|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=January 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129012145/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-donald-trump-refugee-migrant-ban-immigration-us-america-executive-order-prime-minister-a7551531.html|url-status=live}} Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said the stigmatisation generated by such an approach was "divisive and wrong". The Foreign Office additionally stated that they had been received clarification on the policy, and that it would apply to dual nationals only if they were travelling to the United States from one of the listed countries.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38789821|title=US travel ban: UK nationals not affected says Foreign Office|date=January 27, 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112024839/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38789821|url-status=live}} Other British politicians, including Leader of the Opposition Jeremy Corbyn, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron, and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, said that Trump should not come to the UK on a state visit, with Corbyn saying "I am not happy with him coming here until that ban is lifted".{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38788388|title=Calls to stop President Trump's state visit to UK|date=January 29, 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112021542/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38788388|url-status=live}} More than 1.6 million signed an official parliamentary petition which said that "Donald Trump's well documented misogyny and vulgarity disqualifies him from being received by Her Majesty the Queen or the Prince of Wales."{{cite web|url=http://europe.newsweek.com/donald-trump-muslim-ban-protest-petition-sign-number-signatures-state-visit-550048|title=A petition to stop Donald Trump's planned visit to the U.K. has surpassed a million signatures|date=January 30, 2017|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202203426/http://europe.newsweek.com/donald-trump-muslim-ban-protest-petition-sign-number-signatures-state-visit-550048|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38795998|title=Trump executive order: Million sign petition to stop UK visit|date=January 30, 2017|work=BBC News|author=|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=March 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307094750/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38795998|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/29/petition-calling-donald-trumps-state-visit-uk-cancelled-gets/|title=Parliament set to debate Donald Trump's UK state visit after petition to cancel it gets more than 800,000 signatures|last=Farmer|first=Ben|date=January 29, 2017|editor-last=Swinford|editor-first=Steven|access-date=January 29, 2017|work=The Telegraph|archive-date=April 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427020338/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/29/petition-calling-donald-trumps-state-visit-uk-cancelled-gets/|url-status=live}}
• {{flag|France}} – President François Hollande warned against the protectionist approach taken by U.S President Trump and France's Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said, "The reception of refugees fleeing the war, fleeing oppression, is part of our duties".{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38781973|title=Trump's refugee and travel suspension: World reacts|date=January 28, 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=January 28, 2017|archive-date=November 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107035702/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38781973|url-status=live}}
• {{flag|Germany}} – German chancellor Angela Merkel said that "the necessary, decisive battle against terrorism does not justify a general suspicion against people of a certain origin or a certain religion"{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/29/merkel-explains-geneva-refugee-convention-to-trump-in-phone-call|title=Merkel 'explains' refugee convention to Trump in phone call|date=January 29, 2017|last2=Oltermann|first2=Philip|newspaper=The Guardian|first1=Sam|last1=Jones|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=July 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714055247/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/29/merkel-explains-geneva-refugee-convention-to-trump-in-phone-call|url-status=live}} and in a phone call with Trump, explained to him America's obligations under the Refugee Convention. German foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel stated that "the United States is a country where Christian traditions have an important meaning. Loving your neighbor is a major Christian value, and that includes helping people".{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-refugees-idUSKBN15B2HL|title=Trump bars door to refugees, visitors from seven mainly Muslim nations|last=Knecht|first=Eric|date=January 28, 2017|work=Reuters|access-date=January 28, 2017|archive-date=March 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325093159/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-refugees-idUSKBN15B2HL|url-status=live}} Among those affected by the order was the Bundestag member Omid Nouripour, who holds German–Iranian dual citizenship, and is the vice-chair of the German–American Parliamentary Friendship Group; German broadcaster Deutsche Welle reporting on this story said, "Nouripour symbolizes the irrationality of US President Donald Trump's refugee arrival suspension policy and the temporary ban".{{cite news|url=http://www.dw.com/en/dual-national-german-politician-impacted-by-trump-immigration-order/a-37321595|title=Dual national German politician impacted by Trump immigration order|last=Winter|first=Chase|date=January 29, 2017|publisher=Deutsche Welle|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=August 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803083700/https://www.dw.com/en/dual-national-german-politician-impacted-by-trump-immigration-order/a-37321595|url-status=live}} Nouripour said he was "very happy and proud of all those people at the airport protesting and the voluntary lawyers who have achieved a lot. These are the best reasons to say that no matter what the administration will do, I will always love the United States." In total, around 100,000 Germans were believed to be affected by the law—chiefly German–Iranian dual citizens who are not legally allowed to surrender Iranian citizenship.{{cite news|url=http://www.dw.com/de/rund-100000-deutsche-betroffen/a-37322159|title=Rund 100.000 Deutsche betroffen|last=Winter|first=Chase|date=January 29, 2017|publisher=Deutsche Welle|language=de|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=May 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524184654/https://www.dw.com/de/rund-100000-deutsche-betroffen/a-37322159|url-status=live}} Merkel's spokesperson has said the German government will "represent their interests, if needed, vis-a-vis our US partners". The Green Party of Germany has asked that if the executive order is not lifted, that Trump should be banned from entering Germany and thus prevented from attending the upcoming G20 Summit in Hamburg.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thelocal.de/20170130/green-party-demands-travel-ban-for-trump-to-germany|title=Green party demands travel ban for Trump to Germany|date=January 30, 2017|work=The Local|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=December 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202035039/https://www.thelocal.de/20170130/green-party-demands-travel-ban-for-trump-to-germany|url-status=live}}
• {{flag|Australia}} – Some media outlets said Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull avoided public comment on the order, with Turnbull saying it "is not my job" to criticize it. The Sydney Morning Herald criticized Turnbull's statement as one that was "positive" toward the policy.{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/malcolm-turnbull-leaves-much-unsaid-for-fear-of-risking-us-refugee-deal-20170130-gu1l1e.html|title=Malcolm Turnbull leaves much unsaid for fear of risking US refugee deal|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|last1=Kenny|first1=Mark|access-date=February 20, 2020|archive-date=June 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614190003/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/malcolm-turnbull-leaves-much-unsaid-for-fear-of-risking-us-refugee-deal-20170130-gu1l1e.html|url-status=live}} However, Australian opinion soured after a Tweet by Trump appeared to question a refugee deal already agreed by Turnbull and Obama. The deal, which would have seen the US "take an interest in" up to 1,250 asylum seekers from Australia's offshore detention centers at Manus Island and Nauru, was described on Twitter by Trump as a "dumb deal" which he would "study".{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/feb/02/australia-struggling-to-save-refugee-agreement-after-trumps-fury-at-dumb-deal|title=Australia struggles to save refugee agreement after Trump's fury at 'dumb deal'|date=February 2, 2017|last2=Doherty|first2=Ben|newspaper=The Guardian|first1=Katharine|last1=Murphy|access-date=February 2, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202065708/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/feb/02/australia-struggling-to-save-refugee-agreement-after-trumps-fury-at-dumb-deal|url-status=live}} In a private phone call with Turnbull, Trump went further and called it "the worst deal ever". In a radio interview, Turnbull denied that the call—which had only lasted 25 minutes instead of the scheduled hour—ended because Trump hung up, but said that he would "expect that the commitment would continue". Sky News Australia journalist Laura Jayes reported that according to government sources, Turnbull now saw Trump as "a bully, and to confront a bully you need to bully back".{{cite news|url=https://theweek.com/speedreads/677563/australia-trumps-hostility-being-viewed-deliberate-bullying|title=In Australia, Trump's hostility is being viewed as deliberate bullying|last=Weber|first=Peter|date=February 2, 2017|newspaper=The Week|access-date=February 2, 2017|archive-date=June 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625155303/https://theweek.com/speedreads/677563/australia-trumps-hostility-being-viewed-deliberate-bullying|url-status=live}}

