Massachusetts Delegation Calls on Customs and Border Protection to Comply with Court Order Blocking Trump???s Immigration Executive Order at Logan International Airport
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Washington (February 1, 2017) ??? Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman William Keating (MA-09) led the entire Massachusetts Congressional delegation in calling on Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at Logan International Airport to fully and immediately comply with the temporary restraining order put in place in the wake of President Donald Trump???s Executive Order entitled Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States.
The temporary restraining order, in place until February 5, 2017, ensures that international travelers arriving at Logan Airport are not detained or removed based on the Executive Order???s provisions, and that CBP notify airlines carrying those passengers.
There have been reports that students, academics, and others seeking to enter the country through Logan are being detained under the provisions of the Executive Order, despite the issuance of a temporary restraining order by the federal court in Boston prohibiting such action.
Signing the letter are Massachusetts Congressional delegation members Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren; and Reps. William Keating, Richard Neal, James P. McGovern, Michael E. Capuano, Stephen F. Lynch, Niki Tsongas, Katherine Clark, Joseph P. Kennedy III, and Seth Moulton.