Whereas, on January 27, 2017, the President of the United States signed an Executive order titled Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States ; Whereas this Executive order suspends the Issuance of Visas and Other Immigration Benefits to Nationals of Countries of Particular Concern, which include the countries Iraq, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya, and Yemen; and suspension of the issuance of visas and other immigration benefits will last 90 days; Whereas agents of U.S. Customs and Border Protection were also instructed to detain all lawful permanent residents from the above countries at U.S. Ports of Entry; Whereas this Executive order instructs that The Secretary of State shall suspend the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) for 120 days. ; Whereas the President stated in the Executive order, I hereby proclaim that the entry of nationals of Syria as refugees is detrimental to the interests of the United States and thus suspend any such entry until such time as I have determined that sufficient changes have been made to the USRAP to ensure that admission of Syrian refugees is consistent with the national interest. ; and Congress does not agree with this determination; Whereas the execution of this Executive order did not make any provision for individuals already in transit to the United States under the U.S. Refugee Admission Program (USRAP); and as a consequence, multiple individuals and families were denied entry at U.S. ports of entry after already fleeing highly dangerous and unsafe conditions in their country of origin; Whereas the Executive order is the first Executive order since 2001 to suspend refugee resettlement; Whereas since 2001, the refugee admissions process has been expanded to include more agencies and review processes in determining the security risk of each individual applying for resettlement