It was unclear how many refugees and immigrants were being held nationwide in the aftermath of the executive order. “We’ve never had an issue once one of our clients was at a port of entry in the United States,” Mr. Doss said. He worked with the United States in Iraq in a variety of jobs — as an interpreter, engineer and contractor — over the course of roughly a decade. Mr. Darweesh’s wife and children made it through passport control and customs, but agents of Customs and Border Protection stopped and detained him. Brandon Friedman, who worked with Mr. Darweesh as an infantry lieutenant with the 101st Airborne praised Mr. Darweesh’s work.

Source: New York Times January 28, 2017 13:04 UTC