>> THOUSANDS OF IMMIGRANTS ARE
BACK IN THE U.S. AFTER A FEDERAL
JUDGE BLOCKS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
EXECUTIVE ORDER, BANNING PEOPLE
FROM SEVEN PREDOMINANTLY MUSLIM
COUNTRIES FROM ENTERING THE U.S.
WELCOME TO THIS SPECIAL EDITION
OF 11 TV HILL.
BREAKING OVERNIGHT FROM A
FEDERAL APPEALS COURT DENYING
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S REQUEST
FOR AN IMMEDIATE REINSTATEMENT
OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TRAVEL BAN.
THEY LAST NIGHT, THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION REPEALED --
APPEALED.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TOOK TO THE
STREETS, DEMANDING A PERMANENT
CHRIS: PROTESTERS TOOK TO THE
STREETS AGAIN SATURDAY, PUSHING
A PRO-IMMIGRATION MESSAGE.
URGING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
TO DROP ITS EXECUTIVE OR TARRING
FROM SEVEN -- BARRING PEOPLE --
EXECUTIVE ORDER BARRING PEOPLE
FROM SEVEN LARGELY MUSLIM
COUNTRIES.
THE PROTESTERS ENCOURAGED BY A
SEATTLE FEDERAL JUDGE'S RULING
LATE FRIDAY, WHICH PUTS THE
TRAVEL BAN ON HOLD FOR NOW.
WHAT I FIND A TEMPORARY
RESTRAINING ORDER IS IN THE
PUBLIC INTEREST.
WORKS THAT HAD -- >> IT HAS THE
POWER TO HOLD EVERYBODY
ACCOUNTABLE TO IT, INCLUDING THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
CHRIS: BEFORE THE COOL -- THE
COURT RULING, HE DEFENDED HIS
EXECUTIVE ORDER.
>> THE PROCESS TO HAVE NEW
VETTING AND MAKE SURE THOSE
COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES
LOVE AND SUPPORT OUR PEOPLE,
THAT THEY HAVE GOOD INTENTIONS.
CHRIS: TRUMP TREATED SATURDAY
MORNING THAT THE RULING WAS
RIDICULOUS AND PREDICTS THAT IT
WILL BE OVERTURNED.
PEOPLE FROM THE SEVEN BAND
COUNTRIES ARE NOW FREE TO COME
TO THE U.S..
ALL FEDERAL AGENCIES ARE
COMPLYING WITH THE COURT ORDER
OR DO IF THEY DO COME, IT WILL
BE WITH THEIR OWN -- AT THEIR
OWN PERIL.
WITH CONSTANT LEGAL MANEUVERING
GOING ON, THEIR STATUS COULD
CHANGE AT ANY MOMENT CAME JASON:
PROTESTERS HELD A RALLY OUTSIDE
OF A BUILDING OWNED AND BUILT BY
DONALD TRUMP IN WEST PALM BEACH,
FLORIDA.
THEY HELD SIGNS AND CHANTED.
THE GROUP MARCHED ABOUT TWO
MILES TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
MAR-A-LAGO RESORT.
WORLDWIDE DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NOW BLOCKED
EXECUTIVE ORDER TO PLACE IN
LONDON, AUSTRALIA AND AS FAR
AWAY AS HONG KONG.
PROTESTERS ALSO GATHERED IN
OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS
WELL.
THE PRESIDENT HAD A LOT TO SAY
ABOUT FRIDAY'S RULING IN A
SERIES OF TWEETS, EVEN LASHING
HE GOT -- LASHING OUT AGAINST
THE JUDGE YOU MADE THE RULING.
IN ANOTHER TREAT, HE SAYS, WHEN
A COUNTRY IS NO LONGER ABLE TO
SAY WHO CAN AND WHO CANNOT COME
IN AND OUT COME IN AND OUTCOME
ESPECIALLY FOR REASONS OF SAFETY
AND SECURITY, BIG TROUBLE.
