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Court Issues Injunction Against Refugee Pause/Travel Ban Executive Order

3/30/2017

 
Federal District Court in Hawaii Extends Bar on Implementation of Executive Order's Travel Ban and Refugee Admissions Pause Until Lawsuit is Resolved
Thursday, March 30, 2017
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Judge Watson
A federal district court in Hawaii late last night dealt  the most serious blow yet to President Trump's attempt to impose a 90-day long travel ban for travelers from six predominantly-Muslim countries, bar refugee admissions from all countries for 120 days, and reduce the number of refugees who may be admitted to the United States in the current fiscal year from 110,000 to 50,000 
The Court did so by converting what had been a temporary restraining order (TRO) barring the Trump Administration from implementing key portions of the President's March 6, 2017, revised refugee admissions/travel ban executive order into a preliminary injunction.  Absent intervention from a higher court, the ruling effectively blocks the implementation of much of the embattled executive order until the lawsuit challenging it is resolved.

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Secretary Price to Testify

3/28/2017

 
House Appropriations Panel to Hear from Secretary of HHS on FY '18 Appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
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Sec. Tom Price
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies has scheduled a hearing for this week to examine the President' FY '18 budget request for the Department of Health and Human Services.  The hearing is scheduled for 10:00 am on Wednesday, March 29, 2017, in Room 2358-C of the Rayburn House Office Building.
Anticipated Witnesses.  The sole witness who is scheduled to testify at the hearing is Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price.

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Markup of Iraq/Syria Genocide Bill

3/28/2017

 
House Committee Expected to Strip Refugee Provisions from Iraq and Syria Genocide Emergency Relief and Accountability Act
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
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Rep. Chris Smith
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs has scheduled a business meeting for this week, during which it will mark up a number of measures, including H.R. 390, the "Iraq and Syria Genocide Emergency Relief and Accountability Act".  In acting, however, the Committee is expected to strip all of the refugee-related provisions from the bill.

This week's markup session is scheduled for 10:30 am on Wednesday, March 29, 2017, in Room 2172 of The Rayburn House Office Building.

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Trump Appoints New Director of ORR

3/28/2017

 
President Appoints New Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
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E. Scott Lloyd
Sources indicate that late last week, President Trump appointed Edward Scott Lloyd to be the new Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR).

Lloyd, who goes by the name Scott, was born and raised in Stone  Harbor, New Jersey.  Prior to joining ORR, he was Senior Policy Coordinator to the Knights of Columbus a Catholic fraternal and charitable organization, where he served as an attorney in the Public Policy office.  In that capacity, he helped shape the organization’s humanitarian response and led its policy advocacy on behalf of the ethnic and religious minorities who are the victims of ISIS.

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Court Schedules Hearing in Hawaii

3/28/2017

 
Federal District Court in Hawaii to Hold Hearing on Case that has Temporarily Blocked Key Sections of the Most Recent Refugee Admissions/Travel Ban Executive Order
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
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Judge Watson
A federal district court in Hawaii has scheduled a hearing for this week in the case that resulted in the issuance of a nationwide  temporary restraining order (Hawaii Order) blocking the Trump Administration from implementing two key portions of the March 6, 2017, executive order on refugee admissions and travel to the United States. The hearing is scheduled for 3:30 pm EDT on Wednesday, March 29, 2017.
The question to be examined during the Wednesday hearing is a motion by the state of Hawaii to convert the temporary restraining order into a preliminary injunction, which would bar the Administration from implementing the enjoined sections until the litigation over the matter is resolved.

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