A group of US states run by Democrats on Monday stepped up the pressure in federal court for the suspension of Republican President Donald Trump’s amended travel ban, if possible before it takes effect Thursday. The state of Washington filed a request to this effect with the same Seattle judge who on February 3 issued … Read more
President Donald Trump’s revamped travel ban is facing its first major legal setback, after a federal judge halted enforcement of the directive that would deny US entry to the wife and child of a Syrian refugee already granted asylum. In a preliminary restraining order issued Friday that applies only to the Syrian man and his … Read more
President Donald Trump’s revamped travel ban faced another legal challenge Friday when the American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint on behalf of several refugee assistance groups over the controversial executive order. The new directive, which temporarily closes US borders to all refugees and citizens from six mainly-Muslim countries, was unveiled on Monday as a … Read more