The Supreme Court is letting the Trump administration enforce parts of its 90-day ban on travelers from six mostly Muslim countries, overturning lower court orders that blocked it.
But organizations like the Catholic Family Center, which helps resettles refugees here, wants more clarification on the ruling.
Director of refugee services, Lisa Hoyt, says the Catholic Family Center was expecting a large number of Syrian and Somali refugees this year.
“It appears, at least for now, that (they) won’t be coming unless you have a family relationship or some kind of tie to the Rochester area,” she said.
For now, the administration can bar travelers from six majority-Muslim countries if they can't show a ``credible claim of a bona fide relationship'' with someone or some entity in the country.
Hoyt says there needs to be clarification on just what that means.
She says CFC was expecting a large number of Somalis and Syrians this year.
“Syrians just really started arriving to Rochester in the last two years, and so there are not family ties here that would connect them and provide them the opportunity to come to Rochester,” she said.
She notes that Catholic Family Center has resettled 258 refugees since the start of the year, nearly 200 fewer than at the same time last year.
Hoyt adds CFC is awaiting word from several of its agencies that work directly with the United Nations on refugee arrivals.
It’s expected there will be more lawsuits in the wake of this latest ruling.
Trump called the Supreme Court's order "a clear victory for our national security."