And community and church groups, geared up to welcome Syrian families, looked in dismay at homes prepared for refugees that may never be filled. Trump signed a sweeping executive order Friday that he billed as a necessary step to stop "radical Islamic terrorists" from coming to the U.S. U.S. officials detained Darweesh and another Iraqi whom the U.S. government also had already approved for entry to this country. Meathaq Alaunaibi, also a refugee from Iraq, was hoping to soon be reunited with her twin 18-year-old daughters who are in Baghdad. All that work ground to a halt after Trump signed the order.

Source: Fox News January 28, 2017 22:18 UTC