Case 2:17-cv-00178-JLR Document 132 Filed 05/03/18 Page 1 of 2 1 THE HONORABLE JAMES L. ROBART 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 9 JOHN DOE, et al., 10 11 12 Case No. C17-0178JLR Plaintiffs, v. DONALD TRUMP, et al., 13 DECLARATION OF JOHN DOE 1 IN SUPPORT OF JFS PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO REINSTATE THEIR CROSS-MOTION FOR LIMITED EXPEDITED DISCOVERY Defendants. 14 15 JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SEATTLE, et al., 16 17 18 v. Plaintiffs, DONALD TRUMP, et al., Defendants. 19 20 21 I, John Doe 1, declare as follows: 22 1. I am a national of Iraqi origin, and I currently live in Cairo, Egypt. 23 2. I completed my medical exam in order to seek resettlement to the United States in 24 January 2017. 25 26 DECL. OF JOHN DOE 1 ISO JFS PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO REINSTATE (No. C17-0178JLR) – 1 Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, WA 98101-3099 Phone: 206.359.8000 Fax: 206.359.9000 hCase Document 132 Filed 05/03/18 Page 2 of 2 3. On or about January 13, 20l8, I received a noti?cation from the International Organization ot?Migration that there was an update in my case. When I logged into my case tracker, I saw that my medical exam had expired. Since then, my immigration attorney has submitted a request to IOM to expedite the scheduling of a new medical exam, but I have not yet been scheduled for a new exam. 3. Attached as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of an email I received on or about April 4, 2018 from an employee in the Of?ce of Congressman Marc Veasey in response to my request that the Congressman inquire into the status of my refugee application. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 3rd day of May, 2018, inCairo, Egypt. John Doc 1 DECLARATION OF JOHN DOE SUPPORT cm um OF JFS MOTION TO 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 REINSTATE MOTION 2 WA Phone: 206.359.8000 Fax: 206.359.9000 Case Document 132-1 Filed 05/03/18 Page 1 of 3 Exhibit A Case 2:17-cv-00178-JLR Document 132-1 Filed 05/03/18 Page 2 of 3 ‫ م‬١٠:٢٢ ٢٠١٨ ،‫ ابريل‬٤ ،‫ في األربعاء‬Ward, Jennifer ‫كتب‬: My coworker, Samuel Acosta, is out of the office and I received the reply from the U.S. Department of State Officials below in response to the Congressman’s inquiry on your behalf. I believe you will find it self-explanatory. Feel free to contact me or Samuel in 6 months if you do not receive any further information concerning your case and the Congressman will be happy to make another inquiry on your behalf. Thank you. -Jennifer From: DoS-Congressional Sent: Wednesday, April 4, 2018 3:00 PM To: Ward, Jennifer Subject: FW: Congressional Inquiry -Importance: High April 4, 2018 Dear Jennifer: Thank you for your April 2 e-mail asking about the status of the refugee case of Mr. born 1964. His case number in Egypt is . Mr. is seeking information about when he will be able to travel to the United States. The following information is provided in response to your inquiry, however, pursuant to Section 222(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(f)), the information shall be considered confidential and shall be used only for the formulation, amendment, administration or enforcement of immigration, nationality, and other laws of the United States. According to our records, this cas was opened in Oct. 2014 and finally approved by DHS/USCIS in September 2017. The USRAP was unable to complete the final processing of the case prior to the Oct. 24, 2017 Executive Order directing the temporary suspension of the movement of the nationals from eleven countries, including Iraq, until a further review of the procedures for processing these cases was completed. This suspension ended on Jan. 22, 2018. The USRAP collected additional biodata information from Mr. in January and in the processing of completing further security checks as a result of the findings of the review. Once the results of the security checks are received, DHS/USCIS will conduct a final review and then we will schedule him for a new medical exam and requested an amended sponsorship assurance from the resettlement agency assigned to {00009566} Case 2:17-cv-00178-JLR Document 132-1 Filed 05/03/18 Page 3 of 3 his case. At this time, however, we cannot provide a timeframe as to when the processing of this case will be completed. When there is any change in the status of the case we will inform Mr. . I hope that this information is helpful. If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me again. Sincerely, Congressional Liaison Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration Department of State Official - Privacy/PII UNCLASSIFIED {00009566}