temporarily. confusion at airports and international cities as people try to wrap their head around what this all means. this comes amid diplomacy. talked to vladimir putin. we have this with rachel crane. fist, let's begin with the iraqi man who worked for the u.s. military as an sbreinterpretor. what grounds was he released? >> reporter: he was praising america saying americans were the best people in the world. now, it's unclear why darwish was held and detained here. he was traveling with three children and his wife and they were not detained. that just highlighted how random the executive order was and the application of it. his family was not detained but only him. now a source close to the case indicated to cnn that there is a provision for the state and department of homeland security to make exemptions for certain people but see what he has to say about the ordeal. >> i just went through the terminal and give my passport that i gave from the u.s. embassy all the documents and say, don't open it. give it to them and then ask me to move in a different room and say, they don't say anything but they keep me there until those people come to support me. >> you stay in the same room the whole time is this. >> for about two days. they move me to other room but i sit on chair. i didn't sleep. >> reporter: now, poppy, when asked what his message was donald trump was, darwish said he liked the man but con tuesfu about this policy. a press conference will be held where hopefully we'll have an update about the remaining detainees at jfk. >> i know a lawsuit is filed by attorneys representing them arguing basically this ban is unconstitutional. citing the establishment cause and the fifth amendment. what do we know about the lawsuit and where it stands? >> reporter: the lawsuit was filed today and one of the plaintiffs is still being detained here at jfk. we know that he was granted a visa refugee status and his wife and child had been in the u.s. for about two years also granted refugee status. that iraqi man had gone under on the exhaustive process of applying for refugee status and earlier today, we got a chance to speak with congressman adler and he indicated that the 11, i'm sorry, 10 of the other detainees did not have legal representation. pop poppy? >> thank you very much. other questions about what this means for people holding green cards. some sources telling cnn that the president's executive action on immigration and refugees could affect those who already hold green cards. also, possibly, and specifically those from the 7 countries highlighted there, iran, iraq, libya, somalia, syria, sudan and yemen. ryan nobles joining us from the white house for more clarity on this. so what we're hearing, ryan, is that this is a case by case basis. right? this isn't all green card holders from the seven countries. they're going to take this one by one, is that correct? >> reporter: that's the way the administration is describing it, but there's a bit of confusion. so let's try to hash this out the best we can. if you hold a green card, an active green card that makes you a permanent legal resident of the united states but come from one of the seven countries that the administration designated as possible hot beds of terrorism, then you must go through a process, you must submit a waiver before you can return to the united states. essentially, if you go to the airport and try to buy a plane ticket, you'll be denied at that point and have to go through a process and no telling how long or short that process will be. it's not officially been revealed exactly how the department of homeland security will handle these waivers and it's also important to point out, poppy, if you are a green card holder, you've already gone through a lengthy vetting process by the united states government that allowed you to obtain that important document. it's unclear right now exactly what the next steps will be for these green card holders. at the very least, this could impact tens of thousands of people who, for the most part, american residents even though not necessarily citizens from the united states and there are administration sources when ao telling cnn who happen to be a co-holder from one of the countries that are impacted, their advice to you in terms of travel is to stay here in the united states. poppy? >> we know that tech companies, a number of big tech companies including google have told their employees in the last 24 hours, do not travel out of the united states if there is any chance that this could affect you. so there's a lot of questions, certainly, through corporate america right now as well. ryan nobles at the white house, thank you for that. when you look at the specific travel bans, in iran, the response is, they are slapping their own ban on the united states. saying, no u.s. citizens allowed to enter iran, they say, for as long as president trump's order is in effect. our ben wedeman joining me now from istanbul, turkey, a lot to get to here. i thought it was interesting that iran and its response said that this will only embolden extremists and their supporters. >> yes, that came in a foreign ministry statement out of tehran and said among other things that this is an obvious insult to the islamic world and in particular, the great nation of iran. that according to the statement from the foreign ministry and it's not just iran that is considering these measures. we've heard members of the iraqi parliament suggesting that iraq take the same sort of measures and that's particularly problematic when you consider that there are more than 5,000 