President Donald Trump's executive order on banning refugees from entering the United States has already begun to take on serious effects.

As Trump signed the decree, there were refugees mid-flight, heading to the United States. According to The New York Times, some refugees were detained at airports, having been put in a "legal limbo" due to Trump's order.

Two Iraqis were detained at John F. Kennedy airport in New York. One man, Hameed Khalid Darweesh, had worked in Iraq for the past ten years on behalf of the U.S. government. The other, a man named Haider Sameer Abdulkhaleq Alshawi, was traveling to the United States with the intention of joining his wife. Both men were reportedly not allowed to meet with their attorneys.

The Times reports that one of the attorneys, Mark Doss – who works for the International Refugee Assistance Project – asked the Customs and Border Protection agent who he should speak to in order to help his client. The answer? "Mr. Trump," the agent reportedly responded. "Call Mr. Trump."

The stories of these two Iraqi men are not unique – others are reporting similar experiences. The Daily Beast reports that in Cairo, seven refugees were not allowed to board their EgyptAir flight to New York. Six of these refugees were from Iraq; the seventh was from Yemen.

One woman took to Twitter to explain that she has friends in Syria who were stuck at the airport after being denied entry to the United States.

In response to these cases, groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union, the International Refugee Assistance Project at the Urban Justice Center, and the National Immigration Law Center have decided to file formal complaints. According to The Washington Post, immigration advocates are trying to get in touch with Customs and Border Protection agents in order to gather more information. Marielena Hincapie, the executive director at the National Immigration Law Center, explained, "We were trying to find out if it was lack of communication or what was the plan?" Hincapie said that when they didn't receive any direction from U.S. officials, they decided to file.

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