--- title: Trump Address to Congress: Warren Brings Iraqi Refugee description: Tiba Faraj, a college junior, will accompany the Senator Elizabeth Warren to President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress. canonical: https://time.com/4685735/donald-trump-congress-elizabeth-warren/ author: Zamira Rahim article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-28T17:44:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:34:46.349Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Address to Congress: Warren Brings Iraqi Refugee og:description: Tiba Faraj's family fled from Iraq and were granted refugee status in the U.S. og:url: https://time.com/4685735/donald-trump-congress-elizabeth-warren/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d14a2c351e45277/6988bc5fcf40a87181c46a53/gettyimages-634417390.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Senate Armed Services Committee Holds Hearing On Situation In Afghanistan og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Address to Congress: Warren Brings Iraqi Refugee twitter:description: Tiba Faraj's family fled from Iraq and were granted refugee status in the U.S. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d14a2c351e45277/6988bc5fcf40a87181c46a53/gettyimages-634417390.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Elizabeth Warren Is Bringing An Iraqi Refugee To President Trump’s Congressional Address > Sponsored content. 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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 by [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. 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