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of airports nationwide to make air travel safer for passengers. this after a troubling number of close calls between planes both on the ground and in the air. nbc correspondent tom costello reports on the surge and close calls at airports. >> reporter: nbc new has learned the fa ax has ordered urntant meetings after a surge in close calls. in san diego, a citation business jet nearly landed on top of a southwest 737. in austin last february a fedex plane nearly landed on a southwest flight both cleared for the same runway. at jfk airport in january -- >> delta 1943 cancel take off plans. >> reporter: an american plane already speeding towards take off. and this photo taken from a jet blue cockpit landing in boston as a business jet suddenly pulled onto the same runway without permission. more cases in sarasota, burbank,
drill down on runway safety after a troubling number of close calls between planes both othe ground and in the air. here's tom costello. >> reporter: at more than 90 airports nationwide nbc news has learned the faa is ordering urgent runway safety meetings after a surge in very close calls. ten days ago in san diego. >> go around. missed approach. >> reporter: a citation business jet nearly landed on top of a southwest 737. in austin last february a fedex plane ne ly landed on a southwest flight, both cleared for the same runway. at jfk airport in january -- >> delta 1946 cancel takeoff pls. >> reporter: an american plane cut off a delta flight already speeding toward takeoff. and this photo taken from a jetblue cockpit landing in boston as a business jet suddenly pulled onto the same runway without permission. more cases in sarasota, burbank, miami and san francisco.
lawsuit your organization is has filed or is about to file? >> has filed. we filed early this morning. and, you know, i think what we're seeing now is the real human cost immediately of president trump's muslim ban orders and his anti-refugee moves. you know, the -- one of the petitioners in our case, one of the people who got held up at jfk airport is somebody who had been working for the u.s. military in iraq for ten years. to ban people like this as so-called national security risks und risks, trying to improve national security is laughable. it's d it's -- the government is discriminating against people
ininterpreter. one was granted refugee status. his family had been in the u.s. for about two years at this point. we spoke to one of the lawyers working on this case. he said that they tried to access their clients. they spoke to some of the border patrol officials. asking why they couldn't speak to their clients, who they could talk to. the border patrol officials told them to speak to donald trump. fred. >> all right, rachel crane, thank you so much. men time let's bring in an attorney working with the two people detained at jfc airport in new york. joining me on the phone is mark dos. he is the supervising attorney at the international refugee assistance project. he is worki-- mark thank you fo being me on the phone. what more can you tell me about where things stand? these two travelers being
welcome back. i'm fredericka whitfield. the power of the pen already impackii impacting people in the u.s. and around the world after president trump signed an executive sperndispern suspending some refugees from entering the u.s. at jfk airport two iraqis who had been granted visas are being detained after arriving last night. one is a man who worked with the u.s. government in iraq. another was visiting his wife and child in the u.s. they have now filed a lawsuit saying their detention is illegil illegal. lawsuits are already being filed following these detainments. joining me now to discuss is omar. he is the director of the immigrants rights project for the aclu. thank you for being me. what can you tell me about the
their allowances to come and go, particularly as it relates to this trip entering the u.s. at jfk? >> they actually -- both individuals who have been targeted because of their u.s. affiliation, so our special immigrant visa applicant worked on behalf of the united states. he was an interpetter and he was an engineer. they determined that he was facing serious threats that were ongoing because of his service to the united states. that's how he was able to be given this visa after going through all the necessary security checks, interviews, medical exams. and then detained at the airport upon arrival. our other client is a refugee from iraq who also has -- his
have valid status and are being unlawfully detained and we're requesting their immediate release. >> thank you so much for your time. please keep us posted as you are there at jfk to meet with your clients who are currently being detained as a result of this executive order signed by president trump last night. thank you so much, mark. appreciate it. we're going to talk much more about this, the next steps and the constitutionality of this executive order. i'll be right back. don't pay hundreds more for taxes and fees on your wireless bill. introducing t-mobile one. now with taxes and fees included. get 4 lines of unlimited lte data for 40 bucks each. all unlimited. all in! switch to t-mobile today. imy moderate to severeng crohn's disease. i didn't think there was anything else to talk about. but then i realized there was. so, i finally broke the silence with my doctor about what i was experiencing. he said humira is for people like me who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms
detained at jfk airport. >> thanks so much for having me. we've been at jfk all night. i'm still at jfk right now. we've had attorneys here since they've arrived. none of us have been able to speak with our clients in person. we've had a phone call with one of them. but as far as we know, they are still detained. they are still with cdp and we have been unable to actually meet with them in person. >> so this executive order signed yesterday effective immediately clearly by way of these two examples, what do uh-oh oh whar y you -- what are you most concerned about as you filed the lawsuit about this detainment? what is it that you're challenging about this executive order that is calling for a stoppage to this kind of travel and how it then led to the detainment of your clients?
>> so mr. doss, where do you turn at this point? do you make your way to meet with your clients? are you reaching out to the state department? we know there's been a shakeup at the state department, a removal or retiring of people in a high level position who may have vn involvbeen involved in of vetting or visa program or do you reach out to the white house? what do you do? >> i've been here since about 1:00 a.m. here at jfk. we are obviously trying to see our clients face-to-face. when we spoke to the cvp officer right in front of the secured area he would not let us whch. when we asked who we could talk to about this he said call trump. it is really upsetting that this is not being taken seriously here. these are people who are in
speak out. mark swruker berg wrote a facebook post and he talked about his wife whose parents are refugees. steve job, apple's former ceo, the great creator, his father was a syrian refugee. a lot of these folks are concerned. i think there's really a question whaf doof what does th. it has a kind of gray area who has folks who travel a lot and are from many of these countries. >> we're finding out the hard way when they arrive at an airport when they are denied or stopped like the cake at jfk. also coming up lawsuits already being filed after president trump files this executive order suspending refugees and many middle eastern nationals from entering the u.s. when we come back, we'll talk about an attorney from one of those organizations filing a lawsuit against this executive order. (announcer vo) when you have type 2 diabetes,