In the west Los Angeles neighborhood known as Little Tehran, immigrants from Iran were digesting the news over small cups of thick black coffee Tuesday morning. Many said they were not surprised to hear that the court had sided with the president, which they saw as a sign that he wielded far more authority than his predecessors.

“He’s like the dictators he attacks but says he admires,” said Sam Sassourian, a 72-year-old retired engineer who emigrated from Iran in the 1980s. “We love this country, but it is becoming more like the one we escaped from. This is not right and yet nobody can stop it.”

And near Escondido, Daniel Balcombe is the pastor of the evangelical Living Way Church near San Diego, a church that has had a notable increase in Iranian immigrants in recent years. While he praised the court’s ruling in favor of California’s crisis pregnancy centers, he was dismayed at the travel ban decision, and said he would be reaching out to immigrants in his church.

“The Bible says there’s a time to weep and a time to rejoice,” Mr. Balcombe said. “Sometimes those happen at the same time.” — Elizabeth Dias and Jennifer Medina