An email from the State Department\u2019s refugee office, seen by Reuters, said the US government is working with its legal team and foreign partners to comply with the ruling.<\/p>\n
A US State Department official told Reuters that officials \u201cexpect some refugees to arrive Monday,\u201d<\/em> adding that they do not usually enter on weekends.<\/p>\n Read more<\/p>\n Washington instructed the International Organization for Migration \u201cto rebook refugees of all nationalities, including Syrians,\u201d<\/em> scheduled to arrive after Trump\u2019s order was signed, the email said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe 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,<\/em>\u201d the email said, as cited by Reuters.<\/p>\n A United Nations spokesman, Leonard Doyle, told the\u00a0New York Times<\/a> that around 2,000 refugees are ready to travel.<\/p>\n The\u00a0State Department<\/a> said on Saturday that those with valid visas could enter the country, adding that the staff would \u201cresume inspection of travelers in accordance with standard policy and procedure\u201d<\/em> which existed before Trump\u2019s restrictive executive order.<\/p>\n Last week, Trump caused an uproar when he signed an executive order suspending refugee admissions for 120 days and indefinitely barring Syrian refugees.<\/p>\n On Friday, US federal Judge James Robart in Seattle issued a temporary restraining order on the ban until a full review of a complaint made by Washington state attorney Bob Ferguson has been conducted. During the hearing, Robart questioned the Trump administration\u2019s use of the 9\/11 tragedy to justify the order, noting that no attacks had been carried out on US soil by individuals from any of the seven countries listed.<\/p>\n Trump slammed the judge\u2019s decision as a \u201cterrible\u201d<\/em> mistake.<\/p>\n \u201cBecause the ban was lifted by a judge, many very bad and dangerous people may be pouring into our country. A terrible decision,\u201d<\/em> he wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n \u201cThe judge opens up our country to potential terrorists and others that do not have our best interests at heart. Bad people are very happy!<\/em>\u201d he wrote in another tweet.<\/p>\n The Department of Homeland Security stopped flagging travelers from the countries blacklisted by Trump following the federal judge\u2019s ruling to suspend the president\u2019s executive order.<\/p>\n Read more<\/p>\n During the week of the ban, the government admitted 843 refugees, but no Syrian refugees, Reuters reported, citing government figures. Officials previously told Reuters that they were \u201cin transit\u201d<\/em> and had already been cleared for resettlement before the ban took effect.<\/p>\n \u201cWe encourage all US visa holders who have been affected by the order to travel to the United States as soon as possible,\u201d<\/em> Becca Heller, director of the International Refugee Assistance Project, told AFP.<\/p>\n Late Saturday, the Justice Department filed an appeal to the federal appeals court to reverse Judge Robart\u2019s order temporarily lifting the travel ban introduced by Trump. The court has denied the request.<\/p>\n \u201cAppellants\u2019 request for an immediate administrative stay pending full consideration of the emergency motion for a stay pending appeal is denied,\u201d<\/em> the ruling by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Justice Department\u00a0brief<\/a> said the federal court ruling \u201csecond-guesses the President\u2019s national security judgment about the quantum of risk posed by the admission of certain classes of aliens and the best means of minimizing that risk.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n \u201cUnlike the president, courts do not have access to classified information about the threat posed by terrorist organizations operating in particular nations, the efforts of those organizations to infiltrate the United States, or gaps in the vetting process,\u201d<\/em> the Justice Department document argues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Via RT<\/a>. 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