Senator Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader in the Senate, posted on Twitter that homeland security secretary John Kelly had assured him the court order would be followed. Officials, she said, were “kafkaesque” in their confused responses, adding that Trump’s order “has already caused irrevocable harm, it has already caused chaos”. “Eventually you could get to something like contempt, but I think we’re a long way from that.”Gelernt said that Saturday’s suits were the “first step” in a broader challenge to Trump’s orders. From Saturday into Sunday, hundreds attended rallies against Trump’s “extreme vetting order” at 29 cities and airports across the country. Through a spokeswoman, House speaker Paul Ryan said he supported the ban and did not consider it a religious test.

Source: The Guardian January 29, 2017 19:42 UTC