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| Hours before President Donald Trump's revised ban on issuing visas to travelers from six majority-Muslim countries was set to go into effect, a federal judge in Hawaii issued a temporary restraining order preventing the ban's implementation nationwide. | Hours before President Donald Trump's revised ban on issuing visas to travelers from six majority-Muslim countries was set to go into effect, a federal judge in Hawaii issued a temporary restraining order preventing the ban's implementation nationwide. |
| "Plaintiffs have met their burden of establishing a strong likelihood of success on the merits of their Establishment Clause claim," Judge Derrick Watson wrote in his decision, referring to the First Amendment's requirement of the separation of church and state. | |
| Hawaii Attorney General Douglas Chin argued the ban discriminated on the basis of nationality, exceeded the president’s authority and was “motivated by anti-Muslim animus.” He previously referred to the executive order as "Muslim Ban 2.0" | |
| The state also cited economic harms the ban would cause, including to its tourism industry and the ability to recruit foreign workers and students, saying the ban would “undermine its commitment to being 'one of the most diverse institutions of higher education' in the world.” | |
| Trump signed the revision of a previous travel ban after it was the subject of repeated negative rulings in federal court, most recently in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Seattle, Washington, last month. | |
| READ MORE: Judge blocks new travel ban on Syrian family as AGs in 6 states challenge Trump’s new order | |
| The second executive order, signed March 6, was set to go into effect at 12:01am Thursday. The Wednesday evening ruling stops that from going forward. | |
| Federal rulings in similar hearings for lawsuits over the travel ban in Washington and Maryland are also expected before midnight. | |
| The revised executive order dropped Iraq from the previous order's list of affected countries. Under the new order, no new green cards or visas would be issued to Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for at least 90 days, while also halting refugees for 120 days and limiting the total number of admissions to 50,000 for the 2017 fiscal year. | |
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