May 16, 2017
Sally Yates misquoted the law to Ted Cruz
By Allan J. Favish
In testimony on May 8, 2017 before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, former deputy attorney general Sally Yates briefly discussed an issue that is part of the ongoing litigation over President Donald Trump's Executive Order No. 13769 of January 27, 2017 and Executive Order 13780 of March 6, 2017 limiting entry of refugees from some of the countries that are openly hostile to the United States and/or are incapable of helping us adequately vet the refugees. (Section 1
of the latter executive order revoked the earlier executive order.) In her discussion about the issue with Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), which begins at 1:33:50 here, she misquotes a United States Code section.
One of the issues in the lawsuits against the executive orders is the effect of Title 8 United States Code, section 1182(f), which states:
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