An executive order from President Donald Trump targeting skilled foreign workers sparked chaos aboard an Emirates flight out of San Francisco.

Flight EK226, scheduled to depart SFO for Dubai at 5:05 p.m., was delayed for hours after passengers learned that the president had signed a proclamation earlier in the day slapping a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications, a blow to the technology sector, which relies heavily on workers from India and China. As word spread through the cabin, multiple passengers demanded to disembark.

Video from inside the Airbus A380 captured the captain addressing passengers over the loudspeaker, saying, “Due to the current circumstances, obviously they are unprecedented for us here at Emirates, we are aware that a number of passengers do not wish to travel

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