An American judge drew stops for some refugees

An American federal judge in Seattle has withdrawn stops from refugees assigned to nearby ties in the United States, who were ordered by President Donald Trump's administration.

American Judge James Robart on Saturday evening has decided in favour of organisations, the American Civil Freedom Union (ACLU) and the Jewish Family Service (JFS), after they have argued that this policy had prevented people from several countries with the majority Muslim population, from being reunited with their families, who live legally in the United States.

The judge has ordered the federal government to process several refugee applications, but said the decision applies only to people who have a close relationship “with the person or entity in the United States.

The last stop had become powerful on October 24th, after President Trump had filed an executive order continuing the programme for refugees, but with <x0-accytites added verification” waiting 90 days for security review, which was due to expire late next January.

Judge Robart's decision says the administration can carry out the 90-day review of security, but this cannot stop the prosecution or acceptance of refugees who are linked to the United States.

Organizations A CLU and JFS have argued in court on December 21st that the stop causes irreversible damage, and some people put them at risk.

Lawyers from the United States have claimed the stop is necessary for protecting national security.

The ban was applied to the wives and small refugee children who have already settled in the United States. The order, practically, had suspended the refugee programme for people from 11 countries classified as states with Consultative Security Rating (SAO).

The recent judicial ruling does not concern potential new refugees from 11 countries, if they also have close relations with anyone or entities in the United States.

The administration has not submitted the list of states, but the media have reported that Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Mali, North Korea, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria and Yemen are located. All these countries, with the exception of South Sudan and North Korea, are of Muslim populations.

US State Department data shows that citizens of 11 countries account for about 44% of the 54 thousand refugees who have been admitted to the United States during the last fiscal year.

In this respect, Iraq, Syria, Somalia and Iran have mostly refugee achievements in the United States.

The data also shows that of the 2,600 Iranian refugees who were deployed in the United States last year, most of them were Christians.

In his decision, Judge Robart has quoted former Government officials as saying that stopping for family members would be “would harm national security and foreign policy interests of the United States”.

Judge Robart said his decision renewed the procedures for family members, where they remained before the October stop, and has stressed that they are already involved in the process of verifying individuals.

In the statement submitted following the judge's decision, American State Department spokeswoman Lauren Ehsrem said that “disagrees with the judicial ruling and is currently considering the next steps”.

The Trump administration has worked hard to establish restrictions on integration, which would also have court approval.