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• {{flag|Ireland}} – Enda Kenny, Taoiseach of Ireland, said that he "fundamentally disagrees" with the order.{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0130/848653-donald-trump-immigration-us/|title=Taoiseach orders review of US preclearance in Ireland|date=January 30, 2017|publisher=RTÉ News|access-date=February 2, 2017|archive-date=July 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720080949/https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0130/848653-donald-trump-immigration-us/|url-status=live}} Ireland currently allows US border staff to operate border preclearance at Dublin Airport and Shannon Airport, and several Irish politicians including cabinet member Katherine Zappone noted that implementing the order at these possibly violated Irish and EU human rights law.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/zappone-seeks-urgent-review-of-pre-clearance-at-irish-airports-1.2956071|title=Zappone seeks 'urgent review' of pre-clearance at Irish airports|date=January 29, 2017|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=February 2, 2017|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112025532/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/zappone-seeks-urgent-review-of-pre-clearance-at-irish-airports-1.2956071|url-status=live}} Kenny announced there would be a "complete review" of these arrangements. As of January 30, one traveler had been prevented from flying at Dublin Airport.
• {{flag|Netherlands}} – The Dutch government, which was in negotiations to introduce preclearance at Schiphol Airport, announced that these talks were suspended as a result of the order.{{cite news|url=http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2017/01/trump-ban-leads-dutch-to-halt-talks-with-the-us-on-clearance-at-schiphol/|title=Trump ban leads Dutch to halt talks with the US on clearance at Schiphol|date=January 31, 2017|publisher=DutchNews.nl|access-date=February 2, 2017|archive-date=February 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204073454/http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2017/01/trump-ban-leads-dutch-to-halt-talks-with-the-us-on-clearance-at-schiphol/|url-status=live}}
• {{flag|Sweden}} – Swedish foreign minister Margot Wallström tweeted that she was "deeply concerned" about the order, and worried it might create "mistrust between people".{{cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/world/2017/1/29/14427074/world-leaders-reactions-trump-refugee-immigration-ban|title=From "shameful" to "well done": world leaders speak out on Trump's immigrant ban|work=Vox|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112030828/https://www.vox.com/world/2017/1/29/14427074/world-leaders-reactions-trump-refugee-immigration-ban|url-status=live}}
• {{flag|Czech}}ia – Czech President Miloš Zeman praised the order.{{Cite news|url=http://www.news24.com/World/News/czech-president-backs-trumps-anti-migrant-step-20170128|title=Czech president backs Trump's anti-migrant step|date=January 28, 2017|newspaper=News24|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=April 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409102821/https://www.news24.com/World/News/czech-president-backs-trumps-anti-migrant-step-20170128|url-status=live}}
• {{flag|Italy}} – Foreign Minister of Italy Angelino Alfano said that Trump was "not doing anything other than implementing his promises" and that Europeans should not criticize him as "we too erect walls in Europe".{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/30/europe-trumps-travel-ban|title=Europe fails in painting a united front against Trump's travel ban|work=The Guardian|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111163654/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/30/europe-trumps-travel-ban|url-status=live}}
• {{flag|Poland}} – Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski defended the ban, stating that every sovereign nation had the right to decide its own immigration policy. He stated that no state had a duty to accept immigrants, adding that Trump was elected president and had the right to impose the ban.{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/polish-fm-says-trump-has-the-right-to-ban-immigrants/|title=Polish FM says Trump has the right to ban immigrants|agency=Associated Press|access-date=December 5, 2017|archive-date=December 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206074512/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01/30/polish-fm-says-trump-has-right-to-ban-immigrants.html|url-status=live}}

• {{flag|Iran}} – Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and the Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs characterized Trump's order as insulting to the Islamic world and counter-productive in the attempt to combat extremism. It announced that Iran would take "reciprocal measures in order to safeguard the rights of its citizens".{{cite web|url=http://en.mfa.ir/index.aspx?siteid=3&fkeyid=&siteid=3&fkeyid=&siteid=3&pageid=1997&newsview=436947|title=Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran|date=January 28, 2017|publisher=Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs|id=436947|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129151702/http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/28/middleeast/iran-will-ban-us-citizens/|archive-date=January 29, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=January 29, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/28/middleeast/iran-will-ban-us-citizens/|title=Iran to take 'reciprocal measures' after Trump's immigration order|date=January 29, 2017|publisher=CNN|orig-date=2017-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129151718/http://en.mfa.ir/index.aspx?siteid=3&fkeyid=&siteid=3&fkeyid=&siteid=3&pageid=1997&newsview=436947|archive-date=January 29, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=January 29, 2017|edition=updated|author-first1=Ralph|author-last1=Ellis|author-first2=Sara|author-last2=Mazloumsaki|author-first3=Artemis|author-last3=Moshtaghian}} Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was quoted by Fars News Agency on January 31 stating that the government will not issue visas to Americans, except in some cases which will be referred to a new committee set up at the Foreign Ministry.{{cite news|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-01/31/c_136023373.htm|title=Iran not to issue visa for U.S. citizens: FM|agency=Xinhua News Agency|access-date=December 5, 2017|archive-date=February 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203052524/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-01/31/c_136023373.htm|url-status=live}}
  Akbar Ranjbarzadeh, an MP from the Principalist faction noted that as a government, they "had promised to bring back honor to the Iranian passport, not only has that not happened but America is treating Iranians as a colonized nation".{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4653816/donald-trump-iran-hassan-rouhani/|title=Iran's Rouhani Left Exposed by Trump's Travel Ban|magazine=Time|language=en|access-date=May 1, 2019|archive-date=November 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127060748/https://time.com/4653816/donald-trump-iran-hassan-rouhani/|url-status=live}}
  In a reciprocal measure carried out on February 3, the Iranian government initially banned American wrestlers from participating in 2017 Wrestling World Cup - Men's freestyle.{{cite magazine|url=http://time.com/4659312/iran-wrestling-competition-ban-donald-trump/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203130649/http://time.com/4659312/iran-wrestling-competition-ban-donald-trump/|archive-date=February 3, 2017|title=Iran Bans U.S. Wrestlers From a Competition Because of President Trump|date=February 3, 2017|magazine=Time|access-date=February 4, 2017|first=Nasser|last=Karimi}} The ban was however revoked a short time later as an American court put travel restrictions of Trump's executive order on hold.{{cite web|url=http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/410783/Iran-will-issue-visas-for-U-S-wrestlers|title=Iran will issue visas for U.S. wrestlers|work=Tehran Times|date=February 5, 2017|access-date=February 14, 2017|archive-date=September 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915161057/http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/410783/Iran-will-issue-visas-for-U-S-wrestlers|url-status=live}} Seventy-two professors of the Sharif University of Technology asked the Iranian government in a letter to respond to the Trump ban by passing a law facilitating the entry of the United States citizens to Iran and allowing their entrance simply via the Iranian Airport Visa within the coming ninety days, so that they would "experience the hospitality and peacefulness of the Iranian nation firsthand".{{Cite web|url = http://www.ana.ir/news/183149|title = تغییرات قیمتی کالاهای اساسی در ماه رمضان|date = May 28, 2017|access-date = September 15, 2017|archive-date = March 8, 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180308183139/http://www.ana.ir/news/183149|url-status = live}}
• {{flag|UAE}} – On February 1, the United Arab Emirates became the first Muslim-majority nation to back the order.{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/1.769032|title=UAE Becomes First Muslim-majority Country to Back Trump's Executive Order|date=February 1, 2017|work=Haaretz|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=February 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214082057/http://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/1.769032|url-status=live}} Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan said that most of the world's Muslim-majority nations were not covered by the order, which he characterized as temporary and a "sovereign decision" of the United States.{{cite news|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/usa-trump-immigration-emirates-idINKBN15G46F|title=UAE says Trump travel ban an internal affair, most Muslims unaffected|date=February 1, 2017|work=Reuters|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=March 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301045842/http://in.reuters.com/article/usa-trump-immigration-emirates-idINKBN15G46F|url-status=dead}}
• {{flag|Syria}} – On February 16, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has expressed support to President Trump's executive order.{{cite web|title=As Syria negotiations falter, Assad backs Trump travel ban|url=http://www.dw.com/en/as-syria-negotiations-falter-assad-backs-trump-travel-ban/a-37581376|publisher=Deutsche Welle|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-date=September 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901234807/https://www.dw.com/en/as-syria-negotiations-falter-assad-backs-trump-travel-ban/a-37581376|url-status=live}} During his interview with French media outlets, he explained "that the executive order isn't against the Syrian people, but it's against the terrorists that could infiltrate some of the immigrants and refugees to the Western world. It happened in Europe, mainly in Germany and could happen in the United States in the future."{{cite news|title=Assad says Trump travel ban targets terrorists, not Syria's people|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-assad-usa-idUSKBN15V0N2?il=0|work=Reuters|date=February 16, 2017|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111214141/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-assad-usa-idUSKBN15V0N2?il=0|url-status=live}}
• {{flag|Iraq}} – The response from the Iraqi government has been mixed. The Iraqi government said it understood the security concerns behind Trump's decision to ban Iraqi citizens from entering the US, but underlined that the country's "special relationship" should be taken into consideration. However, the response from the Iraqi parliaments foreign affairs parliament committee called on the Iraqi government to reciprocate the ban and remove all U.S nationals from the country. The predominately Shia Popular Mobilization Forces also condemned the ban and called for the removal of U.S nationals as did popular Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.{{cite news|author= Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff, Martin Chulov and Saeed Kamali Dehghan|work= The Guardian|title= Muslim-majority countries show anger at Trump travel ban|url= https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/29/muslim-majority-countries-anger-at-trump-travel-ban|date= January 30, 2017|access-date= February 19, 2017|archive-date= May 14, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190514035635/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/29/muslim-majority-countries-anger-at-trump-travel-ban|url-status= live}}{{cite news|publisher=BBC|title=Trump executive order banning refugees: World reacts|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38781973|date=January 29, 2017|access-date=June 22, 2018|archive-date=November 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113191626/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38781973|url-status=live}}
• {{flag|Sudan}} – Sudan released a statement which labeled the decision as "very unfortunate". The statement read: "It is particularly unfortunate that this decision coincides with the two countries' historic move to lift economic and trade sanctions … and just as economic and financial institutions as well as businessmen in the country were set to continue developing their investment projects."
• {{flag|Yemen}} – The Yemeni government did not respond but the Yemen embassy in Washington posted a warning on Facebook to citizens regarding the travel restrictions, and advising them not to travel to or from America.
• {{flag|Saudi Arabia}} – Saudi Arabia defended the decision following a meeting between Trump and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, issuing a statement saying: "Saudi Arabia does not believe that this measure is targeting Muslim countries or the religion of Islam. This measure is a sovereign decision aimed at preventing terrorists from entering the United States of America."{{cite web |last1=Dearden |first1=Lizzie |title=Saudi deputy crown prince calls Donald Trump a 'true friend of Muslims' after White House meeting |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/saudi-arabia-donald-trump-deputy-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-true-friend-muslims-white-house-meeting-travel-ban-a7630546.html |website=The Independent |date=March 16, 2017 |access-date=2 January 2023 |archive-date=January 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102222207/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/saudi-arabia-donald-trump-deputy-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-true-friend-muslims-white-house-meeting-travel-ban-a7630546.html |url-status=live }}
• {{flag|Turkey}} – Turkey criticized the decision, with Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek tweeting that refugees not permitted in the United States were welcome in Turkey.{{cite news|publisher=CNN|title=World leaders react to Trump's travel ban|date=January 31, 2017|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/30/politics/trump-travel-ban-world-reaction/index.html|access-date=January 24, 2019|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112032933/http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/30/politics/trump-travel-ban-world-reaction/index.html|url-status=live}}