EARLIER TODAY, VICE PRESIDENT
MIKE PENCE EXPRESSED HIS CONCERN
ABOUT FRIDAY'S RULING OF
PUSHBACK ON THE NOTION THAT THIS
ORDER SHOULD BE RESCINDED.
FROM THE OUTSET OF HIS
CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT THAN THE
OUTSET OF THIS ADMINISTERS AND,
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS MADE IT
CLEAR.
HE IS GOING TO PUT THE SAFETY
AND SECURITY OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE FIRST AND USING A LIST OF
COUNTRIES THAT THEY OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION AND THE CONTRAST
-- AND THE FIRES HAVE CERTIFIES
-- AND THE CONGRESS HAVE
CERTIFIED.
IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
PRESIDENT'S COMMITMENT TO DO
JUST THAT.
WE ARE CONFIDENT OF PRESIDENT IS
OPERATING WITHIN HIS AUTHORITY
AS PRESIDENT, BOTH UNDER THE
CONSTITUTION AND UNDER CLEAR
STATUTORY LAW.
JASON: THE VICE PRESIDENT CALLED
THE JUDGE'S RULING FRUSTRATING
AND ALSO INSISTED THAT THE ORDER
IS NOT A RELIGIOUS SPAN --
RELIGIOUS BAN.
>> WE NEED TO ADDRESS WHAT WE
HAVE IN OUR COUNTRY FIRST AND
THAT YES AND I THINK IT IS
NECESSARY.
IT'S DANGEROUS FOR AMERICANS AND
WE NEED TO FEEL SAFE IN HER OWN
HOME.
>> BEN CARDIN VOICING CONCERN.
HE SAID IN PART "THE
INTERNATIONAL CHAOS CAUSED BY
THE RUST AND ILL-CONCEIVED
EXECUTIVE ORDER TARGETING MUSLIM
REFUGEES AND TRAVELERS IS WRONG
AND SHOULD BE RESCINDED.
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER HAS MADE
AMERICA LESS SAFE"
IN BALTIMORE, A LARGE GROUP
MARCHED THROUGH THIS TREATS ON
SATURDAY AGAINST THE TRAVEL AND
REFUGEE BAND.
POLICE ESCORTED DOZENS OF
PEOPLE.
THEY CALLED THE DEMONSTRATION A
MARCH FOR TOLERANCE.
ONE LOCAL GROUP IS DEMANDING A
STANCE FROM GOVERNOR TERRY
HOGAN.
A LATINO ADVOCACY GROUP HELD A
RALLY, HOPING TO SEND A MESSAGE
THE GOVERNOR.
HUNDREDS ATTENDED THAT RALLY AT
THE STATE'S.
THEY SAY THEY WANT THE GOVERNOR
SUPPORT FOR IMMIGRANTS.
THE GOVERNOR HAS SAID THAT HIS
OFFICE IS REVIEWING THE
APPLICATIONS OF THE RESIDENCE
TRAVEL BAN FOR THE STATE OF
MARYLAND.
IN A STATEMENT, A SPOKESPERSON
FOR GOVERNOR HOGAN SAID THE
ADMINISTRATION HAS IN CONTINUES
TO SUCK OR AND STRENGTH IT HAS
TO SUPPORT AND STRENGTHEN A MORE
CLARIFIED VETTING PROCESS FOR
THOSE ENTERING OUR COUNTRY.
THAT COMES FROM THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE.
JOINING US NOW IS DR. CHOWDHURY.
THANK YOU FOR COMING BY.
DR. CHOWDHURY: THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME.
JASO WE INVITED MEMBERS FROM
THE STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO
JOIN US AS WELL.
WE DID NOT GET A RESPONSE.
FIRST, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
DISCUSSION IN THE LAST 48 HOURS.
DR. CHOWDHURY: THIS HAS BEEN A
FLUID AND EVOLVING SITUATION.
WE HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST WEEK
WHEN THE EXECUTIVE ORDER WAS
FIRST SIGNED THAT THERE HAVE
BEEN A LOT OF DECISIONS MADE AT
-- AT ALL LEVELS OF THE
GOVERNMENT THAT SENDS A MESSAGE
THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF
DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT ARE
SURELY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
CURRENT SITUATION IS RIGHT NOW
REGARDING THE ORDER, THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER.
