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# Elizabeth Warren Is Bringing An Iraqi Refugee To President Trump’s Congressional Address

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## Zamira Rahim


Feb 28, 2017 5:44 PM UTC

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U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) listens during a hearing before Senate Armed Services Committee February 9, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) listens during a hearing before Senate Armed Services Committee February 9, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Alex Wong—Getty Images

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[Zamira Rahim](https://time.com/author/zamira-rahim/)


## Zamira Rahim


Feb 28, 2017 5:44 PM UTC

Massachusetts Senator [Elizabeth Warren](http://time.com/4664081/senate-elizabeth-warren-mitch-mcconnell-rule-19/) has announced that a college junior who came to the U.S. as an Iraqi refugee [will accompany her](https://www.warren.senate.gov/?p=press%5Frelease&id=1460) to President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress in Washington Wednesday night.

Tiba Faraj arrived in Massachusetts in 2010 from Iraq with her family,[ a statement on Warren’s website said.](https://www.warren.senate.gov/?p=press%5Frelease&id=1460) Faraj’s father was shot and left permanently disabled in 2006 while working for a U.S. backed development organization in Iraq.

The family then fled to Jordan and applied for refugee status in the U.S. Faraj became a U.S. citizen last year and majors in accounting with a minor in international relations at UMass Dartmouth.

Warren’s move is a clear response to the President’s [controversial immigration policies](http://time.com/4648516/donald-trump-immigration-executive-orders/) that include barring Iraqis from the U.S. and [suspending the U.S. refugee program.](http://time.com/4660543/donald-trump-travel-immigration-ban-muslim-ninth-circuit/)

“Tiba’s courage, resilience and optimism embody the very best of the American spirit. Our strength as a country is rooted in our diversity, and Tiba’s many contributions have made us that much stronger,” the senator said in a prepared statement.

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