Christian leaders in the Middle East have denounced the executive order. Louis Raphaël I Sako, the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon and head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, stated: "Discriminating among those who are persecuted and who suffer based on religion ends up harming the Christians of the East. It provides arguments for all the propaganda and the prejudices that attack Christian communities." Father Rifaat Bader, head of the Catholic Center for Studies and Media in Jordan, said: "Christians are part of the Middle East and they don't accept being treated separately from their co-citizens the Muslims."{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/middle-east-christians-fear-trump-ban-will-backfire-1486031402|title=Middle East Christians Fear Trump Ban Will Backfire|date=January 2, 2017|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|quote=That is one of the reasons why the region's Christian leaders have denounced Mr. Trump's move. "Christians are part of the Middle East and they don't accept being treated separately from their co-citizens the Muslims", said Father Rifaat Bader, head of the Catholic Center for Studies and Media in Jordan. [...] Babylon Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq, agreed. [...] "Discriminating among those who are persecuted and who suffer based on religion ends up harming the Christians of the East", he added. "It provides arguments for all the propaganda and the prejudices that attack Christian communities."|url-access=subscription|author=YAROSLAV TROFIMOV|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=March 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305235809/https://www.wsj.com/articles/middle-east-christians-fear-trump-ban-will-backfire-1486031402|url-status=live}}

In India Chief Minister

of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath has praised the US President Donald Trump's decision to enact a ban on citizens from 7 Muslim-majority countries entering the United States and has called for India to adopt similar policies to tackle terrorism.

The order by Trump was met with no comment by Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after the Japanese Democratic Party leader asked him.{{cite news |date=February 1, 2017 |title=Abe to call on Trump for continued US involvement in Asia |url=http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Abe-to-call-on-Trump-for-continued-US-involvement-in-Asia |newspaper=Nikkei Asian Review |location=TOKYO |access-date=February 11, 2017 |archive-date=July 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715040221/https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Abe-to-call-on-Trump-for-continued-US-involvement-in-Asia |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Jackman |first=Sophie |date=February 1, 2017 |title=Fear of losing Trump on trade and defense lies behind Abe's silence over 'Muslim ban' |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/national/politics-diplomacy/fear-losing-trump-trade-defense-lies-behind-abes-silence-muslim-ban/ |location=Kyodo |access-date=February 11, 2017 |archive-date=November 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106212051/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/national/politics-diplomacy/fear-losing-trump-trade-defense-lies-behind-abes-silence-muslim-ban/ |url-status=live }} No remarks were forthcoming while other nations leaders remarked on it.{{cite news |last1=Masahiro |first1=Iwao |last2=Ryutaro |first2=Abe |date=February 1, 2017 |title=Abe stays silent on Trump's controversial travel ban |url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201702010035.html |newspaper=THE ASAHI SHIMBUN |access-date=February 11, 2017 |archive-date=July 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715035928/http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201702010035.html }} No actions were taken by Abe in response.{{cite news |last1=Osaki |first1=Tomohiro |last2=Yoshida |first2=Reiji |date=January 30, 2017 |title=Tokyo silent as Trump immigration ban sparks global outcry |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/30/national/politics-diplomacy/tokyo-silent-as-trump-immigration-ban-sparks-global-outcry/ |newspaper=Japan Times |access-date=February 11, 2017 |archive-date=November 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111224701/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/30/national/politics-diplomacy/tokyo-silent-as-trump-immigration-ban-sparks-global-outcry/ |url-status=live }} Human Rights Watch asked for Trump to be pressured by Abe.{{cite tweet |user=KenRoth |number=830110890200592384 |last=Roth |first=Kenneth |date=February 10, 2017 |title=On visit Japan PM Abe should press Trump not to turn his back on world's neediest people or institutions aiding them http://bit.ly/2ks57It}}{{cite web |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/02/09/japans-abe-should-press-trump-foreign-aid |title=Japan's Abe Should Press Trump on Foreign Aid |last=Sifton |first=John |date=February 9, 2017 |publisher=Human Rights Watch |location=Washington, DC |access-date=February 11, 2017 |archive-date=June 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620102904/https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/02/09/japans-abe-should-press-trump-foreign-aid |url-status=live }}

Some European far-right groups and politicians applauded the executive order.{{cite news|url=https://www.stripes.com/news/europe/european-leaders-oppose-trump-travel-ban-far-right-applauds-1.451520|title=European leaders oppose Trump travel ban, far right applauds|last=Jordans|first=Frank|date=January 29, 2017|work=Stars and Stripes|agency=Associated Press|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=January 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129175731/https://www.stripes.com/news/europe/european-leaders-oppose-trump-travel-ban-far-right-applauds-1.451520|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-donald-trump-visa-ban-world-leaders-react-20170129-story.html|title=European leaders oppose Trump travel ban; far right applauds|date=January 29, 2017|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=April 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423144430/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-donald-trump-visa-ban-world-leaders-react-20170129-story.html|url-status=live}} Dutch politician Geert Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom, also said he supported the measure as did Alexander Gauland of the right-wing populist party Alternative for Germany (AfD).{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/01/world-leaders-condemn-donald-trump-muslim-ban-170128134635041.html|title=World leaders condemn Donald Trump's 'Muslim ban'|publisher=Al Jazeera|access-date=January 28, 2017|archive-date=May 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502160932/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/01/world-leaders-condemn-donald-trump-muslim-ban-170128134635041.html|url-status=live}} Nigel Farage, the former leader of the UK Independence Party, welcomed the executive order and called upon his country to replicate it, as did Matteo Salvini of Italy's Lega Nord and Italian Senator Maurizio Gasparri.{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farage-britain-should-follow-donald-trumps-extreme-vetting-policy-a3452661.html|title=Nigel Farage: Britain should follow Donald Trump's 'extreme vetting' policy|last=Bullen|first=Jamie|date=January 29, 2017|work=London Evening Standard|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=July 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709042157/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farage-britain-should-follow-donald-trumps-extreme-vetting-policy-a3452661.html|url-status=live}} 2017 French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen supported the executive order, pointing out that many Muslim-majority countries have a permanent travel ban against Israeli citizens, whereas Trump's executive order is a temporary measure.{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/01/europe/marine-le-pen-interview-amanpour/index.html|title=French far-right leader Le Pen applauds Trump's travel ban|first=Angela|last=Dewan|date=February 2017|publisher=CNN|access-date=February 2, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202015137/http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/01/europe/marine-le-pen-interview-amanpour/index.html|url-status=live}} Le Pen's niece, Marion, also spoke in favor of the order.{{cite web|last1=McGuinness|first1=Romina|title=Marion Le Pen says Trump travel ban could come to FRANCE as 'we NEED to protect borders'|url=http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/763747/France-Migrant-ban-Marion-Le-Pen-Donald-Trump|website=Daily Express|access-date=February 26, 2017|date=February 6, 2017|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111163137/https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/763747/France-Migrant-ban-Marion-Le-Pen-Donald-Trump|url-status=live}}