u.s. military personnel in iraq supporting that country's effort to destroy isis. so when you speak to a variety of people, i've been in touch, for instance, with a former member of u.s. special forces who served in afghanistan and iraq, he says when this sort of message goes out, it puts the lives of u.s. military personnel in danger. poppy? >> i think it's very important to note for viewers, of the 7 countries and let's hold them back on the screen and what this ban extends to. this four month ban on any refugees, this does not include any of the countries where the 9/11 terrorists were from. most from saudi arabia. non-included. egypt is non-included and lebanon is not included. >> reporter: it's important to keep in mind particularly when you consider the man who participated in the san bernardino attack who left 14 u.s. citizens dead, he originally came from pakistan. his wife was pakistani, entered the country not as a refugee but on the fiance visa program. but yes, look at saudi arabia. 16 of the 19 9/11 came from saudi arabia and most who know the middle east will tell you that the ideology who inspires al qaeda and isis originates in saudi arabia but reasons that have not become clear, saudi arabia nor pakistan is on this list of seven predominantly muslim nations listed in the executive order. poppy? >> you're in istanbul turkey and for the better part of two years, istanbul, turkey in general has become increasingly unstable. president ardawan is fighting back against the coupe attempt. what are people saying today in istanbul about concerns that perhaps turkey may be at it? >> nobody is particularly concerned that turkey will be added. let's not forget that turkey is a member of the nato alliance that there is a u.s. military basis but people on a gut level look at this ban and even though it's seven countries, more than 1 million pop and most muslim affected by the ban so we are offend and the turkish prime minister and the british prime minister and pointed questions from reporters about this ban and both teresa may and the turkish prime minister avoided the questions because obviously relations are sensitive so they try to stay away from it but a street level, widespread revulsion at this decision by the united states. poppy? >> i should know ben, as someone who has covered all of the years, your take when donald trump asked by a reporter whether christians would be given priority in terms of refugees trying to come into this country. >> reporter: certainly, christians have been victims of isis, victims of oppression, victims of a rising sentiment of islamic fundamentalism that they pay a price for, but if you look at the actual numbers, the number of christians admitted to the united states as refugees is more or less reflective of their proportion of the the population. it is not true that it is impossible for christians to enter the country, the united states as refugees. it's just as difficult for them as it is for muslims as well to get in and when the president differentiates between muslims and christians, this causes a certain amount of resentment among the muslim majorities. it's another problematic issue where a very simplistic solution is being applied to a very complicated problem. >> thank you so much, ben wedeman, on the report. you'll hear from a refugee family in the united states. now they fear they'll have to return to war torn syria. and later, ed lavandera with an extraordinary in-depth series about the wall. hi, ed. >> reporter: poppy, we're taking a nearly 2 dozen mile journey from texas to california, join us as we capture the snapshot. >> it is an incredible series right here over the next three hours. stay with us. you're live in the cnn newsroom. the world's most exciting technology... ...doesn't go on your wrist. ♪ the highly advanced audi a4, with class-leading horsepower. youthat's why you drink ensure. sidelined. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you. ...stop clicking around...travel sites to find a better price... the lowest prices on our hotels are always at hilton.com. so pay less and get more only at hilton.com. won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with liberty mutual new car replacement™, you won't have to worry about replacing your car because you'll get the full value back including depreciation. and if you have more than one liberty mutual policy, you qualify for a multi-policy discount, saving you money on your car and home coverage. call for a free quote today. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. what if instead of waiting weeks for your tax refund? 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discrimination based on religion and what the president could come back and say here is, look, when the president comes to immigration, i have broad authority but other people might come back and say, look. in this case, you've gone too far. he began to feel retaliation and wanted to apply for one of these visas. he went through a 3 year process to do it and included meeting with somebody at the vision. he gets the visa. he gets on an airplane and lands last night and when he gets there, he's told, look, you can't come in. his lawyers were waiting. they went to customs and said, why aren't you letting them in? and the response was talk to mr. trump. so this is the start of many lawsuits we might see coming down the road. he's now been released but others in the pipeline. >> alice, to you and something our ben wedeman was just talking about. the fact that, you know, none of the 9/11 hijackers from the uae, lebanon, most from saudi arabia are not