IMMIGRANTS.
>> WE ALWAYS HAVE TO STRIVE FOR
A MIDDLE IN THIS COUNTRY.
WE HAVE TO TRY AND FORM
CONSENSUS.
HE ONLY DO THAT IF YOU PUT
FORWARD SMART POLICY THAT SEEMS
TO BE FAIR TO EVERYBODY
INVOLVED.
THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER DOESN'T
MEET THAT STANDARD.
REPORTER: ACCORDING TO
CONGRESSMAN JOHN SARBANES,
THAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING PEOPLE TO
SHOW UP AT AIRPORTS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, AND HERE IN BALTIMORE,
PROTESTING PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDER BANNING
REFUGEES FROM SEVEN COUNTRIES
FROM ENTERING THE UNITED STATE
>> I KNOW THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO
PROTECT THE COUNTRY, BUT I'M NOT
SURE THIS ORDER IS DELETED TO
-- IS THE WAY TO DO THAT.
IT DOESN'T PROJECT OUR VALUES IN
A WAY THAT PEOPLE SEE US AROUND
THE WORLD.
REPORTER: PEOPLE PACKED THE
INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS TERMINAL,
AT MANY TIMES SHOUTING, NO HATE,
NO FEAR, REFUGEES ARE WELCOME
HERE.
SEVERAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
SHOWED UP TO SUPPORT THE
PROTEST.
>> HE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
CERTAIN DECISION
HE HAS TO UNDERSTAND HIS BOARD
OF CONGRESS.
THERE ARE 550 OF US.
HE NEEDS TO LISTEN.
REPORTER: THE DEMONSTRATIONS ARE
MAKING A LOT OF NOISE, THE BIG
QUESTION, IS THE PRESIDENT
LISTENING?
>> HE WILL LISTEN.
BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP IT UP.
REPORTER: LAWMAKERS SAY THEY'RE
READY TO STAND WITH THEIR
CONSTITUENTS --
>> PEOPLE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
THAT IF THEY DO NOT LIKE WHAT'S
GOING ON, THEY HAVE TO DO WHAT
THEY ARE DOING TODAY
THEY HAVE TO COME OUT, STAND UP,
AND STAND OUT.
I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE
THIS IS DEMOCRACY IN A CAN
REPORTER: -- AND GET TO WORK IN
WASHINGTON.
>> WE HAVE TO GO TO THE COURTS
AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS
ARE RESPECTED.
REPORTER: BWI PUT OUT A
STATEMENT ON TWITTER SAYING
THANKS TO THE PEOPLE WHO
GATHERED PEACEFULLY.
YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
AND ALLOWED PASSENGERS AND
AIRLINES TO OPERATE FREELY.
BY THE WAY, FORMER MARYLAND
GOVERNOR MARTIN O'MALLEY WAS
ALSO IN ATTENDANCE.
LIVE AT BWI, VANESSA HERRING,
WBAL TV 11 NEWS.
KAI: WHILE MOST CONGRESSIONAL
REPUBLICANS HAVEN'T WEIGHED IN
ON THE DEBATE MARYLAND'S LONE
REPUBLICAN IN CONGRESS SAYS HE
SUPPORTS PRESIDENT TRUMP.
ADAM: TONIGHT, REPRESENTATIVE
ANDY HARRIS TELLS 11 NEWS HE
BELIEVES THE TRAVEL BAN AND THE
SUSPENSION OF THE SYRIAN REFUGEE
PROGRAM ARE BOTH NECESSARY
>> IN THE CASE OF SYRIA, WE MAY
NEVER BE ABLE TO DETERMINE
WHETHER THESE REFUGEES ARE SAFE
TO IMMIGRATE TO THE UNITED
STATES, AND UNTIL WE CAN I THINK
-- UNTIL WE CAN, I THINK IT IS
PERSONALLY REASONABLE TO PROTECT
THIS COUNTRY BY ASKING THESE
PEOPLE TO STAY IN EITHER
DETAINMENT FACILITIES OR REFUGEE
CAMPS OVER SEES WHILE WE
DETERMINE IF THEY'RE SAFE.
ADAM: LAST YEAR, CONGRESSMAN
HARRIS VOTED FOR A BILL THAT
WOULD HAVE SLOWED DOWN THE
REFUGEE PROGRAM AND REQUIRE
ADDITIONAL VETTING OF PEOPLE
FLEEING SYRIA.
SENATE DEMOCRATS KILLED THE
MEASURE.
CONGRESSMAN HARRIS ALSO TOLD US
HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE
ARE PROTESTING, CLAIMING TRUMP'S
EXECUTIVE ORDER WILL KEEP
AMERICANS SAFE.
16 ATTORNEY GENERALS INCLUDING
MARYLAND A.G. BRIAN FROSH HAVE
CONDEMNED PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
TRAVEL BAN.
THEY SAY RELIGOUS LIBERTY IS
ONE OF THE CORNERSTONES OF THIS
COUNTRY AND NO PRESIDENT SHOULD
BE ALLOWED TO CHANGE THAT.
THE ATTORNEY GENERALS ALL EXPECT
THE PRESIDENT'S ORDER TO BE
STRUCK DOWN IN THE COURT.
IN THE MEANTIME, THEY SAY
THEY'LL WORK TO MAKE SURE AS FEW
AS POSSIBLE SUFFER FROM IT.
TODAY, VETERANS FROM VARIOUS
MILITARY BRANCHES JOINED
PARTNERED WITH A MUSLIM
COMMUNITY CENTER IN BALTIMORE.
THEY HAD A FORUM ON COMMUNITY.
THE GOAL IS TO PUT AN END TO
ANTI-MUSLIM RHETORIC.
KAI: HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE PACKED
INTO THE WILDE LAKE INTERFAITH
CENTER IN COLUMBIA TO DISCUSS
HOWARD COUNTY'S SANCTUARY BILL
TODAY.
SEVERAL UNDOCUMENTED CITIZENS
AND MEMBERS OF THE MUSLIM
COMMUNITY SPOKE OUT ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE BILL.
THE LEGISLATION WOULD PREVENT
LOCAL POLICE FROM CHECKING
SOMEONE'S IMMIGRATION STATUS,
AND IT SPECIFICALLY BLAMES THE
PRESIDENT-ELECT FOR ADDING TO
THE IMMIGRATION CONTROVERSY.
THE VOTE FOR THE BILL IS
FEBRUARY 6.
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND'S
PRESIDENT HAD THIS TO SAY ABOUT
THE TRAVEL BAN.
WE ARE CURRENTLY ASSESSING HOW
THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER MAY AFFECT
THE STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS AT OUR
CAMPUS WHO COME FROM THESE
COUNTRIES.
IT IS IN AMERICAN'S NATIONAL
INTEREST THAT WE CONTINUE TO
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