[FLASHBACK] Judge voices concern about Trump travel ban impact on visa lottery winners

Politico ^ | August 21, 2017 | By JOSH GERSTEIN

[Oldeconomybuyer]

A federal judge repeatedly expressed concerns Monday that the State Department’s interpretation of President Donald Trump’s travel ban could cost winners of the so-called diversity visa lottery their best chance at migrating to the U.S.

During an almost 90-minute hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan mulled issuing an order that could limit the Trump directive’s impact on diversity visa winners from the six countries named in the Trump executive order.

“They’re faced with a deadline that most visa applicants are not faced with. … I think the potential effect of that is they’ll be out of time,” Chutkan said.

Lottery winners who haven’t obtained their immigrant visas yet and don’t qualify for an exemption or waiver from the travel ban can’t get visas right now but may be eligible when the 90-day provision in the ban runs out Sept. 24. By law, diversity visas can be issued only through Sept. 30, meaning some people might have less than a week to get their visas.

In addition, while about 91,000 people won the lottery for the current fiscal year, no more than 50,000 actual visas can be issued, so delay could cost some people their slots if the cap is reached.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Tanya S. Chutkan, appointed by Barack Hussein Obama, June 5, 2014

[Col Frank Slade]

This was on Monday ?

Incredible.

[Williams]

Because the interest of foreigners outweighs the interests of the United States of America in all cases brought before these leftists.

[Williams]

Such a happy privileged smile as she endangers the United States of America. I can assure you that she will never lose a minute’s sleep regarding the consequences of her actions.

[Rusty0604]

08/21/2017