included on this travel bid. none of the countries are included and when you look at the most recent attacks, "charlie hebdo," you had three french nationals of algeria descent and paris attack over a year ago, mainly french and belgian nationals of moroccan descent. none of those countries are part of this travel ban. why is that? >> i certainly trust our national security officials that they picked the seven nations that are affected here specifically, syria and iraq, which are isis strongholds and that is the reason they picked these nations and the vetting process clearly didn't meet the standards necessary to execute this. i think it's important to go back to the origin of the executive order. it is to protect all americans from foreign nationals who intend to come to this country to carry out terrorist acts and look, our country, our national security agencies must be right 100% of the time. terrorists only need to be correct one time. i think this is an important step, but it's necessary to be done and look, there's going to be hiccups with any kind of major rollout like this. i remind you, healthcare.gov. months and millions of dollars to execute that and they failed. i think what we're seeing now is unfortunate and clearly frustrating for those who are detained at the airport, but i do understand the proper procedures are in place to smooth things out in order to execute this executive order in a more smooth way. >> alice, i want to pull up these two pictures. you can look. these are two little boys. two victims of the civil war in syria, as you know. he washed up dead on the beach after his family tried to flee. his family's home bombed in aleppo. he survived. some of his family members died. these are also people who will not be allowed refuge in the united states and this executive order does not create a safe zone within syria for them to go. something that president trump said when he was campaigning and then it's not there. it affects these people as well. >> and those images are chilling and heartbreaking and no one can look at those pictures and not be devastated by them. but look, donald trump made it clear while he was campaigning and since he's been president that his number one concern is the safety and security for americans. and this kiexecutive order is t do just that. to protect americans here in our country from those who intend to come here and do harm. >> however, alice, he could have written in there a clause allowing, say, mothers and their children to come, and their infants to come. would you have liked to see that? >> look at what we have in san bernardino. this is one of the key people involved in that that was a female. >> from pakistan. >> every single role and it's important to put down a firm line. this is certainly a bold move and there's going to be changes to it. >> except, alice, that's just not factual. the male attack was born in illinois to pakistani parents and malik was born in pakistan, moved to saudi arabia and came to the u.s. so that's not a comparison. that's not factual to say, look at what happened in san bernardino. >> my point is that certainly our hearts go out to everyone that's a syrian refugee and needs to come here but we can't just look at women and children as across the board innocent in this because some have played a role, specifically women, in some of these acts. so i think it's important to have a firm line in the sand and that's exactly what's happening here. >> we're going to take a quick break. we'll be back with my panel in just a moment. asmy family tree,ing i discovered a woman named marianne gaspard... it was her french name. then she came to louisiana as a slave. i became curious where in africa she was from. so i took the ancestry dna test to find out more about my african roots. the ancestry dna results were really specific. they told me all of these places in west africa. i feel really proud of my lineage, and i feel really proud of my ancestry. ancestry has many paths to discovering your story, get started for free at ancestry.com all right. my panel is back with me as we continue to discuss the breaking news. we're also waiting for a statement from some lawmakers at jfk airport. let's go to the point about the fact that not contained in this executive order are safe zones in syria. do we know why? the president talked about this campaigning. >> there were objections because of the resources from the u.s. military in order to implement the safe zones. i think they're still working on it. let's see what happens down the road. but also want to address the point about which countries were and were not included in the list. let's remember that the total number of terrorist attacks carried out by in america from these countries is zero. zero. in addition to the ones you mentioned, there was the christmas day bomber from nigeria. the orlando bomber from afghani descent and the san bernardino bomber who was pakistan and times square from pakistan. the arbitrary nature of choosing these countries is a huge problem. and i recall theresa may speaking to the republican conference in philadelphia and what she said was not only combat terrorism militarily but the ideology of terrorism and the way to do that is by not giving in to the narrative that u.s. isn't at war with a religion shared by george w. bush that's been eroded today. >> i want to go to jerry nadler speaking and democratic congressman nadia valazquez. >> it's discriminatory and the intent to protect the united states against terrorists. but the fact of the matter is not a single terrorist incident since before 9/11 