State of Washington, et al v. Donald J. Trump, et al
Filing
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Filed (ECF) Appellees State of Washington and State of Minnesota Correspondence: Declaration and exhibits in support of response to motion [28]. Date of service: 02/06/2017. [10302893] [17-35105]--[COURT UPDATE: Updated docket text to reflect correct ECF filing type. 02/06/2017 by SLM] (Purcell, Noah) [Entered: 02/06/2017 12:59 AM]
Purcell Declaration
Exhibit C
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By Julia Edwards Ainsley | WASHINGTON
U.S. moves to resume admitting refugees, including Syrians
The U.S. State Department on Saturday moved to begin admitting refugees, including
Syrians, as soon as Monday after a federal judge on Friday blocked a Trump
administration temporary ban on refugee admissions.An email from the State
Department's refugee office reviewed by Reuters Saturday said the U.S. government is
working with its legal team and interagency and overseas partners to comply with the
ruling.
Trump's Jan. 27 executive order had suspended refugee admissions for 120 days and
indefinitely barred Syrian refugees but U.S. Judge James Robart in Seattle on Friday
blocked the president's order.
A U.S. State Department official told Reuters on Saturday that officials "expect some
refugees to arrive Monday."
The U.S. instructed the International Organization for Migration "to rebook refugees of
all nationalities, including Syrians, who were" to schedule to arrive since the Trump's
order was signed, the email said.
"We are focusing on booking refugee travel through February 17. We are asking that
arrivals resume this Monday, the first normal travel day of the week, if possible. We are
aware that some refugees may not be ready to depart on short notice," the email said.
A United Nations spokesman, Leonard Doyle, told the New York Times about 2,000
refugees were ready to travel.
Refugees do not usually enter on weekends, a U.S. official said, as the department hews
to a strict set of rules on how their admissions are processed.
Other travelers from seven Muslim majority countries affected by President Donald
Trump's week-old curb on immigration can rework their flights after the judge's order,
as long as they have valid visas.
Refugees fleeing war, hunger and persecution have less autonomy. Advocates working
on their behalf urged the government to move quickly on admitting them.
International Refugee Assistance Project Director Becca Heller called for "the instant
resumption of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program to immediately take the most
vulnerable refugees out of harm's way."
During the week of the ban, the government admitted 843 refugees - but no Syrian
refugees, government figures show. Officials previously told Reuters that they were "in
transit" and had already been cleared for resettlement before the ban took effect.
For refugee families, they are trying to keep expectations in check and hope they do not
end up back where they started.
Ayham Oubeid, a Syrian living in Cleveland, has been waiting for over a year for his
brother George's family to come to the United States as refugees. His brother, who has
health issues, is living in Dubai on a work visa that covers him, his six-year-old daughter
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canceled when Trump announced the temporary ban. Without George’s job, the family
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could lose the work visa and be sent back to Syria in the midst of its deadly civil war.
Upon hearing of the judge's ruling from Friday, Oubeid called George. He was careful
not to be too hopeful, knowing the judge's order could be overturned.
"I don’t want to get excited. I don’t want my brother to get excited. Because it was hard
for him when he lost everything and was told he couldn't come," Oubeid said.
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