Aziz et al v. Trump et al

Filing 42

MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema on 2/3/2017. (rban, )

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
Alexandria Division

TAREQ AQEL MOHAMMED AZIZ, ^ aL
Petitioners/Plaintiffs,

l:17-cv-116(LMB/TCB)

V.

DONALD TRUMP, President of the
United States, §t al..

Respondents/Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION

On Friday, February 3,2017, after hearing oral argument, theCourt granted a Motion to
Intervene bythe Commonwealth of Virginia ("the Commonwealth") and a Motion to Intervene
by Osman Nasreldin (**Nasreldin") andSahar Kamal Ahmed Fadul ("Fadul"). This
Memorandum Opinionsupplements the reasoning articulated in open court.
I.

BACKGROUND

On January 27,2017, President Donald Trump signed anexecutive order titled
"Protecting theNation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into theUnited States" ("the EO").

Section 3 oftheEO includes a proclamation "thattheunmigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the
United States of aliens from" Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Sudan, Yemen, and Somalia "would be
detrimentalto the interests of the United States" and "suspend[s] entry into the United States, as

immigrants and nonimmigrants, ofsuch persons for 90 days from the date ofthis order." Pet.
Ex. A, [Dkt. 7-1] at 3. Although theEOexplicitly excludes "foreign nationals traveling on

diplomatic visas. North Atlantic Treaty Organization visas, C-2 visas for travel to the United

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