Call airlines. Tell them to honor Judge Burroughs's TRO

[sonrisa]

Action needed tonight/tomorrow morning:

Judge Burroughs in the US District Court, District of Massachusetts, has issued a TRO allowing refugees and people from banned countries to fly into Logan Airport, Boston, as they could before last Friday's immigration EO.

Only Lufthansa is honoring that order. Please call other airlines and ask them to do the same. For some people, boarding one of those flights could be life changing or even save their lives.

Here is more information:
openboston2017.org/?blm_aid=12228664 

[kershnic]

Interesting, I will make some calls.

My understanding is that if airlines allow people to fly who the get rejected by CBP the the airlines are financially responsible for returning the people to the countries of origin?

[Cicero]

Feb 3, 2017 8:48:33 GMT -5 kershnic said:

Interesting, I will make some calls.

My understanding is that if airlines allow people to fly who the get rejected by CBP the the airlines are financially responsible for returning the people to the countries of origin?

This is correct except I think it's actually country of citizenship/legal residence/somewhere they have to take you.

[kershnic]

Feb 3, 2017 8:56:08 GMT -5 Cicero said:

Feb 3, 2017 8:48:33 GMT -5 kershnic said:

Interesting, I will make some calls.

My understanding is that if airlines allow people to fly who the get rejected by CBP the the airlines are financially responsible for returning the people to the countries of origin?

This is correct except I think it's actually country of citizenship/legal residence/somewhere they have to take you.

Right. Which is obviously dangerous for some. But is also quite onerous for airlines who are facing unprecedented uncertainty in CBP's decisions.

[TamiTaylor]

Is there a specific department we need to speak to or just the general line?

[jillboston]

Let's hope the hearing to extend the TRO goes well today...