The Supreme Court agreed late Tuesday to lift restrictions on President Trump’s travel ban until further notice, allowing the administration to continue barring most refugees under the ban. The court granted the government’s request to block a federal appeals court ruling that said the administration cannot ban refugees who have formal assurances from resettlement agencies or are in the U.S. Refugee […]
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Trump Travel Ban Loses In Appeals Court Again
A federal appeals court has dealt another blow to President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily restricting travel from six Muslim-majority countries. The Virginia-based 4th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday largely upheld a lower court ruling barring the administration from suspending visas from those countries. The Trump administration previously revised the executive order to better […]
Judge Extends Block On Travel Ban
HONOLULU — A U.S. judge in Hawaii is keeping President Donald Trump’s travel ban on hold while the state’s lawsuit works its way through the courts, the latest defeat for the government after it pushed for a freeze on the nation’s refugee program to go forward. U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson issued a 24-page order […]
New Travel Ban To Be Signed Monday
The White House is expected to unveil a new entry ban executive order on Monday, according to senior administration officials. The order is expected to be a revised version of an entry ban that President Trump signed in January, which has been blocked by a federal court. On Saturday, Trump met with Attorney General Jeff Sessions […]
Iraq Removed From Trump’s Travel Ban List
President Donald Trump’s new immigration order will remove Iraq from the list of countries whose citizens face a temporary U.S. travel ban, U.S. officials say, citing the latest draft in circulation. Trump is expected to sign the executive order in the coming days. Four officials told The Associated Press that the decision followed pressure from […]
Trump Ready To Unveil New Travel Ban
President Trump plans to issue a revised version of his temporary travel ban targeting majority-Muslim countries as early as Tuesday, with a likely focus on fewer people so it will survive legal challenges. The new order, according to a draft obtained by the Associated Press, would focus on the same seven countries — Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen — […]
Trump Says “Our Legal System Is Broken” In Latest Tweet
President Trump on Saturday morning increased his attacks on the judiciary, declaring on Twitter that “our legal system is broken!” “Our legal system is broken! “77% of refugees allowed into U.S. since travel reprieve hail from seven suspect countries.” (WT) SO DANGEROUS!” he tweeted, quoting a Washington Times article published Thursday. Trump has repeatedly railed […]
Trump Promises Travel Ban Action
President Trump said Friday that he would take action next week to strengthen border security in the wake of an appeals court ruling against his travel ban order, but declined to say what avenue that action would take. WASHINGTON — President Trump said Friday he’s considering a new executive order on refugees as soon as Monday or […]
Hillary Tweets 3-0 In Response To Courts Decision On Travel Ban
Trump was quick off the mark when he tweeted his reaction to the federal appeals court refusing to reinstate his travel ban, but his former rival Hillary Clinton was not far behind. The panel of three judges from the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals declined to block a lower-court ruling that suspended the ban […]
Trump’s Travel Ban Options After Latest Legal Setback
1. Go to Supreme Court The administration could appeal directly to the Supreme Court. That could be a difficult road, however, as the court remains short one justice and deadlocked 4-4 between conservatives and liberals. With Trump’s nominee to fill the vacant ninth seat, Neil Gorsuch, just beginning a lengthy confirmation process, the high court could decide not […]
British Prime Minister Say’s Trump’s Travel Ban Is Wrong
British Prime Minister Theresa May waded into the international debate over President Trump’s travel ban Thursday, blasting the executive order as “wrong” during a news conference. “We thought that was wrong, that was divisive,” May said of the ban, which halts entry into the U.S. for any refugees and citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries. […]
Federal Judge In Seattle Blocks Trump’s Travel Ban
U.S. District Senior Judge James Robart of Seattle on Friday issued a nationwide restraining order blocking the travel ban put in place by President Trump last week. Trump’s ban, created through an executive order, sought to block people from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States. In issuing his decision, Robart was siding with […]