Some "alt-right" crusading groups including white nationalists, anti-Semites, conspiracy theorists and the Ku Klux Klan praised the executive order.{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-kkk-white-nationalists-happy_us_5890edb7e4b0c90eff00a2a8|title=The KKK And Their Friends Are Overjoyed With President Trump's First 10 Days|last=Nelson|first=Ellot|date=January 31, 2017|work=HuffPost|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=March 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324104124/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-kkk-white-nationalists-happy_us_5890edb7e4b0c90eff00a2a8|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2017/01/28/day-trump-day-9-muslim-ban-fallout-first-calls-putin-merkel-abe|title=This Day in Trump, Day 9: Muslim ban fallout|last=Gillman|first=Todd J.|date=January 29, 2017|work=Dallas News|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=February 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201000656/http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2017/01/28/day-trump-day-9-muslim-ban-fallout-first-calls-putin-merkel-abe|url-status=live}} The neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer was "ecstatic" over the immigration ban.{{Cite news|url=https://mediamatters.org/blog/2017/01/30/white-nationalists-praise-trump-s-muslim-ban-god-bless-you-feel-crying-joy/215175|title=White Nationalists Praise Trump's Muslim Ban: "God Bless You", "Feel Like Crying" with Joy|last=Hananoki|first=Eric|date=January 30, 2017|publisher=Media Matters for America|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=July 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722180542/https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/01/30/white-nationalists-praise-trump-s-muslim-ban-god-bless-you-feel-crying-joy/215175|url-status=live}} The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) reported that Andrew Anglin of the Daily Stormer advocated for the arrest of Judge Ann Donnelly, who issued a temporary stay on some of the executive order's provisions.{{Cite news|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/02/01/daily-stormer-targets-federal-judges-ruling-against-trumps-muslim-ban|title=Daily Stormer Targets Federal Judges Ruling Against Trump's Muslim Ban|last=Lenz|first=Ryan|date=February 1, 2017|publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=July 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718182843/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/02/01/daily-stormer-targets-federal-judges-ruling-against-trumps-muslim-ban|url-status=live}}

Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti, whose film The Salesman is nominated for an Academy Award, said she would boycott the ceremony to protest the visa ban.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/taraneh-alidoosti-boycotts-the-oscars-to-protest-trump-s-muslim-visa-ban-a7548526.html|title=Taraneh Alidoosti boycotts the Oscars to protest Trump's Muslim visa ban|date=January 28, 2017|work=The Independent|access-date=September 10, 2017|archive-date=December 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221151153/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/taraneh-alidoosti-boycotts-the-oscars-to-protest-trump-s-muslim-visa-ban-a7548526.html|url-status=live}} Asghar Farhadi, the film's director, may be blocked from attending the ceremony under the terms of Trump's program.{{cite news|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/01/28/trump_bars_nominee_asghar_farhadi_from_attending_the_oscars.html|title=Trump Order Bars Oscar Nominee Asghar Farhadi From Attending the Academy Awards|date=January 29, 2017|work=Slate|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=October 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009153005/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/01/28/trump_bars_nominee_asghar_farhadi_from_attending_the_oscars.html|url-status=live}} The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which holds the ceremony, issued a statement denouncing the travel ban.{{cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/article/oscar-nominated-director-asghar-farhadi-barred-att-249281|title=The Academy responds to banning of nominated director Asghar Farhadi|date=January 29, 2017|work=The A. V. Club|access-date=February 20, 2020|archive-date=August 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821094418/http://www.avclub.com/article/oscar-nominated-director-asghar-farhadi-barred-att-249281|url-status=live}} Comedian Dave Chappelle also spoke against the executive order in Dayton, Ohio.{{Cite news|url=http://www.complex.com/life/2017/01/dave-chappelle-muslim-ban-protest|title=Dave Chappelle Joins Protest Against Donald Trump's Muslim Ban|last=Espinoza|first=Joshua|date=January 29, 2017|work=Complex|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033456/https://www.complex.com/life/2017/01/dave-chappelle-muslim-ban-protest|url-status=live}} Ellie Goulding wrote that the order was "terrifying."{{cite web|last1=Thompson|first1=Rachel|title=British celebrities have a few things to say about Trump's travel ban|url=http://mashable.com/2017/01/30/british-celebrities-muslim-ban/|website=Mashable|access-date=February 13, 2017|location=London|date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=December 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203102556/https://mashable.com/2017/01/30/british-celebrities-muslim-ban/|url-status=live}} Ewan McGregor called on fellow Britons to "make a stand." Caitlin Moran urged people to subscribe to newspapers that question Trump. Nadiya Hussain expressed sadness over the order. Black-Iranian actress Yara Shahidi noted, "I have family that's already in the states, and I have family in Iran. That was my early birthday present".{{Cite news|url=https://people.com/politics/yara-shahidi-trump-travel-ban-halt-early-birthday-present/|title=Court Halt to Trump's Travel Ban Was 'My Early Birthday Present,' Says Black-ish's Yara Shahidi|website=People|language=en|access-date=May 1, 2019|archive-date=November 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106212411/https://people.com/politics/yara-shahidi-trump-travel-ban-halt-early-birthday-present/|url-status=live}}

Criticism of the executive order was rampant at the 23rd Screen Actors Guild Awards. Dev Patel called it "horrible [and] divisive."{{cite web|last1=Mercer|first1=David|title=Dev Patel hits out at Trump's 'horrible and divisive' Muslim ban at Screen Actors Guild Awards|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/donald-trump-muslim-ban-dev-patel-attacks-horrible-divisive-travel-restrictions-screen-actors-guild-a7552476.html|website=The Independent|access-date=February 6, 2017|date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111162249/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/donald-trump-muslim-ban-dev-patel-attacks-horrible-divisive-travel-restrictions-screen-actors-guild-a7552476.html|url-status=live}} Riz Ahmed said, "Now is not a time for escapism." John Legend said, "I believe our country should be open and inclusive, particularly for refugees fleeing war-torn areas." As he walked the red carpet, Simon Helberg held a sign which read, "Refugees welcome." His wife, Jocelyn Towne, had the words "let them in" written across her chest. Julia Louis-Dreyfus said, "This immigrant ban is a blemish and it is un-American."{{cite web|last1=Binckes|first1=Jeremy|title=2017 Screen Actors Guild Awards served as a forum for protests against President Trump's Muslim ban|url=http://www.salon.com/2017/01/30/2017-screen-actors-guild-awards-was-a-forum-for-for-protests-against-president-trumps-muslim-ban/|website=Salon|access-date=February 6, 2017|date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=November 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106212055/https://www.salon.com/2017/01/30/2017-screen-actors-guild-awards-was-a-forum-for-for-protests-against-president-trumps-muslim-ban/|url-status=live}} Ashton Kutcher, whose wife Mila Kunis came to the United States on a refugee visa, wrote, "My blood is boiling right now!"{{cite magazine|last1=Robinson|first1=Will|title=Ashton Kutcher slams 'Muslim ban' at SAG Awards|url=https://ew.com/awards/2017/01/29/sag-awards-ashton-kutcher-muslim-ban/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=February 6, 2017|date=January 29, 2018|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806161256/https://ew.com/awards/2017/01/29/sag-awards-ashton-kutcher-muslim-ban/}} Kerry Washington wrote she was "sick to [her] stomach" about the ban.{{cite web|last1=Zarya|first1=Valentina|title=These Celebrities Spoke Out About Trump's Immigration Ban at the SAG Awards|url=http://fortune.com/2017/01/30/trump-immigration-ban-sag-awards/|website=Fortune|access-date=February 6, 2017|date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111231922/https://fortune.com/2017/01/30/trump-immigration-ban-sag-awards/|url-status=live}}

At the 59th Annual Grammy Awards, Busta Rhymes called Trump "President Agent Orange" and thanked him for his "unsuccessful attempt at the Muslim ban."{{cite web|last1=Carissimo|first1=Justin|title=Grammy Awards 2017: Busta Rhymes calls Donald Trump 'President Agent Orange' and condemns Muslim ban|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/grammy-awards-2017-a-tribe-called-quest-busta-rhymes-anderson-paak-performance-a7576856.html|website=The Independent|access-date=February 13, 2017|date=February 13, 2017|archive-date=May 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530210010/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/grammy-awards-2017-a-tribe-called-quest-busta-rhymes-anderson-paak-performance-a7576856.html|url-status=live}}

