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President Donald Trump's executive order blocking immigrants from seven Muslim countries from entering the U.S. has an immediate impact here in Michigan.
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Over the next two weeks, 61 Muslim refugees who were set to arrive in Michigan will now have their admissions blocked, reports Niraj Warikoo from the Detroit Free Press. Many were from Iraq and Syria.
The order doesn't affect six Christian refugees from Myanmar and Congo from resettling in the state.
The Freep reports:
Trump said Friday he wants to prioritize Christian refugees and religious minorities because they face persecution, a move Muslim groups say is discriminatory. A lawsuit filed Monday in Virginia by the Council on American-Islamic Relations on behalf of Muslims in Michigan and other states says the executive order violates the Constitution by favoring one religion over another.
