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| Trump travel ban: Hawaii judge blocks latest version with hours to spare | Trump travel ban: Hawaii judge blocks latest version with hours to spare |
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| A judge in Hawaii has blocked the latest version of the Trump administration travel ban just hours before it was set to take effect. | A judge in Hawaii has blocked the latest version of the Trump administration travel ban just hours before it was set to take effect. |
| Derrick Watson, a US district judge, on Tuesday granted Hawaii’s request to temporarily block the federal government from enforcing the policy. It was supposed to take effect at midnight EDT Wednesday. | Derrick Watson, a US district judge, on Tuesday granted Hawaii’s request to temporarily block the federal government from enforcing the policy. It was supposed to take effect at midnight EDT Wednesday. |
| The Trump administration’s most recent restrictions affect citizens of Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen – and some Venezuelan government officials and their families. | The Trump administration’s most recent restrictions affect citizens of Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen – and some Venezuelan government officials and their families. |
| Hawaii argues the updated ban is a continuation of Donald Trump’s “promise to exclude Muslims from the United States”. | Hawaii argues the updated ban is a continuation of Donald Trump’s “promise to exclude Muslims from the United States”. |
| The White House blasted the temporary ruling as “dangerously flawed” while vowing to appeal it, stating the court order “undercuts the president’s efforts to keep the American people safe and enforce minimum security standards for entry into the United States”. | |
| “The Department of Justice will vigorously defend the president’s lawful action,” the White House said in a statement. “These restrictions are vital to ensuring that foreign nations comply with the minimum security standards required for the integrity of our immigration system and the security of our nation.” | |
| “We are therefore confident that the judiciary will ultimately uphold the president’s lawful and necessary action and swiftly restore its vital protections for the safety of the American people.” | |
| Other courts are weighing challenges to the policy. In Maryland, the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups are seeking to block the visa and entry restrictions in the president’s latest proclamation. | Other courts are weighing challenges to the policy. In Maryland, the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups are seeking to block the visa and entry restrictions in the president’s latest proclamation. |
| Watson had previously blocked Trump’s last travel ban in March. In his ruling on Tuesday, Watson said Hawaii was likely to succeed in proving that Trump’s latest travel ban violates federal immigration law. | Watson had previously blocked Trump’s last travel ban in March. In his ruling on Tuesday, Watson said Hawaii was likely to succeed in proving that Trump’s latest travel ban violates federal immigration law. |
| The policy “suffers from precisely the same maladies as its predecessor: it lacks sufficient findings that the entry of more than 150 million nationals from six specified countries would be ‘detrimental to the interests of the United States,’” Watson wrote. | The policy “suffers from precisely the same maladies as its predecessor: it lacks sufficient findings that the entry of more than 150 million nationals from six specified countries would be ‘detrimental to the interests of the United States,’” Watson wrote. |
| The justice department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Trump had promised as a candidate “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States”. | The justice department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Trump had promised as a candidate “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States”. |
| Since taking office, Trump has instead sought to bar immigrants from certain Muslim-majority countries and to temporarily suspend the US refugee program entirely. Administration officials privately acknowledged the previous iterations of the travel ban were perceived to be motivated by religious affiliation and suggested additional countries had been added to the list in part so that critics could no longer refer to the policy as a “Muslim ban”. | |
| Refugees and civil rights groups hailed the latest court ruling as a victory to people across the world fleeing persecution and violence in war-torn countries. | |
| “It’s a blow to the Trump administration’s attempts to tear families apart and block people fleeing horrific violence from gaining safety,” Naureen Shah, the senior director of campaigns at Amnesty International USA, said in a statement. | |
| “This cruel and bigoted ban remains as senseless as ever,” she added. “President Trump cannot continue to demonize people based on where they come from or how they worship.” | |
| “The Trump administration must end this legal battle and abandon the Muslim ban.” |