But confusion remained about who could stay and who will be kept out of the country in the coming weeks. "It's complete chaos," said Melanie Nezer, policy director for HIAS, one of nine refugee resettlement agencies that work with the US State Department. "I don't know what's going on," Azmeh told The Associated Press by phone Saturday from Lebanon. "I really don't know how to react." "My mom was already having pain enough to go through this on top of the pain that she's having," Ulayyet said.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 29, 2017 09:36 UTC