IT IS A RABIDLY INVOLVING --
EVOLVING SITUATION.
DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP
EMPOWER AND EDUCATE ACTIVITIES.
JASON: TONY WE THINK OF WHAT IS
COMING OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
MUCH OF THE DISCUSSION -- IT'S A
TEMPORARY BAN TO REASSESS HOW WE
DO IMMIGRATION AND FIND OUT
WHERE THE HOLES ARE, ASK THEM UP
AND FIX IT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF IT?
DR. CHOWDHURY: ANY KIND OF
POLICY OR LEGISLATION THAT
UNFAIRLY TARGETS ANY MINORITY,
REGARDLESS OF THEIR RACE OR
RELIGION, DOES NOT KEEP OUR
COUNTRY SAFE.
IT UNDERMINES SOME OF THE CORE
VALUES OF OU DEMOCRACY.
IT IS ANTITHETICAL TO THE VALUES
THAT OUR COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED
UPON.
AMERICA WAS FOUNDED BY SETTLERS,
PILGRIMS WHO ARRIVED AT THE
UNITED STATES FLEEING RELIGIOUS
PERSECUTION.
THIS PARTICULAR EXECUTIVE ORDER
TARDY MOSTLY MUSLIM COUNTRIES
AND TARGETS REFUGEES MUSLIM IS
IS IS A CLEAR MESSAGE TO NOT
ONLY AMERICAN MUSLIMS BUT
MUSLIMS AROUND THE WORLD THAT
THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING
SPECIFICALLY THAT TARGETS
MUSLIMS.
AND THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN, MR.
TRUMP SAID THAT HE WOULD SUPPORT
A TOTALLY COMPLETE SHUTDOWN OF
MUSLIMS ENTERING THE UNITED
EIGHTS.
THIS CAN DO LEGISLATION SENDS
THE MESSAGE THAT HE PLANS TO
ATTEMPT TO LIVE UP TO THAT
CAMPAIGN PROMISE.
WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT THAT IS
OPERATED BY A BET -- A SYSTEM OF
CHECKS AND BALANCES.
ESPECIALLY THE NINTH CIRCUIT
COURT DECISION BECAME LESS NIGHT
IS IN A DECATUR OF THAT WE ARE
SEEING.
JASON: WE HEARD FROM PAUL RYAN
EARLY ON CAN PART OF WHAT HE IS
SAYING IS THAT THE MESSAGE WAS
RIGHT, BUT THE WAY THAT IT WAS
BROUGHT FORTH WAS WRONG.
TAKE A LISTEN BECAUSE I WANT TO
SEE WHAT YOU THINK.
>> I THINK IT IS REGRETTABLE
THAT THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ON
THE ROLLOUT OF THIS.
NO ONE WANTED TO SEE PEOPLE WITH
GREEN CARDS ARE SPECIAL
IMMIGRANT VISAS, LIKE
TRANSLATORS, GET CAUGHT UP IN
ALL OF THIS.
REGRETTABLY, THE ROLLOUT WAS
CONFUSING.
THAT ON A GO FORWARD BASIS, I'M
CUFF AND THAT SECRETARY KELLY
WILL MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS DONE
CORRECTLY AND THAT WE ARE GOING
TO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS PROGRAM
UP AND RUNNING WITH A KIND OF
VETTING STANDARDS WE ALL WANT TO
SEE.
JASON: SOUNDS TO HIM LIKE THE
PROGRAM IS RIGHT, BUT THE WEIGHT
WAS BROUGHT UP WAS NOT.
DR. CHOWDHURY: IT'S INSERT --
BEEN DISTURBING TO SEE THE TOWN
FROM SPEAKER RYAN.
IF WE LOOK AT THE TWEETS FROM
HIM A YEAR AGO, HE WAS AGAINST
ANY KIND OF LEGISLATION OR
POLICY THAT LED RELIGIOUSLY
DISSEMINATED PEOPLE ON THE
GROUND.
