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Top Stories: Executive Order Causes Weekend Chaos At Airports

ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº | By Krystina Martinez
Published January 30, 2017 at 8:55 AM CST
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Crowds protested for two days at DFW Airport's international terminal.

The top local stories this morning from ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº:

President Trump’s executive order banning refugees and visitors from seven primarily Muslim countries caused chaos at airports across the country. Many of those detained by U.S. Customs had .

More than 100 lawyers showed up at DFW Airport to offer free legal help to detainees. filled the international terminal.

A majority of Texas Republicans in Congress . Representative Will Hurd is the only Texas Congressional Republican to come out against the ban so far.

Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz have not yet weighed in.

Other stories this morning from ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº:

  • This edition of covers something we experience on a day-to-day basis: stress.

You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº 90.1 FM. 
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Krystina Martinez
Former ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº staffer Krystina Martinez was an assistant producer. She produced local content for Morning Edition and ËÄ»¢Ó°ÔºNews.org. She also produced The Friday Conversation, a weekly series of conversations with North Texas newsmakers. Krystina was also the backup newscaster for the Texas Standard.
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