British long-distance runner Sir Mo Farah, who was born in Somalia but holds only a British passport and lives and trains in Oregon, said that "Trump seems to have made me an alien" and that it was "deeply troubling" that he would be unable to train in Oregon or reunite with his family under the terms of the executive order; he also called attention to the difference between Trump's actions and those of Queen Elizabeth II, who had knighted Farah earlier in the year.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/29/fears-sir-mo-farah-will-separated-family-donald-trump-travel/|title=Sir Mo Farah relieved to be allowed to return to his family after fears of having to say 'Daddy might not be able to come home' following Trump travel ban|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=January 29, 2017|access-date=January 31, 2017|last1=Farmer|first1=Ben|archive-date=March 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303131246/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/29/fears-sir-mo-farah-will-separated-family-donald-trump-travel/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/uk-olympic-hero-farah-slams-prejudice-trump-border-131931905--spt.html|title=UK Olympic hero Farah slams 'prejudice' of Trump border move|date=January 29, 2017|publisher=Yahoo|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806173931/https://www.yahoo.com/news/uk-olympic-hero-farah-slams-prejudice-trump-border-131931905--spt.html}} After clarification, Farah said he was "relieved" he would be able to return to his family in the US{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/sir-mo-farah-relieved-to-be-allowed-to-return-to-his-family-after-fears-of-having-to-say-daddy-might-not-be-able-to-come-home-following-trump-travel-ban/ar-AAmnYQg|title=Sir Mo Farah relieved to be allowed to return to his family after fears of having to say 'Daddy might not be able to come home' following Trump travel ban|website=MSN|access-date=January 31, 2017|archive-date=January 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130163742/http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/sir-mo-farah-relieved-to-be-allowed-to-return-to-his-family-after-fears-of-having-to-say-daddy-might-not-be-able-to-come-home-following-trump-travel-ban/ar-AAmnYQg|url-status=live}}

Sami Zayn, a Syrian Canadian professional wrestler, wrote on Twitter, "I can't articulate how truly disgusted I am right now."{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/nba-seeks-state-department-clarity-trump-immigration-ban-article-1.2958524|title=NBA seeks State Department clarity on Trump's immigration ban as athletes from around sports world speak out against order|date=January 28, 2017|website=Daily News|location=New York|last1=Parco|first1=Nicholas|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=November 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106215718/https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/nba-seeks-state-department-clarity-trump-immigration-ban-article-1.2958524|url-status=live}} American fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad wrote, "Our diversity makes our country strong." Dale Earnhardt Jr., a professional stock car racing driver, wrote, "My family emigrated from Germany in 1700s escaping religious persecution. America is created by immigrants."{{cite magazine|last1=Rafferty|first1=Scott|title=Trump's Refugee Ban: Sports World Reacts|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/sports/steve-kerr-ronda-rousey-athletes-on-trump-refugee-band-w463951|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=February 4, 2017|date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=February 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205182826/http://www.rollingstone.com/sports/steve-kerr-ronda-rousey-athletes-on-trump-refugee-band-w463951|url-status=live}} Mixed martial artist Ronda Rousey quoted "The New Colossus" with the hashtag: resist. American football offensive tackle Ryan Harris said the order is "from the playbook of hatred."{{cite web|last1=Wilson|first1=Ryan|title=Steelers player, a Muslim, says immigration ban 'from the playbook of hatred'|url=http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/steelers-player-a-muslim-says-immigration-ban-from-the-playbook-of-hatred/|website=CBS Sports|access-date=February 4, 2017|date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=November 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107034150/https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/steelers-player-a-muslim-says-immigration-ban-from-the-playbook-of-hatred/|url-status=live}} The widow of Pat Tillman, who left his career in football to serve in the Army after the September 11 attacks, wrote on Facebook, "This is not the country [Pat] dreamed of, not what he served for, and not what he died for." Lebanese Canadian ice hockey player, Nazem Kadri, called the ban "unfortunate."{{cite web|last1=Lazerus|first1=Mark|title=Political debate creeps into dressing room, but not out in public|url=http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/political-debate-creeps-into-dressing-room-but-not-out-in-public/|website=Chicago Sun-Times|access-date=February 6, 2017|location=Glendale, Arizona|date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=February 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207114731/http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/political-debate-creeps-into-dressing-room-but-not-out-in-public/}}

The soccer community spoke out with Michael Bradley, the captain of the United States men's national soccer team, writing that he was "sad and embarrassed" by the executive order, adding that "the Muslim ban is just the latest example of someone who couldn't be more out of touch with our country and the right way to move forward",{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2017/01/29/usmnt-michael-bradley-donald-trump-muslim-ban|title=USMNT captain Michael Bradley: Muslim ban shows Trump is 'out of touch'|date=January 29, 2017|magazine=Sports Illustrated|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=December 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205232455/https://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2017/01/29/usmnt-michael-bradley-donald-trump-muslim-ban|url-status=live}} while Becky Sauerbrunn, the co-captain of the United States women's national soccer team, called the executive order "un-American."{{cite magazine|title=USWNT captain Becky Sauerbrunn says Muslim ban is 'un-American'|url=https://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2017/02/02/uswnt-becky-sauerbrunn-muslim-ban-unamerican-donald-trump|magazine=Sports Illustrated|access-date=February 3, 2017|date=February 2, 2017|archive-date=November 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116104108/https://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2017/02/02/uswnt-becky-sauerbrunn-muslim-ban-unamerican-donald-trump|url-status=live}} Alejandro Bedoya, Darlington Nagbe, and Sacha Kljestan supported Bradley's sentiments, with Bedoya saying, "[Our national team] is the epitome of diversity in America and what America's all about."{{cite web|last1=Critchley|first1=Mark|title=Donald Trump's 'Muslim ban' supported by Stoke City defender Geoff Cameron|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/donald-trump-news-muslim-ban-geoff-cameron-a7562066.html|website=The Independent|access-date=February 3, 2017|date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107020044/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news/donald-trump-news-muslim-ban-geoff-cameron-a7562066.html|url-status=live}} Unlike his teammates, Geoff Cameron spoke out in support of the executive order, saying, "A temporary pause on immigration for the purpose of evaluating and improving vetting procedures makes sense."

Members of the basketball community also spoke out to condemn the executive order. Basketball Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon, who is Nigerian American, said, "I can't believe it's actually happening that he's trying to implement that."{{cite magazine|last1=Jones|first1=Jonathan|title=Still Dreaming: Hakeem Olajuwon Refuses To Be Shaken By Trump's Muslim Ban|url=https://www.si.com/nba/2017/02/01/hakeem-olajuwon-donald-trump-muslim-immigration-ban|magazine=Sports Illustrated|access-date=February 4, 2017|location=Sugar Land, Texas|date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=July 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713110253/https://www.si.com/nba/2017/02/01/hakeem-olajuwon-donald-trump-muslim-immigration-ban|url-status=live}} Magic Johnson called the order "un-American" and said, "[Trump] must stop acting like a dictator."{{cite web|title=MAGIC JOHNSON TO TRUMP: STOP ACTING LIKE A DICTATOR ... 'Muslim Ban' Is Wrong|url=https://www.tmz.com/2017/01/30/magic-johnson-trump-dictator/|website=TMZ|access-date=February 4, 2017|date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021211055/https://www.tmz.com/2017/01/30/magic-johnson-trump-dictator/|url-status=live}} Steve Nash wrote, "Freedom and liberty [are] packing up their things." Nazr Mohammed wrote, "It's a tough day when you find out that so many people that you thought were fans or friends really hate you and everything you believe in." Enes Kanter, who is Turkish, wrote, "I am still in disbelief about the [Muslim ban]."{{cite web|url=https://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2017/1/29/14429276/athletes-react-donald-trump-muslim-ban-usa-nba-olympics-usmnt|title=Athletes from multiple sports react to Donald Trump's travel ban|date=January 29, 2017|website=SB Nation|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806165602/https://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2017/1/29/14429276/athletes-react-donald-trump-muslim-ban-usa-nba-olympics-usmnt|url-status=live}} Jeremy Lin, who is Chinese American, apologized to people affected by the executive order, then added, "This is for real getting out of control."{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jan/29/michael-bradley-donald-trump-travel-ban-sports|title=USMNT captain Bradley attacks Trump as sports world rounds on travel ban|date=January 29, 2017|website=The Guardian|location=New York|last1=Lutz|first1=Tom|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=December 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212010328/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jan/29/michael-bradley-donald-trump-travel-ban-sports|url-status=live}} Rondae Hollis-Jefferson called the executive order "BS."{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2017/01/28/emotional-nets-guard-im-muslim-and-trumps-ban-is-bs/|title=Net chokes up: I'm Muslim, and Trump's ban is 'BS'|date=January 28, 2017|website=New York Post|location=Minneapolis|last1=Lewis|first1=Brian|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=November 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106212412/https://nypost.com/2017/01/28/emotional-nets-guard-im-muslim-and-trumps-ban-is-bs/|url-status=live}} Luol Deng, who is British Sudanese, said, "Refugees are productive members of society. It's important we humanize the experience of others."{{cite web|title=Trump ban: US sports figures criticise ban on immigrants|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/38806903|publisher=BBC|access-date=February 3, 2017|date=January 31, 2017|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111192939/https://www.bbc.com/sport/38806903|url-status=live}} Kyle Lowry said, "Our country is the land of the free and for that to happen, I think is bullshit."

Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri called the order "ridiculous." Alexander Lasry, the senior vice president of the Milwaukee Bucks, wrote, "This is not who we are as a country and doesn't live up to our ideals."{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba-players-executives-denounce-donald-trumps-muslim-ban-as-b-s-173445785.html|title=NBA players, executives denounce Donald Trump's Muslim ban as 'B.S.'|date=January 29, 2017|publisher=Yahoo!|last1=Rohrbach|first1=Ben|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=May 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524145717/https://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba-players-executives-denounce-donald-trumps-muslim-ban-as-b-s-173445785.html|url-status=live}} Steve Kerr, the head coach of the Golden State Warriors, said, "What's happening right now is really scary and disconcerting." Stan Van Gundy, the head coach of the Detroit Pistons, compared the order to Japanese internment during World War II and Hitler's registering of Jews. Gregg Popovich, the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs, said that "the roll-out... was Keystone Kops-like by any measure with objectivity."{{cite magazine|title=Spurs coach Gregg Popovich blasts Donald Trump for immigration ban|url=https://www.si.com/nba/2017/01/29/spurs-gregg-popovich-blasts-donald-trump-immigration-ban|magazine=Sports Illustrated|access-date=February 4, 2017|date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=June 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614050417/https://www.si.com/nba/2017/01/29/spurs-gregg-popovich-blasts-donald-trump-immigration-ban|url-status=live}}

American wrestling champion Jordan Burroughs—who had just participated in 2017 Wrestling World Cup in Iran—voiced his opposition of the order, saying that he never felt any ill will towards him in Iran, "the opposite actually".{{Cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/18/world/middleeast/iran-us-wrestling-team-jordan-burroughs-kyle-snyder.html?_r=0|title = U.S. Wrestlers Find They Have Passionate Fans in Iran|newspaper = The New York Times|date = February 18, 2017|last1 = Erdbrink|first1 = Thomas|access-date = March 8, 2017|archive-date = November 11, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201111235649/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/18/world/middleeast/iran-us-wrestling-team-jordan-burroughs-kyle-snyder.html?_r=0|url-status = live}}

File:Googleplex_protest,_20170130-2.jpg of Google in Mountain View, January 30, 2017. 2,000 Google workers from campuses around the world staged a walkout{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/google-employees-rally-against-president-trump-s-immigration-ban-n714466|title=More than 2,000 Google employees rallied against President Trump.|date=January 31, 2017|publisher=NBC News|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-date=November 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102193939/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/google-employees-rally-against-president-trump-s-immigration-ban-n714466|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/google/2017/1/30/14446466/google-immigration-protest-walkout-trump-googlers-unite|title=Google employees staged a protest over Trump's immigration ban|date=January 30, 2017|publisher=Verge|access-date=September 10, 2017|archive-date=January 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111174151/https://www.theverge.com/google/2017/1/30/14446466/google-immigration-protest-walkout-trump-googlers-unite|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/google-employees-protest-trump-immigration-ban-sergey-brin-sundar-pichai/|title=Thousands of Googlers protest Trump's immigration order|publisher=CNET|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414151724/https://www.cnet.com/news/google-employees-protest-trump-immigration-ban-sergey-brin-sundar-pichai/|url-status=live}}]]

Technology companies denounced Trump's ban, and several recalled their employees to the United States.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/01/28/silicon-valley-publicly-denounces-trumps-ban-on-muslim-refugees/|title=Tech firms recall employees to U.S., denounce Trump's ban on refugees from Muslim countries|date=January 28, 2017|last2=Jan|first2=Tracy|newspaper=The Washington Post|first1=Brian|last1=Fung|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=September 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913085148/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/01/28/silicon-valley-publicly-denounces-trumps-ban-on-muslim-refugees/|url-status=live}} Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey, Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, Tesla chief executive Elon Musk, Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai were among the tech leaders who spoke out against the executive order. The Internet Association, a trade association representing Amazon, LinkedIn, and other companies, stated, "The internet industry is deeply concerned with the implications of President Trump's executive order limiting immigration and movement into the United States." Moved by Mo Farah's statement regarding the impact of the executive order, Nike chairman Mark Parker affirmed that his company would stand "together against bigotry and any form of discrimination".{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/825877697905688577|title=Judd Legum on Twitter|via=Twitter|language=en|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=January 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129013637/https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/825877697905688577|url-status=live}}{{Primary source inline|date=August 2020}} In solidarity with refugees affected by Trump's ban, ride-sharing company Lyft donated one million dollars to the ACLU to support legal challenges against the order.{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/316729-lyft-will-donate-1-million-to-aclu-after-trump-immigration-ban/|title=Lyft will donate $1M to ACLU after Trump immigration ban|last=Zimmerman|first=Neetzan|date=January 29, 2017|newspaper=The Hill|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=January 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129160918/http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/316729-lyft-will-donate-1-million-to-aclu-after-trump-immigration-ban|url-status=live}} Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky offered to provide housing to refugees banned from the United States,{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2017/01/29/airbnb-offers-free-housing-to-refugees-and-others-in-limbo-after-trumps-executive-order/|title=Airbnb offers free housing to refugees and others in limbo after Trump's executive order|last1=Wang|first1=Amy B.|date=January 29, 2017|last2=Wang|first2=Amy B.|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en|issn=0190-8286|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=March 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329163842/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2017/01/29/airbnb-offers-free-housing-to-refugees-and-others-in-limbo-after-trumps-executive-order/|url-status=live}} and Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz pledged to hire 10,000 refugees at branches around the world over the next five years.{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/01/29/news/companies/starbucks-hiring-refugees/index.html|title=Starbucks pledges to hire 10,000 refugees|last=Disis|first=Jill|date=January 29, 2017|website=CNNMoney|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=August 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810205710/https://money.cnn.com/2017/01/29/news/companies/starbucks-hiring-refugees/index.html|url-status=live}} The Koch brothers' seminar network stated its opposition to the ban.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/29/koch-network-slams-trump-immigrant-ban/97222218/|title=Koch network slams Trump immigrant ban|last=Schouten|first=Fredreka|date=January 29, 2017|newspaper=USA Today|location=Washington|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=November 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101033810/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/29/koch-network-slams-trump-immigrant-ban/97222218/|url-status=live}} Organizations in the video game industry also spoke out against the ban, including International Game Developers Association, the Entertainment Software Association, Electronic Arts, Insomniac Games, Zynga, Blizzard Entertainment, and Harmonix and several developers launched efforts through their games to provide donations to the ACLU for the legal challenges.{{Cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/01/game-developers-trade-groups-speak-out-against-trumps-immigration-order/|title=Game industry scrambles to respond to Trump's immigration order|last=Orland|first=Kyle|date=January 30, 2017|access-date=February 1, 2017|work=Ars Technica|archive-date=August 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803153536/https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/01/game-developers-trade-groups-speak-out-against-trumps-immigration-order/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-02-02-blizzard-and-harmonix-joins-studios-opposing-trump-immigration-ban|title=Blizzard and Harmonix joins studios opposing Trump immigration ban|last=Batchelor|first=James|date=February 2, 2017|access-date=February 2, 2017|work=GamesIndustry.biz|archive-date=September 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907071926/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-02-02-blizzard-and-harmonix-joins-studios-opposing-trump-immigration-ban|url-status=live}} The Ford Motor Co. opposed the executive order, saying that it "goes against our values as a company."* Ian Thibodeau, [http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/ford/2017/01/30/ford-decry-travel-ban/97242756/ Ford's top executives slam Trump travel ban] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029223315/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/ford/2017/01/30/ford-decry-travel-ban/97242756/ |date=October 29, 2020 }}, Detroit News (January 30, 2017).

• David Shepardson, [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ford-trump-idUSKBN15E1ZB Ford Motor criticizes Trump immigration order] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202110718/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ford-trump-idUSKBN15E1ZB |date=December 2, 2020 }}, Reuters (January 30, 2017).
• Brent Snavely & Nathan Bomey, [http://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2017/01/30/ford-trump-travel-ban-we-do-not-support-policy/97242440/ Ford on Trump travel ban: 'We do not support this policy'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029152229/https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2017/01/30/ford-trump-travel-ban-we-do-not-support-policy/97242440/ |date=October 29, 2020 }}, Detroit Free Press/USA Today (January 30, 2017). Executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation Katherine Maher released a statement opposing the ban, saying that "It threatens our freedoms of inquiry and exchange, and it infringes on the fundamental rights of our colleagues, our communities, and our families."{{Cite web|last=Maher|first=Katherine|date=2017-01-31|title=Knowledge knows no boundaries|url=https://diff.wikimedia.org/2017/01/30/knowledge-knows-no-boundaries/|access-date=2022-01-22|website=Diff|language=en-US|archive-date=November 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129091850/https://diff.wikimedia.org/2017/01/30/knowledge-knows-no-boundaries/|url-status=live}} On February 2, thousands of Comcast employees in Portland, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Sunnyvale walked off the job in protest of the executive order.{{Cite news|url=http://www.geekwire.com/2017/1200-comcast-employees-walking-off-jobs-protest-trump-immigration-ban/|title=More than 1,200 Comcast employees are walking off their jobs to protest Trump immigration ban|last=Stampher|first=Jillian|date=February 2, 2017|work=Geek Wire|access-date=February 2, 2017|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112004052/https://www.geekwire.com/2017/1200-comcast-employees-walking-off-jobs-protest-trump-immigration-ban/|url-status=live}}

