Judge in Hawaii Blocks Trump’s New Travel Ban

Under the revised order, citizens of six countries on the original 27 January order – Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen – would once more be subject to a 90-day travel ban.

Trump said both actions represented “an unprecedented judicial overreach” that threatened “the safety of our nation”.

In yet another blow for United States President Donald Trump, a USA judge has blocked the travel ban just hours before it was to come into effect. The first step will be the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which will either uphold the temporary restraining order, or cancel it.

Last month, our courts put a lid on the unconstitutional and un-American Trump Muslim travel ban because Americans stood up and demanded it.

According to a copy of the ruling (which is not yet on the court’s website but obtained by the Washington Post), Chuang agreed with conclusions reach by Judge Derrick K. Watson in Hawaii, that the order had its roots in a Muslim ban proposed by presidential candidate Donald J. Trump. It might be noteworthy that Watson is former president Barack Obama’s appointee.

“What we are arguing before the court is that court should stop in its tracks before it even takes effect”, said Matt Adams, legal director for Northwest Immigrant Rights Project. “And let me tell you something, I think we ought to go back to the first one and go all the way, which is what I wanted to do in the first place”.

“We’re going to win”.

“Thus, it is more likely that the primary objective of the travel ban was grounded in religion”.

Government lawyers in Maryland argued that the updated version of the travel order had undergone substantial revisions and that it is necessary in the interests of national security in order to protect the United States from “radical Islamic terrorism”.

The government has maintained in court that the changes resolve any legal issues with the original order.

US District Judge Donald Watson blocked the ban just hours before it came into effect.

The new order also exempts green card holders from the ban, as well as those who applied for a visa before the order went into effect. There have been cases in Maryland and Washington.

In an echo of his attack on the judge who struck down the first travel ban, Mr. Trump sarcastically suggested that Judge Watson might have acted for political reasons. His administration did not appeal further, instead crafting the second order. “This travel ban is bad policy, plain and simple”, said Tulsi Gabbard, Democratic Congresswoman from Hawaii.