A day after Trump signed an Executive Order banning the people from 7 predominately Muslim countries, including Iran, to enter the US, New York District Judge Ann Donnelly issued an emergency order temporarily barring the U.S. from deporting people subject to Trump’s travel ban, saying travelers who had been detained had a strong argument that their legal rights had been violated thus putting a temporary halt on his misguided order. Also, a Federal Judge in Virginia issued an order to the US Customs “to permit lawyers access to all legal permanent residents being detained at Dulles International Airport.”

All over the news there were stories about how people with valid visas and green cards were targeted, detained, deported or prevented from boarding planes destined for the US. Yesterday, while Trump declared that his bans were “working out very nicely’”, it was the American legal system that was shining bright and “working out vey nicely!”    

The people who were illegally targeted based on their religion and the country of origin were mainly Syrian refugees and Iranians. The Syrian refugee families have been vetted for over 2 years and were cleared to come to the US, but they were detained and deported. The Iranians were mostly the family members of US citizens that had travelled to Iran.

The reaction in the high-tech community where 100 Facebook and 75 Microsoft employees were affected was swift. The executives at Facebook, Microsoft, Google and other major technology companies condemned the Order. Here is a sample of the Iranians that have been affected by Trump’s order.

Parisa Fasihianifard, 24, arrived after a long trip from Tehran, Iran, only to be detained and told she had to go home.

"She was crying and she told me she was banned to come inside and go through the gates," said her husband Mohamad Zandian, 26, an Iranian doctoral student at Ohio State University. He was hoping to get her out of the country on a late night flight to avoid her being jailed until Monday.

Mozhgan Mostafavi, a 46-year-old Novato resident, had been at San Francisco International Airport, anxiously waiting for her 80-year-old Iranian father, who had landed Saturday afternoon but was held for almost six hours. By 8 p.m., he was released.

“He is very quiet — kind of shaken, but he is fine,” she said.

At San Francisco International Airport, one woman had waited six years to see her son, and the airport was supposed to be the scene of their reunion Saturday. They were going to rent a boat, tour the city, share a meal and plan his wedding in California. She screamed. She cried. She stood in the airport, confused about what to do. They wouldn’t let her see her son.

“We told him once you are here, everything is nice — when you get here you will be free. Everything is totally different. He came here ... but he got stuck in a room,” she said. She requested that her name not be disclosed because her son is in danger of religious persecution in Iran. The family is not Muslim.

“This is going to kill me,” she said. “My heart is broken. I thought here was freedom.”

Meanwhile, families from across California were fearing the worst.

Two months ago, Aidin was celebrating the birth of his son. On Saturday, he was in his Walnut Creek home, terrified that his wife, who has a green card but is currently in Iran, will not be able to return to her family. “I’m broken,” he said, crying.

Aidin, 32, is a software engineer who moved to the United States 10 years ago and is now a U.S. citizen. He requested that his last name not be disclosed. He spent Friday night researching the order and writing letters to politicians when his wife called: “I want to be there. I can’t be like this,” she told him as she wept. His wife had gone for a short trip to Iran for surgery and to visit family. She had planned to come back Feb. 5.

In Walnut Creek on Saturday morning, Aidin said he felt helpless as he attempted to buy his wife a ticket that would get her on a plane as soon as possible. Would he have to travel abroad for the next three months to see his wife in another country? Would he quit his job and go to Iran? The options are complicated by an infant son in Walnut Creek who does not yet have a passport.

Aidin chose to do something else — he wrote a letter to Trump.

“I have always been proud of my heritage but even more proud to be a U.S. citizen. I admire American values and believe in the system that we have in here,” he wrote. “Ever since I migrated to U.S., I have been working non-stop as a software engineer, got my Masters’ degree from USC while working full time, and every year have been paying substantial amount of tax.

“I was wondering if you could help me.”

Well, it’s been only one week since Trump has moved into the White House and the various communities across the US are beginning to see what a disaster his presidency will become. And they are ready to fight back.

Mr. Trump, you have finally met the real America. Now go back to your Trump Tower!