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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Wednesday, February 1, 2017 Trump’s travel ban raises questions, concerns at UO international students. As many as 17,000 students from the seven named countries study in the United States, according to the Institute of International Education. But citizens of other Muslim-ma- jority nations such as Turkey, Jordan or Tunisia who are temporarily studying, teaching or researching in the United States — and even Muslim-Americans who live her permanently — say they are shaken by the federal orders. During a forum Monday, the UO tried to answer student questions from about 350 students and faculty about the ever-shifting federal policy. “I’m from one of these seven countries, is it safe for me to travel outside the U.S.?” Galvin said. “We can be pretty certain that the answer to that is ‘no.’?” Federal customs agents are unlikely to allow students with visas who leave to return to the United States to resume their studies. But if a student in the United States is from a Muslim-majority county that’s not on the list of seven, is it safe for them to travel abroad? “On Jan. 30 at (2:34 p.m.) Pacific time, it seems like it doesn’t apply to them, but, no, we can’t be sure that this set of immigration rulings will not be extended,” Galvin said. He even said that faculty or students with green cards — which By DIANE DIETZ The Register-Guard EUGENE (AP) — University of Oregon officials tried to clarify for their Muslim international students just what President Trump’s executive orders on visas mean to them — even as the meaning grew cloudier. Late in the day, acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates ordered Justice Department lawyers not to defend Trump’s executive orders because she’s not sure they’re legal. She was subsequently fired. “We’re all carefully watching what’s coming from D.C. and we’re trying to interpret it,” UO Vice Provost for International Affairs Dennis Galvan said. “But we’re at a moment when there’s a lot of change coming fast.” The orders Trump issued Friday blocked refugee entry into the United States for 120 days, barred Syrian refugees indefinitely and stopped residents from seven select Muslim-majority countries — Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen — from entry for 90 days. The UO enrolls 39 students from those nations among its 3,200 international students. Oregon State University has 165 students from the targeted countries, of 3,500 total the ground, the thieves stole 400 feet of wiring in plastic sheaths. Lakeside is a small city 15 miles north of Coos Bay. Copper thieves cut phone service in Lakeside LAKESIDE (AP) — The Coos County Sheriff’s Office says copper thieves caused more than 500 residents to lose landline- telephone service over the weekend. Lakeside residents with a 759 landline prefix were unable to dial 911 or make long distance phone calls on Saturday, leading the sheriff’s office to place a dispatcher at Lakeside Library. The World newspaper reports the dispatcher forwarded emergency calls to the Coquille dispatch center until service was restored the following day. Investigators found that thieves near Lakeside Cemetery put a ladder near a utility pole, then climbed up and cut the lines. Once the lines were on Trump supporter’s car damaged at Eugene protest EUGENE (AP) — A Eugene man says his vehicle was vandalized when he ran into an anti-President Donald Trump rally why flying a Trump flag on his SUV. Cameron Sparhawk, 23, was headed home on Sunday when he ran into protesters marching the wrong way along the street, The Register-Guard reported. Some members of the group ripped his Trump flag from the vehicle and burned it. The protesters also punctured a tire on his vehicle and pounded on the hood of his car. confer permanent resident status in the United States, typically due to marriage or some other family connection — may want to avoid traveling outside the country for now. Some green card holders were detained at international airports over the weekend when they tried to return to the United States, according to news reports. “If somebody has a sick family member (in a foreign country), they may have to weigh being with the loved one with the uncertainty of getting back in (to the United States),” Galvin said. Closely tracked Students and scholars here on non-immigrant visas in the United States are closely tracked by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security database called Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, or SEVIS. Universities and colleges that enroll international students must submit quarterly reports with the students’ enrollment status, whether the students withdraw or are suspended, drop from full course loads, take off- campus jobs, change majors, delay completion dates, transfer colleges or graduate. Faculty who are concerned about their international students and colleagues are calling the Sparhawk said the marchers were walking the wrong way down the street. He said he wasn’t going to change his path just for the protesters. “I was not looking to start anything, and I was not in the wrong,” Sparhawk said. Sparhawk said he decided to fly the Trump flag from his SUV after hearing about planned protests in opposition of Trump’s executive order imposing a temporary travel ban on citizens from seven Muslim- majority countries were happening at airports across the country. “I don’t want everyone to think Eugene is a completely liberal community. I want people to know that some of us are on the other side of the spectrum,” he said. Eugene Police Chief Pete Kerns said investigators are reviewing video of the incident in hopes of 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. Main St., Hermiston 541-567-6211 Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed major holidays To subscribe, call 1-800-522-0255 or go online to www.eastoregonian.com and click on ‘Subscribe’ East Oregonian (USPS 164-980) is published daily except Sunday, Monday and Dec. 25, by the EO Media Group, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. Periodicals postage paid at Pendleton, OR. 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The list included 40 Nobel prize laureates and 226 members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Arts. “The unethical and discrimi- natory treatment of law-abiding, hard- working, and well-integrated identifying people who could face charges for their involvement. The incident occurred more than two hours after about 1,000 people began gathering outside the U.S. Courthouse in Eugene to rally against Trump’s executive order. Plans for that rally did not include a march, Kerns said. However, about 150 protesters broke off from the main group and started marching through downtown, blocking traffic. Video captured by witnesses of the incident show marchers surrounding Sparhawk’s SUV and appearing to push it backward. Another video shows Sparhawk getting angrily out of his car after protesters punched his windows. “I said things I shouldn’t have in the heat of the moment,” he said. “That Didn’t receive your paper? Call 1-800-522-0255 before noon Tuesday through Friday or before 10 a.m. Saturday for same-day redelivery immigrants fundamentally contra- venes the founding principles of the United States,” the petition says. Drew Williams, president of the UO Muslim Student Association, said the executive orders are “very serious” for many UO students. Haytham Abu Adel, a student member of the group, left his family in Yemen to study in Eugene. “He’s really not able to go home,” Williams said. “And if he does go home, he can’t come back — but he can’t go home because Yemen is a war zone. The city he’s from is being bombed by Saudi Arabia right now. There’s nowhere he can go.” But the changes coming out of Washington are also troubling to Muslim-Americans, such as Williams. “We all heard the rhetoric on the campaign trail, but to see it in action is hard hitting and very discomforting,” he said. The hastily organized rally in support of immigrants at the U.S. District Courthouse on Sunday — where 1,000 Eugene residents waved signs and pledged their support — meant a lot to interna- tional students, Williams said. “It does help when you see it’s not like the whole country hates you. It’s not a monolithic we-want- you-out kind of thing. It makes you feel more comfortable and welcome,” he said. Petition effort BRIEFLY Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — international office for clarity on the federal policy changes. Abe Schafermeyer, director of UO International Student and Scholar Services, said his email inbox has filled over the past 72 hours by anxious students. “Their parents cannot attend their graduation ceremonies. They cannot go to a funeral of a family member back home. This is real.” The long-standing non-immi- grant visa system “has worked and kept us safe and brought in excel- lent colleagues, scholars, students and visitors for generations,” said Michael Dreiling, president of United Academics and a UO sociology professor. “Everything is happening so quickly. Our friends and colleagues and family are impacted by this executive order,” he said. 0 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 -10s -0s showers t-storms 0s 10s rain 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low National Summary: Steady snow will diminish over New England, while lake-effect snow and flurries continue around the Great Lakes today. 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