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Expert: Clarification Needed on Supreme Court Travel Ban Ruling

June 27, 2017 (1 min read)

Miriam Jordan, New York Times, June 27, 2017 - "In agreeing to hear two cases on President Trump’s travel ban, the court introduced a new phrase to the fraught discussion of refugees and Muslim immigrants: “bona fide relationship.” Those who can show a “bona fide relationship” with a “person or entity” in the United States will not be affected by Mr. Trump’s 120-day halt to refugee admissions or his 90-day ban on travel from six majority-Muslim countries, according to the court’s order. Those refugees or travelers must be admitted, at least for now. However, those who have no family, business or other ties can be prohibited, the court said. The justices gave some examples of a bona fide relationship: visiting relatives in the United States, attending a university or taking a job offer. ... “At the very least, there will be delays in refugees’ coming to the United States until we get clarifications from the State Department or the federal court,” said Stephen Yale-Loehr, an immigration law professor at Cornell University."

- Prof. Stephen W. Yale-Loehr