Trump travel ban

Trump's travel ban to go fully into effect

The court, with two of the nine justices dissenting, granted his administration's request to lift two injunctions imposed by lower courts that had partially blocked the ban, which is the third version of a contentious policy that Trump first sought to implement a week after taking office in January.

     

Trump travel ban: Judge expands definition of 'close relative'

The order, by District Judge Derrick Watson in Hawaii, is a fresh legal blow to Mr Trump's immigration crackdown.

The judge said the ban had interpreted a Supreme Court ruling too narrowly.

That decision, made last month, partly reinstated the ban on refugees and travellers from six Muslim-majority countries.

It said only those with "bona fide" family ties would be let into the US.

But the Trump administration decided that did not include grandparents, grandchildren, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces and cousins.

Trump travel ban suffers new court defeat

A lower court had issued the injunction on the grounds that the ban was discriminatory after a challenge by the state of Hawaii.

It is a further legal setback for the president's efforts to get the ban he promised his supporters.

Mr Trump's own tweet from 5 June was cited in the judges' ruling.

The 90-day ban was to apply to people from Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. It also called for a 120-day ban on all refugees.

Trump travel ban challenge in appeals court

Nearly two months ago, a federal judge in Maryland imposed a nationwide halt to the core portion of the President's revised executive order that sought to bar foreign nationals from six majority-Muslim countries from entering the US for 90 days. The judge concluded, largely drawing on Trump's past statements, that the travel ban likely violates the Constitution by disfavoring Muslims, and the Justice Department appealed that decision in March.

Now the case is in the hands of a federal appeals court considerably reshaped by President Barack Obama's six appointments to the bench.

Oscars: Iranian winner Asghar Farhadi blasts Trump travel ban

Farhadi boycotted the ceremony, with two Iranian-Americans representing him.

"Dividing the world into the US and 'our enemies' categories creates fear," his acceptance statement read.

US courts have blocked the travel ban but the Trump administration is preparing a new executive order.

The original ban temporarily prohibited the entry of immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries.

One of those chosen by Farhadi to represent him, Iranian-born US engineer and astronaut Anousheh Ansari, read out his acceptance statement.

Trump travel ban: Policy adviser attacks US federal appeals court

Stephen Miller told US media the court ruling was a "judicial usurpation of power" and that "the president's powers here are beyond question".

The court rejected Mr Trump's attempt to reinstate the ban on Thursday.

His executive order barred citizens from seven mainly Muslim countries from entering the US.

The ban caused chaos at US airports and sparked protests across the country.

Several lawsuits have been filed against the ban, and a federal judge has issued a temporary nationwide block on the travel ban.

Donald Trump considers issuing new travel ban

Mr Trump told reporters on Air Force One that a "brand new order" could be issued as early as Monday or Tuesday.

It comes after an appeals court in San Francisco upheld a court ruling to suspend his original order.

It barred entry from citizens from seven mainly Muslim countries.

It is unclear what a new US immigration order might look like.

Mr Trump said that it would change "very little", but he did not provide details of any new ban under consideration.

US Justice Department defends 'lawful' Trump travel ban

A 15-page brief argued it was a "lawful exercise of the president's authority" and not a ban on Muslims.

The executive order temporarily banned entry from all refugees and visitors from seven mainly Muslim countries.

A hearing has been set for Tuesday on whether to back or reject the ban.

The filing was made to the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in response to the halting of Mr Trump's order on Friday by a federal judge in Washington state.

The judge had argued the ban was unconstitutional and harmful to the state's interests.

Thirty more tech firms oppose Trump ban

The new signatories include Tesla, Adobe, HP and Evernote.

They join 97 others who have filed a legal document stating the ban "inflicts significant harm" on their businesses and is unconstitutional.

The amicus brief allows parties not directly involved in a case but who feel affected by it, to give a view.

It was filed in Washington on Sunday and also includes Apple, Facebook and Microsoft as signatories.

Trump: 'If something happens blame' the judge

His ire was aimed at US District Judge James Robart, who last week put a nationwide hold on Trump's executive order barring citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US for 90 days, all refugees for 120 days and indefinitely halts refugees from Syria.

"Just cannot believe a judge would put our country in such peril. If something happens blame him and court system. People pouring in. Bad!" the President wrote, not just attacking the decision but going after the judge who may yet make more decisions on the matter.