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TRUMP v. INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE
PROJECT
 
Per Curiam
 

entered  by  the  lower  courts.    We  grant  the  petitions  for 
certiorari and grant the stay applications in part. 

I 

A 

On January 27, 2017, President Donald J. Trump signed 
Executive  Order  No.  13769,  Protecting  the  Nation  From
Foreign  Terrorist  Entry  Into  the  United  States.    82  Fed. 
Reg.  8977  (EO–1).  EO–1  addressed  policies  and  proce-
dures  relating  to  the  entry  of  foreign  nationals  into  this 
country.  Among  other  directives,  the  order  suspended 
entry  of  foreign  nationals  from  seven  countries  identified 
as  presenting  heightened  terrorism  risks—Iran,  Iraq, 
Libya,  Somalia,  Sudan,  Syria,  and  Yemen—for  90  days. 
§3(c).  Executive  officials  were  instructed  to  review  the 
adequacy  of  current  practices  relating  to  visa  adjudica-
tions during this 90-day period.  §3(a).  EO–1 also modified 
refugee  policy,  suspending  the  United  States  Refugee 
Admissions  Program  (USRAP)  for  120  days  and  reducing
the number of refugees eligible to be admitted to the United
States during fiscal year 2017.  §§5(a), (d).

EO–1 was immediately challenged in court.  Just a week 
after  the  order  was  issued,  a  Federal  District  Court  en-
tered  a  nationwide  temporary  restraining  order  enjoining 
enforcement  of  several  of  its  key  provisions.    Washington 
v. Trump, 2017 WL 462040 (WD Wash., Feb. 3, 2017).  Six 
days  later,  the  Court  of  Appeals  for  the  Ninth  Circuit 
denied  the  Government’s  emergency  motion  to  stay  the 
order  pending  appeal.  Washington  v.  Trump,  847  F.  3d 
1151  (2017).  Rather  than  continue  to  litigate  EO–1,  the 
Government announced that it would revoke the order and 
issue a new one. 

A second order followed on March 6, 2017.  See Protect-
ing  the  Nation  From  Foreign  Terrorist  Entry  Into  the
United States, Exec. Order No. 13780, 82 Fed. Reg. 13209 
(EO–2).  EO–2 describes “conditions in six of the . . . coun-