has been caused by anyone from the seven countries that the president named. by contrast, a country like saudi arabia which reduced most of the attackers on september 11th is not covered by this order. secondly, the refugees who have valid visas, the president said he wants extreme vetting. we've been doing extreme vetting for years. for years, we've been doing vetting. all of these refugees have been and the records looked into for an average of two years. two years by american authorities. the person who was held and released this morning, finally released this morning who was detained overnight was a marked man in iraq because he served as interpretor and worked with american troops and helped the u.s. army for years. he's not a potential terrorist. it's counterproductive and december cripp discriminates on religion. christians are let in, only muslims are not and that goes against our tradition from george washington onward and doesn't help protect the united states. the second point is that the application of this, dealing with the people we have here today is particularly ridiculous. even if you said that you wanted to keep people from certain countries out of the united states, once you have vetted certain people, once the american staff people, the state department people, the military people have looked at a given individual and said, this person is no threat. they've looked at him for two years and given him a valid visa and then while in the air, this executive order comes out, he should be permitted to enter the country. people would not be permitted to get on a laplane but people in e air should not be taken to custody in this country. that makes no sense at all. because after all, the timing of the order with the one day earlier, one day later is entirely based on happenstance and people have been coming into this country from these countries and one more day for people who got valid visas would make no difference at all. so a wooden application makes no sense and an unconstitutional and disgusting application on the basis of religious discrimination violates every tradition of this country and we're here to say they should stop and should be revoked. >> thank you. i'm congresswoman nadia valazquez and represent the 7th congressional district, that has a lot of working families, a lot of immigrant families. mr. president, look at us. this is america. what you have done is shameful. it's un-american. and it's created so much confusion, not only among working families and families in america, but also, it's creating confusion with the people that are working in homeland security. this executive order is arbitrary. it doesn't provide real guidelines. and it's unjust. here we have refugees who were granted legal visas to enter this country and yet, they have been detained illegally. that is the argument that jerry and i and refugees projects is making. i am begging you to go and reverse it. it is ill advised. it's mean spirited. it's tearing families apart and that is not who we are. it will undermine the cooperation and collaboration that we need from muslim countries to fight terrorism. it is wrong and we will fight it today and every single day. >> you heard from two democratic representatives at jfk airport. let me go back to my panel and your reaction to this. back in 2015, now vice president pence then the governor of indiana tweeted this. calls to ban muslims from entering the united states are offensive and unconstitutional. he also tweeted our constitution guarantees the free exercise of religion, the u.s. cannot discriminate on the basis of religion. does this put the administration on a complicated and not united front on this? >> without a doubt. pence and his allies including congressional republicans argue this executive order isn't technically a muslim ban. they point out that many other majority countries, like indonesia, pakistan, not included and argue that it means everything works together, of course, we can expect critics to bring up this tweet and this sentiment that pence shares and look, if you're banning people from the majority muslim countries but carve out residents who aren't muslim, that in practice is what a muslim ban looks like and pence made a strong statement that sounded very principled so recently, without a doubt undermines the rhetoric on this. a lot of tweets come back to haunt vice president pence. >> back to you, those who call this basically a ban on muslims or a religious test that's cloaked as something else, you say? >> that's absolutely not factually correct. this is not about rideligion. there's no religious test to get into this country as a result of this executive order and that's completely missing the point. it gives the lawyers an argument to, a legal leg to stand on but that does not, any aspect of this executive order and i go back once again to the primary focus of this executive action to do us harm. that's the goal, the focus and that is the underlying message of what this is about and the countries picked, joshua is correct. none of the terrorist acts are people who came in to carry out terrorist acts. but i trust our national security experts as to why they pick these seven countries based on where isis currently is and we also have to remember isis has grown significantly due to the fact that the obama administration failed to stand firm on the red line in syria and that's caused the growth of isis. so i think the democrats have to take some of the blame for the growth of this problem in the first place. >> thank you all. we appreciate it. arian, betsy, josh. the police in new