Trump expedites visas for family of Syrian in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. — The Trump administration is expediting a Syrian man’s applications to bring his wife and daughter to Wisconsin.
The Syrian man, who was granted asylum last year and is living in Wisconsin, sued over President Donald Trump’s travel ban in February. U.S. District Judge William Conley issued a temporary restraining order earlier this month prohibiting the administration from enforcing the revised version of the ban specifically against the man’s family.
A top immigration official filed a declaration on Friday ordering U.S. officials in Jordan, where the wife and daughter would travel for visa interviews, to process their applications by March 28. Roman Ginzburg, a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officer, further ordered that the office schedule interviews for no later than April 20 if the applications are in order.
The filing didn’t explain why the applications were being fast-tracked, but an earlier filing noted that U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin requested it.