View
5
Download
0
Category
Preview:
Citation preview
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THEEASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
Alexandria Division
TAREQ AQEL MOHAMMED AZIZ, ^ aL
Petitioners/Plaintiffs,
V.
DONALD TRUMP, President of theUnited States, §t al..
l:17-cv-116(LMB/TCB)
Respondents/Defendants.MEMORANDUM OPINION
On Friday, February 3,2017, after hearing oral argument, theCourt granted a Motion to
Intervene bytheCommonwealth ofVirginia ("the Commonwealth") and a Motion to Intervene
byOsman 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
Case 1:17-cv-00116-LMB-TCB Document 42 Filed 02/03/17 Page 1 of 13 PageID# 257
Case 1:17-cv-00116-LMB-TCB Document 42 Filed 02/03/17 Page 2 of 13 PageID# 258
Case 1:17-cv-00116-LMB-TCB Document 42 Filed 02/03/17 Page 3 of 13 PageID# 259
Case 1:17-cv-00116-LMB-TCB Document 42 Filed 02/03/17 Page 4 of 13 PageID# 260
Case 1:17-cv-00116-LMB-TCB Document 42 Filed 02/03/17 Page 5 of 13 PageID# 261
Case 1:17-cv-00116-LMB-TCB Document 42 Filed 02/03/17 Page 6 of 13 PageID# 262
Case 1:17-cv-00116-LMB-TCB Document 42 Filed 02/03/17 Page 7 of 13 PageID# 263
Case 1:17-cv-00116-LMB-TCB Document 42 Filed 02/03/17 Page 8 of 13 PageID# 264
Case 1:17-cv-00116-LMB-TCB Document 42 Filed 02/03/17 Page 9 of 13 PageID# 265
Case 1:17-cv-00116-LMB-TCB Document 42 Filed 02/03/17 Page 10 of 13 PageID# 266
Case 1:17-cv-00116-LMB-TCB Document 42 Filed 02/03/17 Page 11 of 13 PageID# 267
Case 1:17-cv-00116-LMB-TCB Document 42 Filed 02/03/17 Page 12 of 13 PageID# 268
Case 1:17-cv-00116-LMB-TCB Document 42 Filed 02/03/17 Page 13 of 13 PageID# 269
Recommended