orleans will not be part of his deportation force. we're talking about sanctuary cities. live in the cnn newsroom. rodney and his new business. he teaches lessons to stanley... and that's kind of it right now. but rodney knew just what to do...he got quickbooks. it organizes all his accounts, so he knows where he stands in an instant. ahhh...that's a profit. which gave him the idea to spend a little cash on some brilliant marketing! ha, clever. wow, look at all these new students! way to grow, rodney! know where you stand instantly. visit quickbooks.com. welcome back. you're in the cnn newsroom. i'm poppy harlow. another executive order signed on wednesday. president trump signed an order to withhold federal funding from so-called sanctuary cities. mayor said that the city is not in danger of losing any money and to give you a sense of what this means, this is a city where the local law enforcement doesn't necessarily report or turn over undocumented people in this city to ice or immigration officials. in a strongly worded statement, the mayor said the tnopd will nt meet the deportation force and live from new orleans. good to have you on. >> poppy, thanks for having me. >> as you know, this could cost the city of new orleans heavily when it comes to federal funding. being told we're not going to comply with this. you believe you're in line with the law. why do you think this isn't going to cost the city any federal funds? >> let me make a couple of general comments about the executive orders the president signed in the last couple of days. first of all, mayors across america understand the first priority is to keep america safe. from looking at the occurrences recently in boston, new york, san bernardino, it's actually local law enforcement that are the tip of the spear in the fight against terrorism to protect national security and public safety. we understand our jobs and the mayors and police chiefs of america along with the u.s. conference of bishops looked at both of these executive orders and concluded that they are un-american and in some instances, arguably, unchristian and i'm not goiit's not going t us safe. we need communion with the people who we're responsible to take care of and if you turn local police departments to the de facto ice agents for the the united states of america, we'll push people back in the sha dose and not have the cooperation we need and not able to keep the streets of america safe. the mayors presented a plan to the president of the united states about how to keep the streets of america safe and look forward to talking with them how to do it. >> it's now in compliance with all federal laws and regulations. if we take somebody off the street with respect to committing a violent crime and going to jail and get deported, that's really not the issue on the table. the issue on the table is whether or not our police departments are asked to be part of the ice deportation force to separate families and i think most of us understand the police chiefs in america know that's not going to make america safer but hurt us. >> have you gotten any response from the president or anyone at the white house to basically your defiance of this executive order? >> well, first of all, the executive order is unconstitutional. for a number of different reasons. number one, no definition in federal law what a sanctuary city is. that's going to surprise americans, but there's no definition of what it is. and secondly, the federal law is fairly clear based on the interpretations of the supreme court that you cannot compel cities under threats of losing funds and doesn't seem to make sure. we want to help you make the city safer but take funds away from homeland security and the police department that is charged with making the city safe. >> as you know, mayor, it's a way to compel you. >> i understand that, but you don't throw the baby out with the bath water. i suggest to the president and the vice president, look at our secure america plant which calls for the hiring of 50,000 police officers trained in community policing, supporting funding for the dea and fbi and u.s. marshals and u.s. attorneys to give the attorney general direct action to take cases against individuals with gun crimes and then invest in domestic violence and substance abuse programs as well as early childhood education and we reduced crime rate by half. we can do that again with smart policies also tough but we ought to maintain our judeo-christian and american values to continue to shine the light of freedom across america. >> i understand that you believe and i'm sure your attorneys in the city there have checked this out and maintain that the cities in compliance with federal law as you see it, however, if the administration does follow through and does pull federal funding from the city of new orleans which as you noted helps support your police department, helps support you in the case of a natural disaster, will you stand your ground? will you maintain the city's status as a sanctuary city? >> first of all, again, as i said, there is no definition of a sanctuary city and second of all -- >> will you maintain your practice? >> let me finish, if i might. we are practicing the law that has been directed to us by a federal judge. we cannot be out of compliance with federal legal cause because we're following a federal court order and the executive order, not thin anybody's imagination. we're going to continue to be in compliance. the mayors of america are interested in making sure that violent criminals, irrespective of the immigration status across thety and do