New York AG joins lawsuit against Trump immigration ban

Hawaii is the first state to file a lawsuit to stop President Trump’s revised executive order limiting travel from six majority-Muslim countries.

Still, the state has been consulting with colleges and universities, as well as major employers.

In Minnesota, one of the states to take legal action against the first travel ban, Attorney General Lori Swanson wrote a brief response that the Trump administration can not “unilaterally modify a preliminary injunction” with their revised executive order.

A federal judge in Seattle is telling Washington state, “No”.

“President Trump’s latest executive order is a Muslim Ban by another name, imposing policies and protocols that once again violate the Equal Protection Clause and Establishment Clause of the United State Constitution”.

Ferguson asked the judge Thursday to extend an injunction that was issued against Trump’s initial executive order.

The Justice Department previously indicated in court filings that a new executive order was on the way, but in a new legal filing on Thursday, it provided more clarity on the administration’s current decision-making on formally rescinding the existing travel ban.

The plaintiff has at least some chance of prevailing when a longer-term order is considered later, the judge said.

The revised order, unlike the original one, does not apply to green-card holders or anyone inside the US with a valid visa. Conflicting guidance from the Administration regarding Green Card holders contributed to widespread confusion in the days following the order’s issuance.

The order, which comes about a month after federal judges blocked Mr Trump’s haphazardly implemented ban in January on residents from seven Middle Eastern and African countries, was delayed for about a week as the White House sought to better coordinate its activities with federal agencies. It also temporarily halts the USA refugee program that has been taking in refugees from these nations and others where ISIS atrocities and war have displaced hundreds of thousands from their homes.

The previous executive order placed a ban on Syrian refugees for an indefinite amount of time. The revised order affects fewer people and so narrows the pool of litigants who can challenge it in court.

Faith leaders also take issue with the new order’s limitations on the resettlement of refugees as a refutation of the religious requirement to shelter the most vulnerable.

Revised order: Does not explicitly prioritize refugees based on religion. It still includes Somalia, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Libya and Yemen. Iraq was deemed a special case stated in the order and deserved different treatment.

The original travel ban caused panic and chaos at airports around the country.

Revised order: Takes effect March 16, 2017. “And U.S. universities will worry about the impact of the order on worldwide students’ willingness to attend college in the United States”.

“Department of Homeland Security reports reveal that the USA government does not believe that nationality is a useful predictor of terrorism”. In addition, travelers who hold valid visas and are in transit still will be allowed to enter the U.S. According to the Department of State’s Refugee Processing Center and the Pew Research Center, almost 3,500 have entered since February 3, including more than 1,800 from the seven targeted nations. “It is damaging Hawaii’s institutions, harming its economy, and eroding Hawaii’s sovereign interests in maintaining the separation between church and state as well as in welcoming persons from all nations around the world into the fabric of its society”. Her family anxious she wouldn’t make it that long.