However, several executives & analysts, including Steve Odland former CEO of Office Depot and AutoZone commented that the order won't lead to significant changes in IT hiring practices among US companies since the countries affected are not the primary source of foreign talent.{{cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2017/01/31/trump-immigration-order-unlikely-to-affect-tech-hiring/|title=Trump Immigration Order Unlikely to Affect Tech Hiring|last=Norton|first=Steven|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=January 31, 2017|access-date=February 2, 2017|archive-date=November 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128110520/https://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2017/01/31/trump-immigration-order-unlikely-to-affect-tech-hiring/|url-status=live}}

Small businesses and bodegas in New York City owned by Yemeni immigrants closed from noon to 8 pm on February 2 in protest against the executive order. New York Mayor, Bill De Blasio expressed his support to the protest on Twitter.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/nyregion/new-yorks-yemeni-owned-bodegas-close-to-protest-trumps-immigration-ban.html|title=New York's Yemeni-Owned Bodegas Close to Protest Trump's Immigration Ban|last=Stack|first=Liam|date=February 2, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 2, 2017|archive-date=December 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217114151/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/nyregion/new-yorks-yemeni-owned-bodegas-close-to-protest-trumps-immigration-ban.html?_r=0|url-status=live}}

Extensive protests and activism has emerged in the Muslim community as a result of the order. Hesitation and fear of leaving the United States and not being able to return home has been a widespread reaction.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/first-person/2018/6/27/17510560/travel-ban-muslim-trump-islamophobia|title=An anti-Muslim narrative has shaped policy for decades. The travel ban will make it worse.|last=Islam|first=Namira|date=June 2, 2018|website=Vox|access-date=May 1, 2019|archive-date=April 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410210516/https://www.vox.com/first-person/2018/6/27/17510560/travel-ban-muslim-trump-islamophobia|url-status=live}} Kashif Abul Karim, imam at Muhammad Islamic Center in Hartford has drawn parallels between the order and the ruling of Korematsu v. United States.{{Cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-br-muslim-community-rally-against-travel-ban-20180629-story.html|title=Muslim Community Leaders Protest Trump's Travel Ban|last=Bruno|first=Ruth|website=courant.com|date=June 29, 2018|access-date=May 1, 2019|archive-date=July 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708142939/https://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-br-muslim-community-rally-against-travel-ban-20180629-story.html|url-status=live}}

Some Catholic leaders have condemned the ban and encouraged mercy and compassion towards refugees.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/christian-leaders-donald-trump-muslim-ban-denounce-all-faiths-oppose-islam-refugees-catholic-a7553281.html|title=Christian leaders denounce Donald Trump 'Muslim ban'|website=Independent.co.uk|date=January 30, 2017|access-date=February 2, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202133934/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/christian-leaders-donald-trump-muslim-ban-denounce-all-faiths-oppose-islam-refugees-catholic-a7553281.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/01/30/some-of-the-u-s-s-most-important-catholic-leaders-are-condemning-trumps-travel-ban/|title=Some of the U.S.'s most important Catholic leaders are condemning Trump's travel ban|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=February 2, 2017|archive-date=August 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802151942/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/01/30/some-of-the-u-s-s-most-important-catholic-leaders-are-condemning-trumps-travel-ban|url-status=live}} The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops stated that "The church will not waiver in her defence of our sisters and brothers of all faiths who suffer at the hands of merciless persecutors".{{cite web|url=http://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2017/trumps-action-banning-refugees-brings-outcry-from-us-church-leaders.cfm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130165211/http://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2017/trumps-action-banning-refugees-brings-outcry-from-us-church-leaders.cfm|archive-date=January 30, 2017|title=Trump's action banning refugees brings outcry from U.S. church leaders|access-date=February 2, 2017}} Church leaders speaking against the ban include Chicago cardinal Blaise Cupich (who called the executive action a "dark moment in US history"),"proved to be a dark moment in U.S. history." bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego, bishop Joe S. Vasquez of Austin, cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, bishop Michael Francis Burbidge of Arlington,{{cite web|url=http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/us-bishops-respond-to-trump-executive-order-addressing-refugee-admissions|title=US Bishops, Others Oppose Trump Executive Order Addressing Refugee Admissions|date=January 30, 2017|access-date=February 2, 2017|archive-date=July 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715011150/http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/us-bishops-respond-to-trump-executive-order-addressing-refugee-admissions|url-status=live}} archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles,{{cite web|url=http://catholicphilly.com/2017/01/think-tank/archbishop-chaput-column/persons-first-refugees-immigrants-and-executive-orders/|title=Persons first: Refugees, immigrants and executive orders|access-date=February 2, 2017|archive-date=March 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312212346/http://catholicphilly.com/2017/01/think-tank/archbishop-chaput-column/persons-first-refugees-immigrants-and-executive-orders/|url-status=live}} and bishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia.

The same opinion is Louis Raphaël I Sako, the Patriarch of Babylon and Head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, who believes that the Executive Order will bring further division between Christians and Muslims in the Middle East and North Africa.{{cite news|url=http://www.newsbook.com.mt/artikli/2017/2/1/il-patrijarka-kaldew:-l-ordni-ta%27-trump-hi-ta%27-hsara-ghall-insara-fil-lvant-nofsani.56156/|title=Il-Patrijarka Kaldew: L-ordni ta' Trump hi ta' ħsara għall-Insara fil-Lvant Nofsani|last=Pio|first=Francesco|date=February 1, 2017|work=iNews Malta|location=Attard, Malta|language=mt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201195410/http://www.newsbook.com.mt/artikli/2017/2/1/il-patrijarka-kaldew:-l-ordni-ta%27-trump-hi-ta%27-hsara-ghall-insara-fil-lvant-nofsani.56156/|archive-date=February 1, 2017}}

The executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, Amanda Tyler, stated that the executive order was "a back-door bar on Muslim refugees."{{Cite news|url=https://baptistnews.com/article/baptists-weigh-in-on-muslim-travel-ban/|title=Baptists weigh in on Muslim travel ban|last=Allen|first=Bob|date=January 30, 2017|work=Baptist News Global|access-date=February 2, 2017|archive-date=November 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106212059/https://baptistnews.com/article/baptists-weigh-in-on-muslim-travel-ban/|url-status=live}} The director of the Alliance of Baptists, Paula Clayton Dempsey, urged the support of American resettlement of refugees.

However, members of the Southern Baptist Convention were largely supportive of the executive order.

The Economist noted that the order was signed on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, "a time when many Americans recall with anguish the hundreds of German Jewish refugees denied entry to American ports". This fact, as well as Trump's omission of any reference to Jews or Anti-Semitism in his concurrent address for Holocaust Remembrance Day{{cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/27/statement-president-international-holocaust-remembrance-day|title=Statement by the President on International Holocaust Remembrance Day|date=January 27, 2017|format=Press release|via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|access-date=January 31, 2017}} and the ban's possible effect on Muslim refugees, led to condemnation from Jewish organizations, including the Anti-Defamation League, the HIAS, and J Street,{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/27/politics/trump-refugee-holocaust-remembrance-day/index.html|title=Jewish groups pan Trump for signing refugee ban on Holocaust Remembrance Day|last=Koran|first=Laura|date=January 28, 2017|publisher=CNN|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=December 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217120609/http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/27/politics/trump-refugee-holocaust-remembrance-day/index.html|url-status=live}} as well as Holocaust survivors.{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-1.767553|title=Holocaust survivors respond to Trump's refugee ban with outrage, empathy|last=Fox-Belivacqua|first=Marisa|date=January 28, 2017|work=Haaretz|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=January 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129005131/http://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-1.767553|url-status=live}} Some of these organizations were involved in the protests against the immigration ban at the JFK International airport{{cite news|url=http://forward.com/news/361479/at-jfk-protest-against-muslim-ban-cries-of-never-again/|title=At JFK Protest Against Muslim Ban, Cries of 'Never Again'|last=Nathan-Kazis|first=Josh|date=January 28, 2017|publisher=Forward|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=September 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921032130/https://forward.com/news/361479/at-jfk-protest-against-muslim-ban-cries-of-never-again/|url-status=live}} and in Manhattan,{{cite web|url=http://forward.com/news/361453/at-interfaith-rally-against-trumps-muslim-ban-prayers-for-resistance/|title=At Interfaith Rally Against Trump's Muslim Ban, Prayers for Resistance|last=Nathan-Kazis|first=Josh|date=January 28, 2017|publisher=Forward|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225082310/https://forward.com/news/361453/at-interfaith-rally-against-trumps-muslim-ban-prayers-for-resistance/|url-status=live}} with groups of Jews, on the Sabbath, joining interfaith protests with Muslims against the immigration ban.