cooperate with them on those matters. it's when you get into trying to separate families and destroy neighborhoods and hurt the economy and basically make the cities more insecure than they already are to say, let's find a better way to do this. we want to work with you. >> mayor, i appreciate it. i'll be in your beautiful city in just about two weeks. thank you very much. sq >> see you there. straight ahead for us, at the center of president trump's agenda. what people living along the border between the united states and mexico are saying about his plans for a wall. a special three part series begins next. you're live in the cnn newsroom. and the wolf huffed and puffed... like you do sometimes, grandpa? well, when you have copd, it can be hard to breathe. it can be hard to get air out, which can make it hard to get air in. so i talked to my doctor. she said... symbicort could help you breathe better, starting within 5 minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. symbicort helps provide 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>> scary, dangerous place, absolutely. not as bad as people make it seem to be. >> cameron was born in mexico. is now a u.s. citizen. was a long-time democrat until donald trump came along, and made him a republican. >> living and working on the border reveals a blurry reality. cameron fully supports the idea of trump's border wall. but every day he sees the holes in that plan. >> this is part of the border wall that already exists, right? >> exactly this is put back in 2006 by george bush. it's been around for a while. >> a few months ago while riding along the rio grande he recorded this video of what appeared to be smugglers with packs. it's the kind of story countless people along the border can share. but this is an area where a border fence is already in place. yet drugs and human smuggling keep coming. >> it hasn't stopped them. no, absolutely not. >> you got this wall all the way around that the eye can see all the way over there. it keeps going, and then it's like -- they start here. i don't know. i'm sure there's a reason. they ran out of money. >> this is the landscape in the big bend area of texas. that's the challenge, how in the world do you build a wall in this kind of terrain? >> marco lives in terlingua, a far-flung outpost in the region of west texas. he takes visitors on aerial tours of some of the most beautiful landscapes you'll ever see. >> i want to know in all of this where do you put a wall? >> i do you think if donald trump flew with you, he would still want to build a wall? >> i want to you tell donald trump we already have a wall and i don't think he could build a bigger one. >> this is some of the most rugged terrain you'll find along the southern border. hard to imagine that anyone would try to cross illegally through here. simply too treacherous. >> it stretches 250 miles along the rio grande, a place far past the middle of nowhere. on a canoe trip, it's so quiet you can hear the wind flutter past coastal birds. every night, 88-year-old pamela taylor out of compassion leaves bottled water outside her home for migrants moving north and the border patrol agents chasing them. she's lived in this house in brownsville, texas. a stone's throw from the border since 1946 when the border fence was built nearly ten years ago, north of the river, she found herself on the south side, between the wall and mexico. >> you're a little bit of no man's land here. >> my son-in-law says we live in a gated community. you have to laugh about it. >> taylor voted for trump and wants to see illegal immigration controlled. she once found an undocumented migrant hiding from border patrol agents in her living room. she warns the rest of the country that a wall won't work. that wall is not going to stop them. if it's 20 feet high, they're going to get a 21-foot ladder. >> donald trump wants to build a bigger, more powerful wall. >> i would like for mr. trump, i will feed him if he will come down here and talk to the people. >> until then, life on the border will keep passing by pamela taylor's front porch and it might even stop for a quick drink. what you hear repeatedly from people along the texas/mexico border is that the idea of a wall plays better in ohio and michigan than it does in the borderland communities. say they've seen it up close and personal for the last ten years and they're not that impressed. it hasn't stopped the flow of illegal immigration and drugs. border patrol agents will tell you they've seen the wall be rather effective in the last ten year. but what human rights activists say it's pushed migrants out into more dangerous and deadly areas out in the deserts and the most remote areas of the southern border. next hour, ed's journey takes us to arizona where renegade groups are taking matters into their own hands, stay with us. the new marriott portfolio of hotels now has 30 brands in over 110 countries. so no matter where you go, you are here. join or link accounts today. asmy family tree,ing i discovered a woman named marianne gaspard... it was her french name. then she came to louisiana as a slave. i became curious where in africa she was from. so i took the ancestry dna test to find out more about my african roots. the ancestry dna results were really specific. they told me all of these places in west africa. i feel really proud of my lineage, and i feel really proud of my ancestry. ancestry has many paths to discovering your story, get started for free at ancestry.com gave us the power to turn this enemy into an ally? 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