Some refugees, who were on the air as the order was signed, were stopped from entering the US on Friday, January 27, 2016.

According to New York Times, “Trump’s order also stops the admission of refugees from Syria indefinitely, and it bars entry into the United States for 90 days from seven predominantly Muslim countries linked to concerns about terrorism. Those countries are Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.”

According to lawyers, working to get their clients to enter the US, an Iraqi who worked for the US government in Iraq for 10 years, Hameed Khalid Darweesh, was also detained at Kennedy Airport.

Another Iraqi, Haider Sameer Abdulkhaleq Alshawi, who reportedly came to join his wife, an employee of a US contractor, and young son, was stopped from entering.

Some United States Lawmakers have also criticised President Trump’s move to limit the refugee program.