Jihadist and Islamic extremist organizations celebrated the executive order as a victory, saying that "the new policy validates their claim that the United States is at war with Islam."Joby Warrick, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/jihadist-groups-hail-trumps-travel-ban-as-a-victory/2017/01/29/50908986-e66d-11e6-b82f-687d6e6a3e7c_story.html Jihadist groups hail Trump's travel ban as a victory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202234209/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/jihadist-groups-hail-trumps-travel-ban-as-a-victory/2017/01/29/50908986-e66d-11e6-b82f-687d6e6a3e7c_story.html |date=February 2, 2017 }}, The Washington Post (January 29, 2017). ISIL-linked social media postings "compared the executive order to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, which Islamic militant leaders at the time hailed as a 'blessed invasion' that ignited anti-Western fervor across the Islamic world." Terrorism analyst Rita Katz, founder of the SITE Intelligence Group, stated that: "Jihadists would have to argue to lengths that Obama, Bush, and others held anti-Islam agendas and hated the religion — not just radical terrorists. Trump, however, makes that argument a lot easier for them to sell to their followers."

The stock market had its biggest drop in 2017 as investors reacted to the curb on immigration.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-stocks-idUSKBN15E1B2|title=Wall Street falls the most this year as Trump honeymoon sours|last=Campos|first=Rodrigo|date=January 30, 2017|work=Reuters|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=January 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129020057/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-stocks-idUSKBN15E1B2|url-status=live}} As uncertainty about the executive order continued, investors began to "dump stocks and the dollar" causing the Dow Jones Industrial Average to fall below 20,000.{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoinegara/2017/01/30/trump-travel-ban-stirs-u-s-stock-selloff-fitbit-and-tempur-sealy-plunge-on-weak-earnings-guidance/|title=The Dow Falls Below 20,000 As Trump Travel Ban Stirs U.S. Stock Selloff|last=Gara|first=Antoine|date=January 30, 2017|work=Forbes|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225182946/https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoinegara/2017/01/30/trump-travel-ban-stirs-u-s-stock-selloff-fitbit-and-tempur-sealy-plunge-on-weak-earnings-guidance/|url-status=live}} European and Asian markets also closed at lower rates because of the uncertainty surrounding the executive order.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2017/jan/30/stock-markets-us-dollar-trump-travel-ban-german-inflation-business-live|title=Stock markets hit by US travel ban fears, Dow falls below 20,000 – as it happened|last1=Wearden|first1=Graeme|date=January 30, 2017|work=The Guardian|last2=Fletcher|first2=Nick|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=January 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129012032/https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2017/jan/30/stock-markets-us-dollar-trump-travel-ban-german-inflation-business-live|url-status=live}}

On January 28, FiveThirtyEight discussed the ban, saying "the scope of Trump's executive order is such that we're largely in uncharted waters. Past polls are only so useful, as most of them did not ask about actions as broad as the ones Trump undertook." Summarizing past polls, they found that Americans generally support reductions in immigration and refugee intake numbers, but oppose a religion-based immigration ban and blanket bans.{{cite web|url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/will-trumps-refugee-ban-have-public-support/|title=Will Trump's Refugee Ban Have Public Support?|last=Enten|first=Harry|date=January 28, 2017|publisher=FiveThirtyEight|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=October 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008220957/https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/will-trumps-refugee-ban-have-public-support/|url-status=live}}

Polls taken after the executive order was issued demonstrated a split in U.S. public opinion on the order. Different polls yielded different results, based on how the question was asked and the specific phrasing of the question. Additionally, some parts of the order were more popular than others; a particularity that according to The Washington Post reflected "complicated attitudes" on the part of the American public.

A number of national surveys taken in the days following the order's issuance yielded contradictory findings:

• Rasmussen Reports conducted a poll before the Executive order was issued (Jan 25–26), asking likely U.S. voters whether they "favor or oppose a temporary ban on refugees from [the seven listed countries] until the federal government improves its ability to screen out potential terrorists from coming here?" That survey found that 57% supported, 33% are opposed, and 10% are undecided.{{cite web|url=http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/january_2017/most_support_temporary_ban_on_newcomers_from_terrorist_havens|title=Most Support Temporary Ban on Newcomers from Terrorist Havens|publisher=Rasmussen Reports|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=August 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822141301/https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/january_2017/most_support_temporary_ban_on_newcomers_from_terrorist_havens|url-status=live}} The Washington Post notes that Rasmussen "typically generates poll results that are friendlier to Republicans than other pollsters."
• An Ipsos/Reuters poll from January 30–31 asked respondents whether they "agree or disagree with the Executive Order that President Trump signed blocking refugees and banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S."{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-poll-exclusive-idUSKBN15F2MG|title=Exclusive: Only a third of Americans think Trump's travel ban will make them more safe|date=February 1, 2017|work=Reuters|access-date=July 2, 2017|archive-date=January 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131212440/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-poll-exclusive-idUSKBN15F2MG|url-status=live}} The poll showed that 26% "strongly agree"; 22% "somewhat agree"; 14% "somewhat disagree"; and 27% "strongly disagree" (for total of 48% agree to 41% disagree). The same poll found that a majority agreed that "the U.S. should limit the number of refugees allowed into the country (66% agree, 26% disagree); that the U.S. should welcome refugees from all conflicts, not just certain ones (56% agree, 31% disagree), and that the U.S. should open the borders to those fleeing ISIS (49% agree to 40% disagree). A majority of Americans disagreed that the U.S. should prioritize Christian refugees over Muslim ones (57% disagree, 28% agree). Americans agree that all countries should open their borders to refugees of foreign conflicts (48% agree, 42% disagree), and that singling out a group based on religion violates American principles (44% agree, 39% disagree).{{cite web | url = http://www.ipsos-na.com/download/pr.aspx?id=16379 | title = Ipsos Poll Conducted for Reuters Immigration Ban 1.31.2017 | date = 31 January 2017 | publisher = IPSOS | access-date = 1 February 2017 | quote = TM1140Y17—Do you agree or disagree with the Executive Order that President Trump signed blocking refugees and banning people from seven Muslim majority countries from entering the U.S.?… TOTAL AGREE 48% | page = 3 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170131230352/http://ipsos-na.com/download/pr.aspx?id=16379 | archive-date = 31 January 2017 }} Support for the travel ban split along party lines. A majority of Democrats strongly disagreed with Trump's ban, while a majority of Republicans strongly agreed. The poll also found that Republicans were three times more likely than Democrats to believe that "banning people from Muslim countries is necessary to prevent terrorism." The Ipsos/Reuters poll also found that 31% of Americans believed that the ban made them more safe; 26% felt less safe after the executive order, and 33% said that it would not make a difference. 72% of Democrats and 45% of Republicans, disagreed that the country should "welcome Christian refugees, but not Muslim ones."
• A Gallup poll taken on January 30 asked U.S. adults whether they approved of Trump's ordering of "a temporary ban on entry into U.S. for most people from seven predominantly Muslim countries." 55% disapproved, while 42% approved and 3% had no opinion.Frank Newport, [http://www.gallup.com/poll/203264/half-americans-say-trump-moving-fast.aspx About Half of Americans Say Trump Moving Too Fast] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713210033/http://www.gallup.com/poll/203264/half-americans-say-trump-moving-fast.aspx |date=July 13, 2017 }} Gallup Poll (February 2, 2017). The majority of American opposed the indefinite suspension of the U.S.'s Syrian refugee program (36% approve, 58% disapprove). There was a major partisan split; 71% of Republicans approved of barring Syrian refugees, while only 35% of independents and 10% of Democrats did.
• A CNN/ORC poll of U.S. adults taken from January 31 to February 2 showed that overall, 47% support the executive order and 53% oppose it. A majority agreed that the ban makes the U.S. less safe from terrorism (46%) as opposed to more safe (41%). More Americans believe that the order harms American values (49%) rather than protects American values (43%). As with the other polls, there was a deep partisan divide; 88% of Democrats oppose the order and 88% of Republicans support the order. (Independents lean against the order, with 54% opposing it.)Jennifer Agiesta, [http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/03/politics/donald-trump-travel-ban-poll/ CNN/ORC poll: Majority oppose Trump's travel ban] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117061339/https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/03/politics/donald-trump-travel-ban-poll/ |date=November 17, 2020 }}, CNN (February 3, 2017).
• A Politico/Morning Consult poll of U.S. registered voters conducted from February 2 through February 4, showed that 54% of those surveyed said they approved of "Trump's new immigration restrictions" while only 38% opposed them.{{cite news |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-democrats-poll-234778 |title=Poll: Democrats want leaders to block Trump |first=Jake |last=Sherman |date=February 8, 2017 |access-date=February 11, 2017 |work=Politico |archive-date=August 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821191809/https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-democrats-poll-234778 |url-status=live }}

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