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20:44, 18-Oct-2017
US judge blocks latest Trump travel ban
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A US federal judge on Tuesday barred the White House from implementing yet another version of President Donald Trump's controversial executive order on immigration, hours before it was due to go into full effect.
The decision by US District Judge Derrick Watson in Hawaii – which the White House signaled it would appeal – marks the latest blow to Trump's long-running efforts to restrict entry of travelers from targeted countries into the United States.
Watson said the third rendition of the travel ban – covering people from six mainly Muslim countries, as well as North Korea (the DPRK) and some officials from Venezuela – could not be justified under law.
In his decision, Watson wrote the ban "suffers from precisely the same maladies as its predecessor: it lacks sufficient findings that the entry of more than 150 million nationals from six specific countries would be 'detrimental to the interests of the United States.'"
The ruling means the Trump administration could again ask the Supreme Court to decide whether his immigration orders are legal.
Source(s): AFP