The rules, affecting people from Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, come into force on Thursday, according to the BBC. They were issued after the Supreme Court partially restored President Donald Trump’s travel ban. The controversial executive order had ...
Read More »Hawaii judge extends halt on Trump travel ban
U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson issued the first nationwide halt against Trump’s revised executive order on March 15. That made Watson’s ruling the prevailing block to Trump’s plans, but one only designed to last for about two weeks, Joinfo.com reports with ...
Read More »Toronto schools will no longer allow student trips to US
Toronto District School Board expressed concern over how the US immigration policy could affect students on school trips, Joinfo.com reports with reference to CNN. “We strongly believe that our students should not be placed into these situations of potentially being ...
Read More »Trump travel ban: US judge blocks new executive order
US District Judge Derrick Watson cited “questionable evidence” in the government’s argument that the ban was a matter of national security, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. President Trump described the ruling as “unprecedented judicial overreach”. The order would ...
Read More »Hawaii becomes first US state to take Trump’s new travel ban to court
Hawaii has become the first state to sue to stop US President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Independent. State attorneys asked the federal court in Honolulu to issue an emergency order halting Trump’s new executive ...
Read More »Trump signs new immigration order
Iraq – which was covered in the previous seven-nation order – has been removed from the new one after agreeing additional visa vetting measures, according to the BBC. The directive, which includes a 120-day ban on all refugees, takes effect ...
Read More »Trump to leave Iraq off new travel ban order – Reuters
The senior White House official said the new executive order would keep a 90-day ban on travel to the United States by citizens of six Muslim-majority nations – Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, Joinfo.com reports with reference to ...
Read More »Iranian baby, first barred by travel ban, now recovering after surgery in US
The uncle of an Iranian baby ensnared in President Trump’s travel ban settled on one word Monday to express gratitude to everyone who helped his niece get to the United States for a life-saving heart medical procedure, Joinfo.comreports with reference ...
Read More »‘Refugees Welcome’ banner hung on Statue of Liberty in New York
The 3ft by 20ft banner was placed across the observation deck on statue’s pedestal on Liberty Island, New York, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. The banner was removed by park rangers a little more than an hour later. ...
Read More »Trump to replace travel ban order in near future
Given the upcoming executive order, the Justice Department said a federal appeals court should not reconsider a ruling that suspended Trump’s Jan. 27 order, according to Reuters. “In so doing, the President will clear the way for immediately protecting the ...
Read More »Trump defends travel ban as Trudeau looks on
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made clear that he holds a different view of the travel ban but said it was not his place to come to the US and “lecture” Trump on the controversial policy, CNN reports. “I’m just ...
Read More »US appeals court panel rules unanimously against Trump travel ban
A federal appeals court on Thursday bluntly rejected President Donald Trump’s attempt to revive his controversial travel ban executive order, giving no ground under unusual public pressure from the president himself, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Politico. A three-judge panel ...
Read More »US Appeals Court Presses Trump Administration On Travel Ban
During a more than hour-long oral argument, a three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals pressed a government lawyer whether the Trump administration’s national security argument was backed by evidence that people from the seven countries posed ...
Read More »US appeals court to hear arguments on Trump’s travel ban Tuesday
The US Justice Department will face off with opponents in a federal appeals court on Tuesday over the fate of President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries, his most controversial act since taking office last ...
Read More »Tech Giants Join Legal Action Against Donald Trump
The brief was filed late Sunday in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and emphasizes the importance of immigrants in the economy and society, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Independent. Ninety-seven companies, from Apple to Zynga, filed an impassioned legal ...
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