While I agree with you, I believe the point the federal judge will attempt to make concerns the ‘changes to the USRAP’, ‘to prioritize refugee claims made by individuals on the basis of religious-based persecution, provided that the religion of the individual is a minority religion in the individual’s country of nationality.’
The White House should issue another EO that removes this portion. Then they could simply change Section 5(d) from ‘entry of more than 50,000 refugees in fiscal year 2017 would be detrimental to the interests of the United States’ to ‘entry of more than 50 refugees ....’
Then direct SECSTATE Tillerson to prioritize refugee claims.
Some assume this applies only to Christians, it does not.
Among religious minorities in and around Syria are: Yazidis, Zoroastrians, and Druze.