HE IS PARTICULARLY REFERRING TO
THE FACT THAT THERE ARE PROBABLY
-- THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
ALLOWANCES MADE FOR THE FACT
THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE TRAVELING
IN TRANSIT AT THE TIME THAT THE
BAN WAS MADE, WHEN THE ORDER WAS
SIGNED.
BUT THAT POLICY ITSELF IS
FLAWED.
STUDIES SHOW, IF WE LOOK AT THE
STATISTICS, IF WE LOOK AT THE
DATA, OUR COUNTRY IS
STRENGTHENED BY REFUGEES AND BY
IMMIGRANTS.
REFUGEES DO NOT POSE A NATIONAL
SECURITY THREAT.
SINCE 9/11, WE HAVE HAD HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES WHO
HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN THE UNITED
STATES.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE
BEEN FROM MUSLIM -- THE VAST
MAJORITY OF THEM WHO HAVE BEEN
FROM MUSLIM COUNTRIES HAVE IN
LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS.
WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY REFUGEES
FROM THE SEVEN COUNTRIES IN THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER WHO HAVE BEEN
INCRIMINATED IN ANY KIND OF
TERRORIST ACTIVITY OR ANY KIND
OF ATTACK.
I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE DEVELOP POLICIES THAT
ARE SOUND, THAT ARE STRATEGIC,
THEY DO NOT UNDERMINE THE RIGHTS
OF ANY AMERICANS OR ANY
POTENTIAL AMERICANS, ANY
POTENTIAL REFUGEES ARE
IMMIGRANTS THAT WOULD BE
ARRIVING TO THE UNITED STATES
BASED ON RELIGION OR RACE.
JASON: CAN THESE TWO SIDES FIND
A WAY TO AGREE ON THIS, WHERE WE
ARE NOT INFRINGING ON PEOPLE'S
RIGHTS, BUT ALSO KEEPING THE
BORDER SAFE?
WILL THERE EVER BE A HAPPY
MEDIUM?
DR. CHOWDHURY: RIGHT NOW, OUR
COUNTRY IS VERY DIVIDED.
I THINK THE CONVERSATION WE ARE
HEARING ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL IS
THAT DIVISION.
WE HAVE TO STAY OPTIMISTIC.
IF WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE CORE
VALUES THAT HELP DEFINE OUR
COUNTRY AND HELP CONTRIBUTE TO A
HOLISTIC DEMOCRACY, INCLUDING
RELIGIOUS PLURALISM, PROTECTING
RELIGIOUS PLURALISM, I THINK
THAT WE STAND A BETTER CHANCE
THEY HAVE -- OF HAVING A
STRONGER NATION, NOT PROVIDING
MORE EMANATION TO TERRORIST
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD
CAPITALIZE ON THIS KIND OF
POLICY TO HELP RECRUIT MORE
TERRORISTS TO THEIR RANKS.
THIS IS ACTUALLY IN EFFECT, THIS
KIND OF POLICY UNDERMINES OUR
EFFORTS.
IT DOES NOT KEEP OUR COUNTRY
SAFER.
JASON: WHAT IS THE MESSAGE
TODAY?
DR. CHOWDHURY: WE ARE COMMITTED
TO MAKING SURE NO AMERICAN AND
NO INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS A DREAM A
FULFILLING OR WHO DREAMS OF
ARRIVING.
-- TO THE UNITED STATES IS EVER
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST ON THE
BASIS OF RELIGION.
ANYBODY THAT WOULD BE BANNED
FROM ANY COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY OUR
COUNTRY, BECAUSE THEY ARE
MUSLIM IS ANTITHETICAL OF WHO WE
ARE AS AMERICANS.
WHERE COMMITTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE PUSH BACK AGAINST IT.
OUR ORGANIZATION FILED A
LAWSUIT, CHALLENGING THE BAND
ON, ASKED THE BAN ON
CONSTITUTIONAL GROUNDS.
-- CHALLENGING THE BAN ON
CONSTITUTIONAL GROUNDS.
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