Tana Lin: Mariko Hirose and Vetting Capabilities

tana lin: Lawyers from the ACLU and Jewish Family Service asked U.S. District Judge James Robart for an injunction on a ban the administration has placed on refugees from some mostly Muslim countries, according to Metro News. The ban went into effect in October after President Donald Trump issued an executive order resuming the refugee program with enhanced vetting capabilities. It was Tana Lin, not Mariko Hirose.A corrected version of the story is below Judge considers lifting ban on entry of refugees, familiesA federal judge said he would decide before Christmas whether to stop a Trump administration ban on certain refugees after hearing arguments that the ban is separating families and putting some refugees in danger By MARTHA BELLISLEAssociated PressA federal judge said he would decide before Christmas whether to stop a Trump administration ban on certain refugees after hearing arguments Thursday that the ban is separating families and putting some refugees in danger. The day before that order, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke and Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats sent a memo to Trump saying certain refugees must be banned unless additional security measures are implemented. The ACLU argued the memo provided no evidence for why additional security was needed and didn't specify a timeframe for implementing the changes. The banned refugees include the spouses and minor children of refugees who have already settled in the U.S. The action also suspended the refugee program for people coming from 11 countries, nine of which are mostly Muslim. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.