Trump administration appeals latest ruling blocking travel ban
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The Donald Trump administration on Thursday appealed the
ruling of a US federal judge who had a day prior maintained his freeze on the
president’s revised travel ban.
The Justice Department’s filing means the case will land
back at the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld a halt of Trump’s
first travel ban before the US president revised it.
The appeal comes a day after US District Judge Derrick
Watson in Hawaii dealt another blow to the White House, issuing a
longer-lasting suspension of the president’s travel restrictions by changing it
from a temporary restraining order into a preliminary injunction.
Trump’s revised travel ban aims to close US borders to
nationals of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days, and all
refugees for at least 120 days.
The original executive order included Iraq but that country
was removed in the rewrite.
The Trump administration’s wide-ranging initial travel
restrictions imposed on January 27 were slapped down by federal courts, after
sparking international protests and chaos at US airports.
The president’s revised ban signed on March 6 had a reduced
scope, exempting permanent US residents and valid visa holders — an effort by
the administration to help it pass legal muster.Both of the bans have been criticized as amounting to a ban
on entry of Muslims into the US.
The president has said his proposed travel ban is needed to
preserve US national security and keep out terrorists intent on doing harm to
Americans.
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